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Bootable Windows 7 USB Stick from Ubuntu

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Install required packages

sudo apt-get install gparted ntfs-3g

Create the bootable USB stick

GParted

format the USB drive with GParted to NTFS
while still in GParted, right click on the newly formatted volume and select Manage Flags and make sure that bootable is ticked

UNetbootin

download this specific version of UNetbootin
mark the downloaded file as executable and run it

sudo chmod +x ./unetbootin-linux-494 && sudo ./unetbootin-linux-494

tick Show all drives and select the USB drive (double check the drive's path in GParted)
select the Windows 7 ISO and start the creation

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