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+## Create a Bootlabe Windows 10 USB Drive using LINUX Arch
+
+A manual from the site [adamsdesk](https://kb.adamsdesk.com/operating_system/create_a_bootable_windows_10_usb_using_linux/), was adapted to my needs.
+*Version 1.0*
+
+### Prerequisite
+
+#### Assumptions
+ * Instructions using Arch Linux
+ * USB drive with a minimum of 8 GB
+ * Steps prefixed with "$" represents the CLI prompt with normal user access rights
+ * Steps prefixed with "#" represents the CLI prompt with root access rights
+
+#### Preparation
+Install the following packages from the Arch Linux distribution
+
+```
+$ yay -Sy ms-sys ntfs-3g rsync
+```
+
+### Instructions
+
+1. Download the latest Windows ISO from Microsoft [here](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO),
+2. Plug in the USB flash drive,
+3. Locate the USB device name: 
+	```
+	$ lsblk
+	```
+	```
+	NAME    MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
+	loop0     7:0    0  5,7G  0 loop /mnt/iso
+	sda       8:0    1  7,5G  0 disk 
+	└─sda1    8:1    1  7,5G  0 part 
+	nvme0n1 259:0    0  1,8T  0 disk /
+	```
+4. Unmount the UB flash drive:
+	```
+	# umount /dev/sda1
+	```
+5. Create USB flash drive partition:
+	```
+	# fdisk /dev/sda
+	```
+
+	a.) Press `D` then press `<ENTER>` to delete all partitions,
+
+	b.) Press `N` then press `<ENTER>` to create a new partition,
+
+	c.) Press `<ENTER>` to accept default (p for primary),
+
+	d.) Press `<ENTER>` to accept default partition number, 1,
+
+	e.) Press `<ENTER>` to accept default first sector,
+
+	f.) Press `<ENTER>` to accept default last sector,
+
+	```
+	Note:
+	Say yes if prompted for "Do you want to remove the signature". 
+	```
+
+	g.) Press `T` then press `<ENTER>` to change partition type,
+
+	h.) Press `7` then press `<ENTER>` to set partion type to **HPFS/NTFS/exFAT**,
+
+	i.) Press `P` to verify:
+	```
+	Disk /dev/sda: 7,5 GiB, 8053063680 bytes, 15728640 sectors
+	Disk model: Flash Disk      
+	Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
+	Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
+	I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
+	Disklabel type: dos
+	Disk identifier: 0x8bfaef3a
+
+	Device     Boot Start      End  Sectors  Size Id Type
+	/dev/sda1        2048 15728639 15726592  7,5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
+	```
+
+	j.) Press `W` then press `<ENTER>` to write table to disk and exit,
+
+6. Format partition file system to NTFS:
+	```
+	# mkfs.ntfs -L win10 /dev/sda1
+	```
+7. Create mount points:
+	```
+	# mkdir /mnt/{iso,usb}
+	```
+8. Mount Windows ISO:
+	```
+	# mount ~<username>/Downloads/Win10_22H2_English_x16v1.iso /mnt/iso
+	```
+9. Mount USB drive partition:
+	```
+	# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
+	```
+10. Copy files from Windows ISO to USB flash drive using `rsync`:
+	```
+	# rsync -avP /mnt/iso/ /mnt/usb/
+	```
+11. Make USB flash drive bootable with:
+	```
+	# ms-sys -7 /dev/sda
+	```
+	```
+	Windows 7 master boot record successfully written to /dev/sda
+	```
+12. Run **sync** to ensure all operations have completet,
+	```
+	# sync
+	```
+13. Unmount USB flash drive,
+	```
+	# umount /mnt/usb
+	```
+14. Unmount Windows ISO,
+	```
+	# umount /mnt/usb
+	```
+15. Remove mount point directories:
+	```
+	# rm -r /mnt/{iso,usb}
+	```