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install win64 10 using usb stick
  • google windows 10 download
    • Follow instructions then download your ISO file
  • Mount ISO as archive
    • In my current linux mint it is made just by clicking ISO file in file manager. «Mount is archive» does not work, though.
  • Copy ISO content into temporary directory
  • Look into <tmp directory>/source, there's install.win there, it is >4G, isn't that pretty, huh?
  • Install wimlib
    • $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
    • $ sudo apt update
    • $ sudo apt install wimlib
  • Again, change into <tmp directory>/source and do some magic:
    • $ wimsplit install.wim install.swm 3800
    • ...wait several minutes
    • $ rm install.wim # because, again, you cannot copy it into fat32 partition
  • Prepare usb, as usual with gparted:
    • .. do not forget to unmount
    • Create gpt partition table
    • Create fat32 partition, make it bootable (I always forget to do this before copying) everybody advises that but I never do and it still works for me
    • Mount usb
    • Copy files from <tmp directory> into fat32 partition
    • Unmount usb
    • Try to boot from it

And help us God.

Seems like it works.

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