I have a Windows 7 iso file which I wish to burn into a usb to make it bootable. I tried with the Disks utility "Restore Disk Image" and it copied the iso files into the drive but it didn't make it bootable. I tried using Etcher but when I selected the Windows iso file I got a message saying that Windows iso files required a special burning process to make them bootable and that I had to use a tool such as Rufus which isn't available for Linux and Wine couldn't run it properly.
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Best Answer
I always use
dd
for this, and it has never failed. Yes, it works for Windows ISO's too.Here's how I normally go about it (as root -or use
sudo
):The
X
insdX
is the where your USB device is connected. Be very careful tho choose the right one! Otherwise you might overwrite the wrong disk/partition.One way to find out the right device is to issue
ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/
.Below is an example, where you see that the USB device is located on
/dev/sdb
:Edit: The Arch Wiki has a good guide for this.