Making a WORKING Windows 10 Install USB stick... IN LINUX?

[BigBadBeef]

Right, so, I got the most recent version of POP!_OS. I am trying to get a USB stick with a windows 10 installation going, but I've been banging my head against a wall for two days now. Balena Ether is currently unsupported by this version of pop!_os, USB Flasher doesn't support making a bootable W10 stick, USB Imager has failed miserably, and I've even manually tried creating the stick to no avail.

The farthest I've come was a blinking dash on a black screen, which persists until I restart the computer. My poking around with boot priorities has even gotten SystemDboot menu to appear. The USB stick is a humble 32GB SanDisk drive, but it is working just fine.

I could go to my cousin who stubbornly persists on using windows and make the bootable drive there, but that would defeat the purpose. How else can I make a bootable Windows 10 USB stick?

 

[Brickwizard]

Try the recommended one for POP
sudo apt install popsicle-gtk

 

[Deleted member 108694]

Try WoeUSB - https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB

 

[BigBadBeef]

Try WoeUSB - https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB

I tried installing Woe using the snap package, it doesn't even appear as a launchable program, using alternate means reports that it has a dependency that it cannot install.

 

[BoringZombie]

I tried installing Woe using the snap package, it doesn't even appear as a launchable program, using alternate means reports that it has a dependency that it cannot install.

Use Ventoy

 

[BoringZombie]

Use Ventoy

https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

 

[BigBadBeef]

Try the recommended one for POP
sudo apt install popsicle-gtk

I've installed popsicle but it doesn't appear on the list of installed programs, just like WoeUSB.

 

[Deleted member 108694]

I tried installing Woe using the snap package, it doesn't even appear as a launchable program, using alternate means reports that it has a dependency that it cannot install.

Install WoeUSB-ng's Dependencies

sudo apt install git p7zip-full python3-pip python3-wxgtk4.0 grub2-common grub-pc-bin

Install WoeUSB-ng

sudo pip3 install WoeUSB-ng

 

[BigBadBeef]

Install WoeUSB-ng's Dependencies

sudo apt install git p7zip-full python3-pip python3-wxgtk4.0 grub2-common grub-pc-bin

Install WoeUSB-ng

sudo pip3 install WoeUSB-ng

Alright, once more unto the breach!

 

[dos2unix]

Use the old tried and true "dd" ( disk duplicator )

dd if=/path/to/windows.iso of=/dev/sdb ( or whatever your usb device is )

 

[JasKinasis]

Use the old tried and true "dd" ( disk duplicator )

dd if=/path/to/windows.iso of=/dev/sdb ( or whatever your usb device is )

This is the method I usually use!

 

[Brickwizard]

I've installed popsicle but it doesn't appear on the list of installed programs,

Try terminal command.. sudo popsicle

 

[DexTheDog]

https://blog.softhints.com/how-to-create-a-bootable-windows-10-usb-in-linux-mint/

Was having a similar issue and this helped.

 

[BigBadBeef]

I suspect this "complimentary" free USB stick is to blame. Too primitive and poorly designed to handle something fancy as a bootable windows. It would probably fail every test you could think of.

I'm gonna have to set this aside for now because I leave for my work cycle on sunday and will be gone for 3 weeks - there is just so much other things to do. This isn't really a priority project, just wanted dual boot to get my old Oculus Rift working so I can watch VR videos and play VR games until I build a new pc and buy a VR that IS supported by Linux. Its my only remaining hurdle.

Thank you for your help, for now...