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What are the nuisances of creating a bootable Windows 7 USB drive from linux with ms-sys or dd?

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I have been reading some web pages and posts (here and in other forums) about how to create a Windows 7 installation USB media from linux (to install Windows 7) I asked in TechNet about this, and I got a reply with general information on how to do it: "I personally am not very familiar with linux, …

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I have tried with dd (dd if=/file/win7.iso of=/dev/sdb), and it doesn't work. My steps to make it work: Install ms-sys gparted to create partition, and create NTFS filesystem. Afterwards apply these commands:

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