Bootable USB

[mvairavan]

Hi all,

I have ubuntu 10.10 running and i want to make a usb bootable disk with Windows7.

I have the .iso file of the Win7 OS, I tried the following methods but nothing worked.

* Mounting the iso file and using dd to copy

* Mounting the iso file and using cp to copy then installing the ms-sys on it.

* Unetbootin - But for some reason it is not at all detecting my usb device

What can i do now? I saw there is image writer to usb inbuilt with my ubuntu but it accepts oly .img file, i have .iso file..

So is it possible to convert .iso to .img and try that piece of image writer software?
But i would prefer if there is a direct way to convert this .iso to bootable usb..

Please help me with this, it spoiled my whole nights sleep...

Thanks in advance!!!

[TaZMAniac]

Hi and welcome to the Linux Forums!
This question is kind of outside the realm of this forum considering it is a Linux Forum.
That said,
Here are some links that will help you create a bootable Windows flash drive or DVD.

How To Create Bootable Windows 7, Vista, or XP USB Flash/Pen Drive Quickly

How To Install Windows 7 On USB Flash Drive

Another good place to check out are the forums here;
The CD Forum (Powered by Invision Power Board)

I used to frequent that forum a lot when I used to make my own bootable Windows Cd's.
Now I make multi-boot Linux OS disks that can contain up to 20 Linux OS's on one DVD.