Right click the partition and choose Manage flags. Otherwise, if you choose FAT32, you could get the flashdrive bootable from UEFI too.Īpply all pending operation from Edit menu - Apply all operations or click the button on the main window. If you have a customized Windows with install.wim larger than 4 GB you should definitely go for NTFS. Remember the label as you will need it later. For example: WUSB1840 would be a good label ( W for Windows, USB for USB flash drive and 18:40 is the time I was writing this).

The label must be as strange as possible because the bootloader will identify the bootable partition by this and you should not use windows (like I did in the video)! If the filesystem is FAT32 use only uppercase letters. Make a primary NTFS or FAT32 partition and give it a label too. Right click the unallocated space and select New. Write a new partition table on the device Choose msdos (or gpt if you want an UEFI only bootable drive) and click Apply. You must re-create the partition table by going to the Device menu then select Create Partition Table. The first thing to do is select the USB drive and unmount it. Warning! Selecting the wrong device will result in data loss! Otherwise, you are directed to download Media Creation Tool, which is Windows only software. The ISO download page is available to non-Windows users. The latest Windows release can be downloaded from Microsoft as an ISO image. In this way you will get both an MBR and UEFI bootable drive. If you have no idea what to use, the most common setup that works with unmodified Windows sources, is msdos partition table with fat32 filesystem and flag the partition with boot. There are some variables for each boot type. You must decide in advance what you will use. And there is the EFI type, where the boot loader executable file is stored at a standard path in an FAT32 filesystem. There is the MBR code type where the bootable executable is stored in a reserved section at the beginning of the storage device. UEFI boot is only supported for Windows 7 圆4 and newer.īefore starting, let's mention that there are two types of boot methods.

The following guide has been updated and works on any Linux distribution as long as it has GRUB and GParted installed and can make bootable USB for any Windows version newer than Vista: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. To make a Windows bootable USB there was an application called WinUSB but it is no longer under active development.

Ubuntu has already an application called Startup Disk Creator, but this can only be used to make Linux bootable USB drives. Here is how to create a bootable USB flash drive to install Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 on any computer.

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