I'm trying to make a bootable USB for Windows 7 in Ubuntu (14.04) any ideas on how to do this? I've been searching but all of the other questions are talking about creating an Ubuntu USB. Thanks in advance
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I'd like to create a Windows bootable USB stick, but I don't have a Windows machine with me at the moment to do so. How could I achieve the same using Ubuntu?
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I want to create a recovery flash drive. I have my 8 gb flash drive[Kingston data traveller] with me. I also have the required .iso files for a>Ubuntu 13.10 b>Boot-repair disk c>AVG Rescue CD  I Wish to create 4 partitions(3 for each bootable .iso and one for data storage. Also, I want a way in which I can select which OS to boot each time I boot from USB.   So, is there a way to install GRUB on USB as well as the three other live distros? And how to create such a setup?
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I have a chromebook series 5. I want to install Ubuntu onto a USB stick. When I downloaded Ubuntu onto my USB stick, it won't start up.  Do I first have to download Ubuntu onto my chromebook hard drive, open Ubuntu and then make USB stick bootable? And then return back to chrome?  Or is there a way to download directly onto USB and make the stick bootable?  I appreciate any help.
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Having some issues installing Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS 64bit next to Windows 10.  This is what I did:  1) Created a bootable usb with ubuntu on it using Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.6.3  2) Changed the boot mode  3) Boot from USB - It showed the option to test drive or install - I chose install  4) Choose Language  5) Setup Wireless - I didn't choose anything here  6) Then it showed me the preparing to install  7) After that a message popped up saying:      Unmount partitions that are in use The installer has detected that the following discs have mounted partitions /dev/scd Do you want the   installer to try and unmount these partitions before continuing? If   you leave them mounted, you will not be able to create, delete, resize   partitions on these discs, but you may be able to install on an   existing partition there.   So obviously I said yes.  8) Installation type - I chose something else - This looked nothing like the screen shots I saw on the installation guide.    9) Then it only gave me the option to choose my bootable usb for the installation. With a bunch of options to choose, so I got scared and quit.     Can any one please help?  Keep in my mind I do not know a lot, so please dumb it down. Why can't I choose to run it along side Windows 10? Why doesn't the installation pick up my hard drives?  If you need any other info, please ask. But I think I put everything in here.
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I am using ubuntu 12.04. Can I install windows 7 and use it as a dual boot system. When I tried this earlier windows doesn't detect ubuntu.Is there any solution for this.
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So my friend has a USB flash drive that isn't working. I don't know a whole lot about "recovery" software so I figured I'd ask you guys.  What steps can I try (I have access to a Linux machine as well) to see....if I can get ANYTHING off the flash drive?  I've google'd around, but most of the stuff seems for windows.
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I was wondering if it was possible to make a bootlable image of a Windows 7 Pro OEM Installation CD that I have and put it on an USB stick for faster/easier installation. I am asking because we have a couple of PC´s where I´d have to install the OS using the same key (MAK).  Also is it possible to kind of populate that image with software that would have to be installed anyways on all machines (like Chrome, Outlook, etc)?  It would be really helpful to just install a Windows 7 image with customized software already installed. I would just make an image of an OS and use that, but the hardware of the machines differ.
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When I create a bootable USB stick (Ubuntu) on Windows, does it mean that the changes that I will do (let's say save a new file called "abc.txt" on the Ubuntu desktop) will those changes be reflected the next time I boot this USB on some other computer (I will see the file "abc.txt" on the Ubuntu desktop)?  Next one might be a pretty stupid question but here it is:  Will it use the computer's RAM or use the space left on the USB as RAM.  Thanks
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I am unable to install WinUSB in Ubuntu 14.04 using command:  sudo apt-get install winusb  What is the correct way to install WinUSB in Ubuntu 14.04? Or is there any other application available to create Windows bootable USB in Ubuntu 14.04?
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I'm trying to make a Ubuntu live USB, but I have run into some problems:   Used LiveUSB install on my Lubuntu laptop. Breaks USB drive until reformatted, does not boot. Used Startup Disk Creator on Lubuntu. Makes bootable drive, but not persistant storage Used UNetBootin on Lubuntu, puts Ubuntu on USB stick but does not make it bootable Tried to use Universal USB Installer with WINE, but it didn't work. The first time it could only see the floppy disk drive not the USB, the next time it threw an NSIS error. Tried to use Universal USB Installer on Windows, but it needed admin permissions   I have a laptop with Lubuntu installed* (that I have the sudo password for), a Windows 8 desktop without administrator permissions and a 32GB sandisk USB stick. Is there anything else I can do to get it to work?  *IBM T-42 Thinkpad with 1GB ram and an intel Centrio mobile processor that I had to force PAE to get Lubuntu to install if it is relevant.  As requested:     sudo lsblk -f  NAME   FSTYPE  LABEL                    MOUNTPOINT sdb    iso9660 Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS amd64 2017-02-15-21-44-13-00                ├─sdb2 vfat    Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS amd64 E561-C446                             └─sdb1 iso9660 Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS amd64 2017-02-15-21-44-13-00                sr0                                                                    fd0                                                                    sda                                                                    ├─sda5 swap                             d571c534-8cb6-4e61-889c-6289f5a33421 [SWAP] ├─sda1 ntfs                             F8E0DED8E0DE9BE6                      └─sda6 ext4                             b14a062d-7884-494c-99fe-ddfe5bd5f4b4 /   sudo lsblk -m  NAME    SIZE OWNER GROUP MODE sdb    28.7G root  disk  brw-rw---- ├─sdb2  2.4M root  disk  brw-rw---- └─sdb1  1.5G root  disk  brw-rw---- sr0    1024M root  cdrom brw-rw---- fd0       4K root  disk  brw-rw---- sda    37.3G root  disk  brw-rw---- ├─sda5 1022M root  disk  brw-rw---- ├─sda1   14G root  disk  brw-rw---- └─sda6 22.3G root  disk  brw-rw----
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I need to create a Windows installation USB drive from an ISO file. I used UNetbootin which seems to be the only tool that can write non-Linux images.  The USB disk boots (sort of), but it gets stuck at the very first stage. A UNetbootin splash screen appears that keeps counting down from 10 to 0, and then restarts.   The screen looks like this:    Is there a way to make Windows boot from a USB image created on Linux?
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Every issue of Ubuntu LTS since 8.04, I have made a Full install of Ubuntu to USB flash drive, and recorded each step..  This has been intended to make a guide/check list for users wishing to create Full install bootable flash drives.  Previously the procedure worked for BIOS boot if created in BIOS and for UEFI boot if created in UEFI.  This year for 20.04 the instructions should work for both creating and running the drive booted from either BIOS or UEFI.  The question is:  How to Create a Full Install of Ubuntu to USB device with Step by Step instructions that work in either BIOS or UEFI.
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For some reason I can't install Ubuntu from CD or USB, so that I had to installed Ubuntu via Wubi. But I install Ubuntu into partition 'D' and partition of Win 7 is 'C'. If I re-install win 7, how can I use pre-installed Ubuntu ?
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I installed Ubuntu on my laptop and something happened and my Windows 7 bootloader is missing. I can boot only Ubuntu. So, I tried to do something like suggested here  or , but when I see system recovery option there is no Windows 7 option.
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I've downloaded Ubuntu desktop (the .iso file that is) on a windows 7 machine and want to create a bootable USB stick in order to install it onto a laptop which currently has no OS. Is there a way to do this?
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I'm currently running Ubuntu 12.04 and want to completely format my laptop so I can install Windows 7 (replace Ubuntu).   When I put in my bootable USB with the OS it just shows a black screen with a white blinking cursor on the top left corner. I wait for hours (to be specific 5 whole hours) waiting for something to happen but I get nothing, so I pull out the USB and my Ubuntu 12.04 loads up.  Repeated this several times with putting different boot priority options on top-est that relate to USB but the results are same. I go and visit some sites on the net like this  that say I have to zero out my hard drive.   My question is how?  Note: Erasing out all my data is no problem cause I have nothing important to backup.  If I have to lose my primary OS (Ubuntu 12.04) in the process I am ready to as my aim is just to install Windows 7 successfully. Please don't answer that there is something wrong with my USB or my USB reader/port/hardware or the content inside the USB cause they all works fine on my brothers PC as it boots up flawlessly.
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I know how to make a UEFI bootable stick to install Ubuntu (explained ) and I know how to make one to install Windows 7 (, sorry). I guess for Win 8 the procedure would be similar, but I haven't looked into it.  I also know how to make a legacy bootable stick from which I can install Windows and Ubuntu using YUMI. I have failed so far though at creating a UEFI bootable stick that can do this. When I do a UEFI boot from my YUMI multiboot stick it gives me no option to choose between Ubuntu and Windows (hardly surprising I guess) and instead simply UEFI boots Windows (which I find kind of surprising to be honest but maybe this is due to the fact that I added the Windows image after the Ubuntu image and this simply replaced Ubuntu's EFI boot files).  So how would I proceed to create such a bootable stick?