JustinP526 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I'm trying to make a bootable USB of Windows 7 for a a reinstall on a friends machine. They don't have an optical drive. I'm using USB Key Writer in OpenSUSE 13.2 KDE 64 bit and it keeps telling me "can't write this file". The Windows 7 iso is a download from Microsoft so should be perfectly legal and legit. Friend has a legal Win7 product key for specified machine as well. The USB stick I'm trying to use is 8GB so should be sufficient. Am I doing something wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk_ Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Try this: https://en.opensuse.org/Create_installation_USB_stick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinP526 Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Think that's the one I was following, thanks though! Actually, might help if I format the flash drive first... wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oftentired Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Think that's the one I was following, thanks though! Actually, might help if I format the flash drive first... wouldn't it? naaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinP526 Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Well I made sure the flash drive was empty and formatted and still get the same result. It says it can't write the file and to burn to a DVD. My optical drive (DVD-RW) is dead and won't read or write or anything. No clue what to do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigsy Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Maybe the .iso file is corrupt did you do a hash check on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomk_ Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 https://superuser.com/questions/256869/what-are-the-nuisances-of-creating-a-bootable-windows-7-usb-drive-from-linux-wit?rq=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinP526 Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 Trying everything and getting lots of errors in the output. No clue what I'm doing wrong, but guess it's not going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinP526 Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Maybe had something to do with my lappy. Think it just died as it just powered off and won't turn back on. Plugging in the power adapter causes it to trip and the LED goes off. Unplugging it makes the LED come back on. So guessing the mobo just fried. Have to open it up and see for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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