Make bootable USB drive for Win 10

Task is simple: Making a bootable USB drive with Windows 10 Education - English - 1909 version

The hardware I want to use is a Zenbook 14-UX433FA with Endless OS installed (seems a linux distro, never heard of it before)

The PC I am working at right now is a Desktop with Ubuntu 18.04

So thats the three things I need to work with. Win 10 Edu, Asus Laptop from an Ubuntu desktop. Check.

I cant make it work though.

What I have done:

- Plug the USB drive into my desktop PC
- Open GParted
- Unmount the USB drive
- Created Partition table with type GPT
- Select NFTS as Filesystem
- USB was formatted and partitioned correctly

- Mounted the ISO I downloaded for the win 10 edu version 1909 with disk image mounter
- Copied all the files inside the ISO into the freshly formatted USB drive by simply drag-and-drop

More or less like described here: How to Easily Create Windows 10 Bootable USB on Ubuntu or Any Linux Distro

Problem is the laptop does not recognize the flash drive as a bootable device.

- Plugged it back into my main desktop pc
- Opened GParted and set the flags on the partition to "boot"

Still wasn't able to be recognized.

Anyone an idea what to do? I am lost right now and no idea what to do.


I'll check in a second if my main pc is at least able to recognize the USB as a bootable device.


Any help appreciated

EDIT: My main PC is perfectly able to detect the USB as bootable and I could have installed the windows version just fine.

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Alright issue resolved. Don't use that method just like that I guess if you also happen to have a laptop like mine. I used Rufus on a windows machine and the USB that came out of it worked and I can install windows now. As for desktop it works as I tested on my main pc, just not for my ASUS laptop strangely. Oh well, use Rufus or Media Creation Tool or some other tool if you want to have a USB that not only supports Desktops but a wider range of machines I guess?!

Solved for me anyways now....