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My main rig had Windows go down and all I have is a blank flashdrive and a netbok with fedora running on it. I have the windows 7 iso ready to go. I tried unetbootin, but all I got was a blank boot menu.
fishpen0
Posted 2012-10-24T06:56:27.390
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While I've used UNetbootin lots of times to create Linux LiveUSBs, I've never used it to transfer Windows setup to USB. Doesn't seem to be one of the things it's supposed to support, but maybe it has worked for some people.
Here's a slightly more lengthy process you can try, but it should work fine:
Download and install GParted if you don't have it already
Ideally, delete all existing partitions on your USB drive, then create a new partition, format as NTFS and set the boot flag from the Manage Flags dialog:
Download and install ms-sys
Enter su ms-sys -7 /dev/sdX at the terminal to write a Windows 7 MBR to your USB drive
(where 'X' is your USB drive letter)
Mount your Windows 7 ISO and copy all the files to the USB drive
Boot from the USB drive and test
Karan
Posted 2012-10-24T06:56:27.390
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does not work. used xcdroast and dvdrw instead. – andrej – 2017-02-28T12:38:27.917
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You could use the Diskpart utility to format the USB flash drive to NTFS and create a primary partition. Note that you also need to make the USB bootable, in addition to copying the files, as mentioned here.
Jay
Posted 2012-10-24T06:56:27.390
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Diskpart is available on Fedora? Since when? – Karan – 2012-10-24T20:47:52.003
Did you set the boot flag for the USB drive? That could be why you don't see any boot options. – Jay – 2012-10-24T08:45:28.997