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Using Ventoy for Windows Installers

For making a bootable USB drive to install Windows, I use Ventoy, a shim that allows loading arbitrary ISOs. This sidesteps some of the quirks and repetition when creating Windows installation media.

  • Follow the installation media links and grab a "Disk Image (ISO)" for your target version of Windows.
  • Download Ventoy and untar it, e.g.:
    • tar xzvf ventoy-1.1.05-linux.tar.gz && cd ventoy-1.1.05
  • Prepare the USB drive and put Ventoy on it, e.g.:
  • sudo wipefs --all /dev/sdx
  • sudo sh Ventoy2Disk.sh -i /dev/sdx
  • Put the Windows ISO on the USB drive:
    • sudo mkdir /mnt/ventoy
    • sudo mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/ventoy
    • cp Win11_24H2_English_x64.iso /mnt/ventoy/ && sync
  • Boot the target system using the USB drive, select the ISO, and choose "Normal" mode.