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Hi there
@tdockery97
if on linux simply use dd to create the bootable usb file from your iso image.
as root (or sudo) : dd in=<input iso image> of=/dev/sdx bs=16M status=progress where /dev/sdx is the usb device you want to create the bootable USB stick. You can find the device quick enough by lsblk. Ensure the output device isn't mounted when using dd.
No need to partition / GPT / MBR or format anything --dd doesn't care about file systems, partition maps etc etc -- it just copies plain vanilla raw data so you don't even need things like vfat or exfat support installed on your Linux system (although if messing around with windows stuff I'd install those utilities and also ntfs-3g for ntfs read / write on Linux).
The resulting usb drive will be bootable both on MBR (BIOS) and UEFI systems and Windows install can proceed normally.
To format a disk on Linux if you need to do it it's easy enough --use mkfs command e.g for vfat
sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc1
for ntfs :
sudo mkfs.ntfs /dev/sdc1 where /dev/sdc1 is the device / partition nr on the HDD you want to format.
Note --if the USB device is already partitioned lsblk will show /dev/sdx and then /dev/sdx1 etc under it for the partitions. When using dd to create your bootable iso use the /dev/sdx as the output file not /dev/sdx1 etc.
Cheers
jimbo