WoeUSB
A Microsoft Windows® USB installation media preparer for GNU+Linux (by WoeUSB)
WoeUSB
WoeUSB is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. It is a fork of Congelli501's WinUSB. (by slacka)
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| WoeUSB | WoeUSB | |
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| 46 | 10 | |
| 1,965 | 3,372 | |
| 2.7% | - | |
| 0.0 | 1.8 | |
| 7 months ago | almost 3 years ago | |
| Shell | ||
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
WoeUSB
Posts with mentions or reviews of WoeUSB.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-16.
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How to Boot ISO Files from GRUB2 Boot Loader
Windows uses some weird install process where it needs two partitions for the install media. Basically the whole installation is too big for FAT32 so IIRC the way to have it work is to split the ISO in two having the bootable part on one partition and a lot of the installation content on another.
https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB
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Install Windows the Arch Linux Way
https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB - you give it an MS iso and where to put it on a USB stick and it will do the job using NTFS, which doesn't have snags with >4GB files.
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Is there an alternative to this program (Rufus) to burn Linux and Windows iso images to Ubuntu/Fedora?
For flashing Windows I had luck with woeusb.
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Pendrive in read-only after boot attempt with WoeUSB.
You want to repost your support request as issue on the WoeUSB issues github page.
- Help with reinstalling windows.
- Could i get bootkit?
- How to uninstall Ubuntu and install windows?
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Windows Setup (both 10 and 11) refuses to recognize my NVMe SSD as an install option
instead I needed to use a tool called WoeUSB to create the drive.
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How do I switch to windows from pop os?
Download, install and use woeusb to flash the ISO file to a thumb drive. Then boot from the thumb drive (you might have to use the BIOS boot menu to choose USB boot) and install windows onto the main storage device. You will likely have to use the Windows installer formatting tool before you can choose the installation destination.
- Pendrive USB com Instalador do Windows não inicia.
WoeUSB
Posts with mentions or reviews of WoeUSB.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-05.
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Cannot create a bootable Windows 10 USB in Linux Mint
Flashing the windows ISO directly with a program like unetbootin won't work. Ventoy is supposed to work, but if it didn't, try WoeUSB
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It's become complicated, Please help me!
The problem is windows ISOs can't be directly booted. Ventoy should work in theory, but I've had some problems with it so it's not surprising that it doesn't work sometimes. Try woeusb and see if it works.
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Help I want to go back
Oh, you can also use woeusb or ventoy.
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What happened to Win10 Media Creation Tool???
Microsoft Windows (use Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, Rufus, or WoeUSB).
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How can I make a bootable Windows USB on Linux?
Error: File "/media/woeusb_source_1616307968_13078/sources/install.wim" in source image has exceed the FAT32 Filesystem 4GiB Single File Size Limitation and cannot be installed. You must specify a different --target-filesystem. Refer: https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB/wiki/Limitations#fat32-filesystem-4gib-single-file-size-limitation for more info. Unmounting and removing "/media/woeusb_source_1616307968_13078"... You may now safely detach the target device
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For what reason did you switch over to Linux?
WoeUSB works without any problems. And no pain.
- WinSetupFromUSB for chromebook?
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Can I make a bootable windows usb using the usb flasher
https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB heres the source
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How do I go back to windows 10?
I use WoeUSB and have personally had problems with all of the other Windows Boot CD creators. If above doesn't work for you, you can try it here: https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB
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Create bootable usb in linux
https://github.com/slacka/WoeUSB/issues/311#
What are some alternatives?
When comparing WoeUSB and WoeUSB you can also consider the following projects:
WoeUSB-ng - WoeUSB-ng is a simple tool that enable you to create your own usb stick windows installer from an iso image or a real DVD. This is a rewrite of original WoeUSB.
Rufus - The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
Ventoy - A new bootable USB solution.
MediaCreationTool.bat - Universal MCT wrapper script for all Windows 10/11 versions from 1507 to 21H2!
systemE - 🤣 A lightweight systemd replacement written in Emacs lisp 🤣
windows2usb - Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11 ISO to Flash Drive burning utility for Linux (MBR/GPT, BIOS/UEFI, FAT32/NTFS)
uefi-ntfs - UEFI:NTFS - Boot NTFS or exFAT partitions from UEFI
bento - Packer templates for building minimal Vagrant baseboxes for multiple platforms
cross - “Zero setup” cross compilation and “cross testing” of Rust crates
bootiso - A bash program to securely create a bootable USB device from one image file.