#UNETBOOTIN WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#

The previous step created a small (<4G) wim-file which I copied into the sources directory of the UNetbootin created USB-Stick overwriting the broken install.wim (e.g. In my case I ran (see man wimexport): wimexport install.wim 1 home.wim -compress=LZX:100 With wiminfo you can list all included Windows types.

#UNETBOOTIN WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#

Next use wimexport (apt-get install wimtools) to extract and compress the Windows type needed from original install.wim. Or alternatively mount the Windows-ISO if you are a more advanced Linux user. Do not use the broken install.wim from the created USB-Stick !!). Now, use 7zip (apt-get install p7zip) to extract the ISO (it is enough to extract the install.wim file. At least UNetbooin creates a bootable USB-Stick. Unfortunately there will be no message, that it truncated the install.wim (in case it is larger than 4G). Choose one of the following methods to setup GParted Live on your USB flash drive using MS Windows: Windows Method A: Unetbootin. Use UNetbootin to create an USB-Stick from the Windows ISO. This is the way under Linux (in my case Ubuntu Bionic). None of the other options like Rufus etc do not work or no longer supported.įor all the poor Linux admins without a Windows computer like me, who need to help relatives installing Windows 10 (sigh). The iso file size is greater than 4GB which means the files have to be split. I am using Ubuntu 21.04 and have found a suggested method from Stackexchange - see below.

Unetbootin windows 10