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I tried to create a Windows 10 USB boot medium with WoeUSB. I formatted a USB drive with an NTFS partition, but WoeUSB complains with: 

Installation failed!  
Exit code: 256   
Log:  
WoeUSB v@@WOEUSB_VERSION@@
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Mounting source filesystem...  
Wiping all existing partition table and filesystem signatures in /dev/sdc... wipefs:
error: /dev/sdc: probing initialization failed The command "wipefs --all 
"${target_device}"" failed with exit status "1", program is prematurely aborted   
Unmounting and removing "/medi/woeusb_source_1530017199_18199"...  
You may now safely detach the target device

or

 wipefs: WARNING: /dev/sdc: appears to contain 'dos' partition table
karel
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dont eject just unmount.

this is what worked:

  1. insert usb stick
  2. open gparted
  3. unmount using gparted
  4. format to ntfs using gparted
  5. close gparted
  6. Use woeusb, it should work now
hth
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Start wousb from command line:

sudo woeusb --partition Win10_1803_EnglishInternational_x64.iso /dev/sdc1
jschnasse
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sudo wipefs --all --force /dev/sdX

You'll need to change /dev/sdX to your device

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Janilson Almeida
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Below steps worked for me for windows 7 bootable pendrive in ubuntu-18.04

Step 1: Download the latest bash file from the release of the WoeUSB page https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB/releases

Step 2: Fix the missing executable file permission chmod +x path/to/woeusb-N.N.N.bash

Step 3: Install GParted sudo apt-get install gparted

Step 4: Start gparted ui interface

Step 5: Select your drive by top-right dropdown delete your whole partition using GParted ( Don't create a new partition after that )

Step 6: Make bootable Pendrive ( sudo ./woeusb-N.N.N.bash --target-filesystem NTFS --device path/to/windows.iso /dev/sdX )

 wget https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB/releases

sudo apt install gparted
 cp /home/devops/Downloads/woeusb-5.2.4.bash .


chmod 777 woeusb-5.2.4.bash 
 sudo ./woeusb-5.2.4.bash  --target-filesystem NTFS --device /home/devops/Downloads/test/en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd.iso  /dev/sdb


sudo apt install wimtools


Install above package if you get below error and then rerun woeusb command  below it again


"error woeusb requires wimlib-imagex command in the executable search path, but it is not found"


sudo ./woeusb-5.2.4.bash  --target-filesystem NTFS --device /home/devops/Downloads/test/en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd.iso  /dev/sdb
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