- #HOW TO MAKE A HIRENS BOOT USB WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#
- #HOW TO MAKE A HIRENS BOOT USB WINDOWS 10 UPDATE#
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdy bs=1M count=10 oflag=sync In the terminal clear the disk of any partition info, using this command (replace sdy with device letter from above). If you only have one disk then it probably will be /dev/sdb. Insert your USB stick and list your devices one more time lsblk -la Remove all removable devices (USB), open a terminal and list known disk devices lsblk -la
#HOW TO MAKE A HIRENS BOOT USB WINDOWS 10 INSTALL#
Install the ventoy package from repo sudo pacman -S ventoy The ventoy utility is a great tool for booting a Windows ISO without having to jump through the hoops in this guide. Very receently a new tool has become available - the ventoy project - which makes the task even easier. Thanks to his work the Linux community have an app to do abstract the CLI work. Only the manual approach described below was viable - until af few years ago when the github user slacka forked the WinUSB project. If you want to reinstall Windows after your Manjaro adventure get a Windows ISO from Microsoft
#HOW TO MAKE A HIRENS BOOT USB WINDOWS 10 UPDATE#
To update you system firmware you can use a Windows PE environment like Hiren's BootCD Hirens BootCD reinstalling Windows but it could also be to update your system firmware - because the vendor only provided Windows binaries - you need a Windows system.
The reason for needing this could be e.g.
Creating a bootable USB from a Windows ISO