My Win Os partition was erased

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My 500g ssd was the home to my winos which some how…; managed to become partitioned for me. I have a 1tb external USB SCSI drive, upon which I have a Back Up of all files and Data, including a Win11.ISO file that I want to install onto a USB drive for re-installation. I am doing this in a Kali Linux environment, and having only a modicum of Linux knowledge, I need help identifying a Linux analog to the Winos Rufus or alternative application for creating a boot able USB drive from an ISO file.

Any direction or guidance here would be greatly appreciated. I appreciate the discourse I have only recently been able to enjoy on this board. Again TY

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dd if='path to your windows iso here' of='your usb drive goes here’

So for example

dd ‘if=/var/lib/libvirt/images/Windows11.iso’ of=‘dev/sdx’

Just make sure that /dev/sdx IS actually your usb drive.. the letter x may be a different one for you

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Thank You for the quick reply. This is exactly what I needed. OK, so dd is convert and copy a file. the IF is the Read from file, the ISO file, and the IF is the destination or write to file, the USB drive. Am I correct here? This just seems so light on parameters. Will this create a boot able USB drive from said ISO?

Wow if im not missing anything, this is fantastic. TY

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I was hasty in my last reply. The dd of= is the destination or the USB drive im writing to.

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dd makes a bit by bit copy from the input to the output.

This is essentially what balenaetcher does, or what rufus in DD mode does.

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A single command that fits on one line really amazes me. Do you know if there is a native command in the, winos list of commands that is similar to this? Perhaps it is why there are multiple third party applications to perform this command in the winos.

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There is a reason people consider the command line faster and more powerful than navigating menus :wink:

I am not aware of a windows alternative.

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Sorry, one last thing. In the command dd if =’ are the apostrophes required? my command with apostrophes would look like. Hell Ill experiment and figure it out.
dd if = ‘/media/jj/DATA001/windows.ISO’

Again Thank You.

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no, don’t need them, that was just for the example to show where to put the path.

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Thank You so much. I did experiment with…well I made several stupid errors in my syntax, however I got it figured out.

Again TY

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If your Windows OS partition was erased, stop using the drive immediately. Use recovery software like Recuva or EaseUS, or consult a data recovery professional to attempt restoring lost files.

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they prolly wiped it installing kali, so there’s not going to be much left anyway.