Create Windows Bootable USB from Manjaro Xfce

[Vinayak_420]

I am trying create usb bootable drive to install windows,
I tried etcher it’s now working and isn’t recommended for windows installation.
i tried Rufus via wine its not detecting usb drive

How Can i do it natively? Any safe program in linux to create a bootable drive (WINDOWS)

[megavolt]

CLI:

pamac build woeusb

GUI:

pamac build woeusb-gui

WoeUSB/WoeUSB

[Vinayak_420]

I am getting this error from Add/Remove Software and terminal too

[megavolt]

Then install only the gui or only cli.

[Vinayak_420]

?? in both the place same error is coming i am not doing both cli and gui process at same time first i tried the command , it asked to install y/N i pressed y and it says transaction cancelled with same problem and gui its showing the same problem

[megavolt]

This way:

@megavolt

GUI:

pamac build woeusb-gui

On the picture you checked all 3 which conflicts with each other.

[Vinayak_420]

Yes you Know Everything ! I agree with your title.
Thanks
but it has to be Fat Or Ntfs
My Laptop is Dell Vostro 1015

[megavolt]

@Vinayak_420

but it has to be Fat Or Ntfs

Depends, but NTFS should be used for WinVista and above.

[Vinayak_420]

Thanks, i asked it in dell community

[Vinayak_420]

i have mounted X: drive with location /run/media/username/usb_device_name
still i can’t create a usb bootable as RUFUS is not detecting it
so which type should i choose

[megavolt]

Forget that. Wine has not root privs and therefore it can’t do it.

[jrichard326]

If all you are trying to do is create a bootable USB stick then it would be preferable to use something native to Linux e.g. USB imager, etcher or Ventoy among others.

https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases

switch to folder where you have extracted ventoy:

Install ventoy to the USB disk:
sudo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sdY (where Y is substituted for USB Stick)

copy the .iso file (s) to the USB drive. Ventoy can handle multiple .iso

If I didn’t understand the issue correctly, please accept my apology.

JR

[Vinayak_420]

Thanks for the help, I found out that my low spec laptop works best with windows more than linux. Yes Windows 7 are faster than Xfce in my pc.

[megavolt]

@Vinayak_420

Yes Windows 7 are faster than Xfce in my pc.

Sure, running Windows Games on Linux is always worse on Linux than on native, I agree. Try to run Linux Games on Windows and you see it is not well optimzed for it… so it will be slower.

[Vinayak_420]

Not just game, My whole pc is faster after being a low end

[megavolt]

@Vinayak_420 Yes, XFCE 64bit need at least 2GB RAM (minimum), but it is not in general Linux (Linux is the Kernel). It is is the same like saying: “Windows NT Kernel 4.0” is faster than XFCE, what are 2 different things. Understand what i mean?