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Bootable Windows 7 USB Stick from Ubuntu
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Install required packages

sudo apt-get install gparted ntfs-3g

Create the bootable USB stick

GParted

  • format the USB drive with GParted to NTFS
  • while still in GParted, right click on the newly formatted volume and select Manage Flags and make sure that bootable is ticked

UNetbootin

  • download this specific version of UNetbootin
  • mark the downloaded file as executable and run it

sudo chmod +x ./unetbootin-linux-494 && sudo ./unetbootin-linux-494

  • tick Show all drives and select the USB drive (double check the drive's path in GParted)
  • select the Windows 7 ISO and start the creation
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