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--- general:linux:create_usb_bootable_windows_install [2021/11/11 12:01] – created sunkan
+++ general:linux:create_usb_bootable_windows_install [2021/11/16 12:13] (current) – sunkan
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-====== Create USB Bootable Windows installation ======
+====== Create USB Bootable Windows installation source ======
 Install "wimtools" so we can use wimsplit as the .wim file is usually too big for FAT32
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 Create partition table and filesystem
 <code>
-parted -s /dev/sde -- mklabel msdos
+parted -s /dev/sde -- mklabel gpt
-parted -s /dev/sde -- mkpart primary fat32 1M -1s
+parted -s /dev/sde -- mkpart WIN10_EN fat32 1MiB -1
-parted -s /dev/sde -- toggle 1 boot
+parted -s /dev/sde -- toggle 1 esp
 mkfs.fat -n WIN10_EN /dev/sde1
 </code>
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 umount /mnt
 </code>
+===== Install from this USB drive =====
+Due to the fact that install.wim is now split we need to launch Setup.exe manually.
+[[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/split-a-windows-image--wim--file-to-span-across-multiple-dvds?view=windows-11|Split a Windows image file]]
+Choose "Repair your computer" and then start the "Command Prompt".
+Then find the drive that matches the USB stick (not X: as it is some runtime environment not the actual USB stick)
+<code>
+c:\setup.exe /installfrom:"C:\sources\install.swm"
+</code>
+====== Create USB bootable Windows install using Ventoy ======
+Install Windows using some virtualization tool (I tested using Virtualbox as it has VHD support builtin). \\
+Make sure you boot it fully after installation to make sure everything is installed. \\
+Install [[https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html|Ventoy]] to USB drive. \\
+Then reformat the "Ventoy" partition in NTFS (needed for support to boot VHD files). \\
+Install the [[https://github.com/ventoy/vhdiso/releases|VHDISO]] plugin to Ventoy by copying ventoy_vhdboot.img to a folder named "ventoy". \\
+See instructions here [[https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_vhdboot.html]] \\
+Copy the VHD image from the newly installed windows to the "ventoy" NTFS formatted partition. \\
+Done.