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Old March 14th 19, 10:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Paul[_32_]
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Default Can I install Win 10 like this?

T wrote:
On 3/13/19 9:04 PM, bilsch wrote:
I currently have no Windows system on any PC. I have Ubuntu. I want
to purchase and download a Win10 bootable install iso for use on
another PC (an old Dell Inspiron N4110 laptop). I can make a bootable
USB stick using linux command line something like:

dd if=windowsinstall.iso of=/dev/sdb

I know how to do that.

What i need to know is where to purchase and download the iso file
that will boot the laptop into the Windows 10 installation routine. I
assume I will get a long registration code when I purchase the file
that I will need to enter during installation. I prefer to get the
file from Microsoft if possible. TIA. Bill S.



Hi Bilsch,

"dd" only works if you set the iso up correctly for it.
M$ does not.

You can burn the iso with K3b in Linux to a DVD.

The only way I have found to make it using Rufus from
a Window virtual machine.

I have not tried Jonathan's Startup Disk Creator suggestion,
but I'd go that route first.

-T


There are two "eras" of usb-creator-gtk.

The first era was "intelligent". It took apart the ISO,
and put the pieces on the USB stick for you, as well as
offering to add a 4GB "persistence" file so that your
/home could be stored on the stick too.

When the hybrid ISOs came out (supporting MSDOS and UEFI
boot, as well as having the ability to be used on a
USB key), the usb-creator-gtk was "converted" into
a call to "dd". It just dumps the ISO onto the USB stick,
sector by sector. No longer is usb-creator-gtk "magical"
in any sense. Consequently, a person who can read the
manual page for "dd" can manage to do this on their
very own, without hunting for the dressed-up-GUI-thingy.

And the thing is, you can spend all day evaluating stuff like this.

http://www.webupd8.org/2017/06/tool-...ndows-usb.html

Without really knowing for sure that it will work.

Paul
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