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There are many tutorials on creating a Linux Bootable USB on Windows but few on Creating a Windows 8.1, 10 or 11 Bootable on Linux. Creating a Windows Bootable USB on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is much more straightforward than older Ubuntu Versions due to the updated NTFS driver inbuilt into Linux Kernel 5.15. Having a proper NTFS driver means we do not need to avoid using the NTFS file system and therefore don't need to split the install.wim which typically exceeds the 4.0 GB file limit on the FAT32 partition. This video will take you through the process of making a UEFI Bootable USB Manually.

Get your mainstream Windows ISO from the perspective software download pages:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/
This will also work with Windows Insider Preview ISOs:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-insider/isos

A new utility WoeUSB can be used to make a Windows 11 Bootable USB (configured for a UEFI Boot with SecureBoot) or Windows 10 Bootable USB (configured for a UEFI Boot with SecureBoot or configured for a Legacy Boot). For more details about WoeUSB follow this tutorial video instead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRG31p0nkg8

To instead manually create the Windows 11 Bootable USB (configured for a UEFI Boot with SecureBoot) or Windows 10 Bootable USB (configured for a UEFI Boot with SecureBoot) manually proceed with this current video...

Install gparted using:
sudo apt install gparted

Insert a 16-32 GB USB Flash Drive. Use gparted to create a new GPT partition table. On this partition table create a 1024 MB FAT32 partition called BOOT and create a NTFS partition called INSTALL occupying the rest of the space.

Right click the ISO and select open with Disk Image Mounter. Copy the ISO contents except the sources folder to BOOT. In its place create your own sources folder and copy the boot.wim from the original. Copy the ISO contents including the sources folder to the installation partition.

You may need Intel F6 Drivers if using the recommended RAID SATA Operation! Intel seem to have updated their website and removed the zip files. I have left Windows Insider Feedback to Microsoft to request the drivers to be slipstreamed into the boot.wim and install.wim. Please upvote the feedback and leave a comment giving your model of system and generation of processor:
https://aka.ms/AAk7708
Please also comment on the Intel forum post here stating your model of system, processor model and RAID SATA Operation setting if Windows cannot see your drive:
https://community.intel.com/t5/Rapid-Storage-Technology/F6flpy-x64-Non-VMD-zip-and-F6flpy-x64-VMD-zip-Removed/m-p/1470751/emcs_t/S2h8ZW1haWx8bWVudGlvbl9zdWJzY3JpcHRpb258TEZTR0dMMFZFOTczTDJ8MTQ3MDc1MXxBVF9NRU5USU9OU3xoSw#M11801

Intel 12th and 11th Gen (Win 10 and 11):
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/720755/intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-installation-software-with-intel-optane-memory-11th-and-12th-gen-platforms.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20220223145418/https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/download/19512/intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-installation-software-with-intel-optane-memory-10th-and-11th-gen-platforms.html

Intel 10th Gen (Win 10 and 11):
https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/download/19512/intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-installation-software-with-intel-optane-memory-10th-and-11th-gen-platforms.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20221127001325/https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/download/19512/intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-installation-software-with-intel-optane-memory-10th-and-11th-gen-platforms.html

Intel 9th and 8th Gen (Win 10 and 11):
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19755/intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-installation-software-with-intel-optane-memory-8th-and-9th-gen-platforms.html

Intel 7th Gen and 6th Gen (Win 10):
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/15667/intel-rapid-storage-technology-intel-rst-user-interface-and-driver.html

Intel have removed the F6 drivers for 5th Gen hardware, stating it is at end of life but the drivers can be obtained from your OEM or from the Latitude 7350. Unfortunately OEM provided drivers are typically packaged as .exes which won't extract the drivers on Linux). Alternatively use the AHCI SATA Operation. There won't be much of a performance hit using AHCI as not too many optimisations were made for this older hardware.

The "AMD Raid Driver" can be downloaded from AMD by selecting Chipset and then your socket and then Chipset...
https://www.amd.com/en/support/
Despite the need to select a Socket and Chipset on the AMD Download Page which can be hard to identify for a standard Dell/Lenovo/HP system. They all seem to lead to the same AMD RAID Driver which supports most modern models:
https://www.amd.com/en/support/chipsets/amd-socket-am4/b350

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