Linux – Creating a Windows XP installation flash drive in linux

If you are working from within a Linux system (or have access to one), then you can use the 'dd' command to make an ISO from your USB device.

Example: $ dd if=/dev/sdb of=~/usb_image.iso

the 'if' argument designates the input source/file, and the 'of' argument designates the output location name.

Along the same lines, if you have a directory inside your file system that you want to create an ISO out of its contents, then you can use the 'mksiofs' command.

Example: $ mkisofs -o ~/image.iso /source/directory

The the path after the -o parameter is the path where the ISO will be created and the last argument is the path of the source directory.

You can create bootable USB for Windows 10 using Command Prompt on Windows. Here's the YouTube video on - How to create bootable USB for Windows using Command Prompt

In summary you'll have to follow these steps

1. Open Command Prompt as an Administrator
2. On Command Prompt window type diskpart and then click ENTER
3. Inside disk part, now type command list disk and click ENTER, make sure you have inserted your USB drive, and note the disk number of the USB Drive.
4. Type select disk <x> where x being your disk number of USB Drive.
5. Type clean
6. To create a new primary partition on the USB flash drive, type create part pri, and then click ENTER.
7. To select the partition that you just created, type select part 1, and then click ENTER.
8. To format the partition, type format fs=ntfs quick, and then click ENTER.
9. Type active, and then click ENTER.
10. Type exit, and then click ENTER.
11. When you finish preparing your custom image, save it to the root of the USB flash drive.