From 85aa092a5f6d6e3dd5f6b9c4a28b888d6de97579 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DarkSun Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 05:04:57 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98[tech]:=2020210217=20Use=20th?= =?UTF-8?q?is=20bootable=20USB=20drive=20on=20Linux=20to=20rescue=20Window?= =?UTF-8?q?s=20users?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit sources/tech/20210217 Use this bootable USB drive on Linux to rescue Windows users.md --- ... drive on Linux to rescue Windows users.md | 85 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20210217 Use this bootable USB drive on Linux to rescue Windows users.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20210217 Use this bootable USB drive on Linux to rescue Windows users.md b/sources/tech/20210217 Use this bootable USB drive on Linux to rescue Windows users.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..22ddf703d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20210217 Use this bootable USB drive on Linux to rescue Windows users.md @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +[#]: collector: (lujun9972) +[#]: translator: ( ) +[#]: reviewer: ( ) +[#]: publisher: ( ) +[#]: url: ( ) +[#]: subject: (Use this bootable USB drive on Linux to rescue Windows users) +[#]: via: (https://opensource.com/article/21/2/linux-woeusb) +[#]: author: (Don Watkins https://opensource.com/users/don-watkins) + +Use this bootable USB drive on Linux to rescue Windows users +====== +WoeUSB makes Windows boot disks from Linux and help your friends unlock +their out-of-commission machines. +![Puzzle pieces coming together to form a computer screen][1] + +People regularly ask me to help them rescue Windows computers that have become locked or damaged. Sometimes, I can use a Linux USB boot drive to mount Windows partitions and then transfer and back up files from the damaged systems. + +Other times, clients lose their passwords or otherwise lock their login account credentials. One way to unlock an account is to create a Windows boot disk to repair the computer. Microsoft allows you to download copies of Windows from its website and offers tools to create a USB boot device. But to use them, you need a Windows computer, which means, as a Linux user, I need another way to create a boot DVD or USB drive. I have found it difficult to create Windows USBs on Linux. My reliable tools, like [Etcher.io][2], [Popsicle][3] (for Pop!_OS), and [UNetbootin][4], or using `dd` from the command line to create bootable media, have not been very successful. + +That is until I discovered [WoeUSB-ng][5], a [GPL 3.0][6] Linux tool that creates a bootable USB drive for Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10. The open source software has two programs: a command-line utility and a graphical user interface (GUI) version. + +### Install WoeUSB-ng + +The GitHub repository contains instructions for [installing][7] WoeUSB-ng on Arch, Ubuntu, Fedora, or with pip3. + +If you're on a supported Linux operating system, you can install WoeUSB-ng using your package manager. Alternatively, you can use Python's package manager, [pip][8], to install the application. This is universal across any Linux distribution. There's no functional difference between these methods, so use whichever's familiar to you. + +I'm running Pop!_OS, which is an Ubuntu derivative, but being comfortable with Python, I chose the pip3 install: + + +``` +`$ sudo pip3 install WoeUSB-ng` +``` + +### Create a boot disk + +You can use WoeUSB-ng from the command line or the GUI version. + +To create a boot disk from the command line, the syntax requires the command, a path to your Windows ISO file (`/dev/sdX` in this example; use the `lsblk` command to determine your drive), and a device:  + + +``` +`$ sudo woeusb --device Windows.iso /dev/sdX` +``` + +You can also launch the program for an easy-to-use interface. In the WoeUSB-ng application window, find the Windows.iso file and select it. Choose your USB target device—the drive you want to make into a Windows boot drive. This will ERASE all information on this drive, so choose carefully—and then double-check (and triple-check) your choice! + +Once you're sure you have the right destination drive selected, click the **Install** button. + +![WoeUSB-ng UI][9] + +(Don Watkins, [CC BY-SA 4.0][10]) + +Creating media takes five to 10 minutes, depending on your Linux computer's processor, memory, USB port speed, etc. Be patient. + +Once the process is finished and verified, you have a functional Windows USB boot device to help someone repair their Windows computer. + +### Help others + +Open source is all about helping other people. Very often, you can help Windows users by using the Linux-based [System Rescue CD][11]. But sometimes, the only way to help is directly from Windows, and WoeUSB-ng is a great open source tool to make that possible. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://opensource.com/article/21/2/linux-woeusb + +作者：[Don Watkins][a] +选题：[lujun9972][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://opensource.com/users/don-watkins +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/styles/image-full-size/public/lead-images/puzzle_computer_solve_fix_tool.png?itok=U0pH1uwj (Puzzle pieces coming together to form a computer screen) +[2]: https://etcher.io/ +[3]: https://github.com/pop-os/popsicle +[4]: https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin +[5]: https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng +[6]: https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng/blob/master/COPYING +[7]: https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng#installation +[8]: https://opensource.com/downloads/pip-cheat-sheet +[9]: https://opensource.com/sites/default/files/uploads/woeusb-ng-gui.png (WoeUSB-ng UI) +[10]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ +[11]: https://www.system-rescue.org/