windows won't boot

[kurokirasama]

Describe the bug

Hello, I burned a windows 7 iso with:

sudo ./woeusb-5.2.4.bash --device /home/kira/temp/windows_home_premium.iso /dev/sdc

the procedure looked fine, so I went to the windows pc, boot from usb and the screen got stuck in "starting windows" logo.

What did I do wrong?

The iso is OK because I could used in virtualbox without issues. The usb stick should be fine too since I installed my current ubuntu from there.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

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Expected behavior

Windows PC should boot from usb.

Teminal output

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WoeUSB v5.2.4
==============================
Info: Mounting source filesystem...
Info: Wiping all existing partition table and filesystem signatures in /dev/sdc...
/dev/sdc: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (dos): 55 aa
/dev/sdc: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success
Info: Ensure that /dev/sdc is really wiped...
Info: Creating new partition table on /dev/sdc...
Info: Creating target partition...
Info: Making system realize that partition table has changed...
Info: Wait 3 seconds for block device nodes to populate...
mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
mkfs.fat: warning - lowercase labels might not work properly with DOS or Windows
Info: Mounting target filesystem...
Info: Copying files from source media...
Writing "/tmp/woeusb-target-20220604-104307-Saturday.Cbu9J1/./sources/install.swm" (part 1 of 2): 0 MiB of 5444 MiB (0%) written
Writing "/tmp/woeusb-target-20220604-104307-Saturday.Cbu9J1/./sources/install2.swm" (part 2 of 2): 4093 MiB of 5444 MiB (75%) written
Finished writing split WIM part 2 of 2
Warning: Source media seems to be Windows 7-based with EFI support, applying workaround to make it support UEFI booting
Info: Installing GRUB bootloader for legacy PC booting support...
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
Info: Installing custom GRUB config for legacy PC booting...
Info: Done :)
Info: The target device should be bootable now
Info: Unmounting and removing "/tmp/woeusb-source-20220604-104307-Saturday.WmbqEZ"...
Info: Unmounting and removing "/tmp/woeusb-target-20220604-104307-Saturday.Cbu9J1"...

Environment

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS x86
• Bash: 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
• WoeUSB: 5.2.4

Additional context

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[JonnyTech]

Try using the NTFS option.

[kurokirasama]

Try using the NTFS option.

You mean like this:

sudo ./woeusb-5.2.4.bash --target-filesystem  NTFS --device /home/kira/temp/windows_home_premium.iso /dev/sdc

?

[kurokirasama]

Here's the result, but I'm facing same issue:

WoeUSB v5.2.4
==============================
Info: Mounting source filesystem...
Info: Wiping all existing partition table and filesystem signatures in /dev/sdc...
/dev/sdc: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (dos): 55 aa
/dev/sdc: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success
Info: Ensure that /dev/sdc is really wiped...
Info: Creating new partition table on /dev/sdc...
Info: Creating target partition...
Info: Making system realize that partition table has changed...
Info: Wait 3 seconds for block device nodes to populate...
Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
Creating NTFS volume structures.
mkntfs completed successfully. Have a nice day.
--2022-06-04 11:15:40--  https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/pbatard/rufus@b30e3b387a3ca7a5e2fddebcc2c8f9538a89b868/res/uefi/uefi-ntfs.img
Resolving cdn.jsdelivr.net (cdn.jsdelivr.net)... 104.16.89.20, 104.16.88.20, 104.16.86.20, ...
Connecting to cdn.jsdelivr.net (cdn.jsdelivr.net)|104.16.89.20|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1048576 (1,0M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/WoeUSB.tempdir.JcxCIP/uefi-ntfs.img’

uefi-ntfs.img                                   100%[=====================================================================================================>]   1,00M  --.-KB/s    in 0,08s   

2022-06-04 11:15:40 (13,1 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/WoeUSB.tempdir.JcxCIP/uefi-ntfs.img’ saved [1048576/1048576]

2048+0 records in
2048+0 records out
1048576 bytes (1,0 MB, 1,0 MiB) copied, 0,123303 s, 8,5 MB/s
Info: Mounting target filesystem...
Info: Copying files from source media...
Warning: Source media seems to be Windows 7-based with EFI support, applying workaround to make it support UEFI booting
Info: Installing GRUB bootloader for legacy PC booting support...
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
Info: Installing custom GRUB config for legacy PC booting...
Info: Done :)
Info: The target device should be bootable now
Info: Unmounting and removing "/tmp/woeusb-source-20220604-111530-Saturday.XeyjkE"...
Info: Unmounting and removing "/tmp/woeusb-target-20220604-111530-Saturday.1moElM"...

I'll try a windows 10 iso now...

[JonnyTech]

Hello, I burned a windows 7 iso with:

Hang on, Windows 7? Is your system a modern USB3 type spec? Windows 7 probably won't have the drivers to access the USB drive. You need to research how to embed the correct drivers within the installer, specifically the boot.wim file to boot correctly.

[kurokirasama]

ok, thanks! I have not used windows in a long time so I'm a little bit outdated in my knowledge

[JonnyTech]

These may help:

http://woshub.com/adding-usb-3-0-controller-drivers-to-windows-7-install-media/

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/mini-pcs/nuc-kits/Install-Win7-to-USB3_0-Computers.pdf

Start by checking your BIOS/EFI settings.

[Nadawr]

Use uefi or leacy but i use cmos and it boot normally but i use ntfs and mbr