If you have a need to install Windows on a computer, you can do it with WoeUSB as a Linux user.
To get a copy of WoeUSB for 32 & 64-bit systems to install on your Ubuntu derivative : http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/w ... /w/woeusb/
You need a product key, and a copy of Windows 10.
Official download link : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... ndows10ISO
It is not too hard to find a product key, almost every PC has a sticker with it.
Further reading :
https://www.itzgeek.com/tips-and-tricks ... le-pc.html
WoeUSB
How to make Windows 10 USB install media in Linux
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/win ... linux.html
...This meant creating bootable media, and this turned out to be more complicated than I thought. I wanted to create the USB media in Linux, without relying on any third-party tools that purport to do this. Why? Because independence. If it works with standard tools, you can use it anywhere.
...There we are, the end of this tutorial. I hope you will find this useful, because quite often, seemingly trivial actions can have unintended convoluted consequences, like we've seen here. If you do not want to rely on third-party tools (much), and want to be able to create Windows 10 USB install media in Linux, this guide provides you with the necessary steps.
We did learn quite some here, including how to manage ISO images, how to compress wim files, how to partition and format devices, and there's even an optional magic trick for booting NTFS devices on UEFI hardware. This is what many USB creation tools do in the background, and now you're in on the secret. Well, that's all for now. Now, off you go installing.
You may think why on earth use Windows. I am a Linux die-hard fan. Let's say some people may find Windows useful for some tasks.
Further reading :
My New Year's resolution is to finally ditch Chrome, Windows and other computing crap in 2020
https://www.techradar.com/news/my-new-y ... ap-in-2020
...This meant creating bootable media, and this turned out to be more complicated than I thought. I wanted to create the USB media in Linux, without relying on any third-party tools that purport to do this. Why? Because independence. If it works with standard tools, you can use it anywhere.
...There we are, the end of this tutorial. I hope you will find this useful, because quite often, seemingly trivial actions can have unintended convoluted consequences, like we've seen here. If you do not want to rely on third-party tools (much), and want to be able to create Windows 10 USB install media in Linux, this guide provides you with the necessary steps.
We did learn quite some here, including how to manage ISO images, how to compress wim files, how to partition and format devices, and there's even an optional magic trick for booting NTFS devices on UEFI hardware. This is what many USB creation tools do in the background, and now you're in on the secret. Well, that's all for now. Now, off you go installing.
You may think why on earth use Windows. I am a Linux die-hard fan. Let's say some people may find Windows useful for some tasks.
Further reading :
My New Year's resolution is to finally ditch Chrome, Windows and other computing crap in 2020
https://www.techradar.com/news/my-new-y ... ap-in-2020