Mdthbs

Scam? Phone call from "Department of Social Security" asking me to call back

Why is the second S silent in "Sens dessus dessous"?

Should I leave building the database for the end?

Is it possible to grow new organs through exposure to radioactivity?

How far did Gandalf and the Balrog drop from the bridge in Moria?

Are there really no countries that protect Freedom of Speech as the United States does?

Boss wants me to ignore a software API license

Transition to "Starvation Mode" in Survival Situations

How can I see if the data in a SQL Server table is page-compressed?

Why command hierarchy, if the chain of command is standing next to each other?

"Mouth-breathing" as slang for stupidity

Change page title from Views preprocess function

Graphs for which a calculus student can reasonably compute the arclength

A trip to the library

Doesn't the speed of light limit imply the same electron can be annihilated twice?

Can lodestones be used to magnetize crude iron weapons?

What is a "soap"?

How to use Smarty for change greetings for French?

What unique challenges/limitations will I face if I start a career as a pilot at 45 years old?

Why is the result of ('b'+'a'+ + 'a' + 'a').toLowerCase() 'banana'?

What would it take to get a message to another star?

@ in the beginning of a formula

Stephen King and steam/diesel/cyber-punk

How can God warn people of the upcoming rapture without disrupting society?

Installing Windows to flash UEFI/ BIOS, then reinstalling Ubuntu

How to flash a BIOS when only a Windows binary is provided?Windows entry(UEFI) deleted, after installing ubuntu in legacy modeAre there problems with UEFI when single-booting Ubuntu?How do I remove or reinstall Ubuntu in Windows 8 UEFI dual when Ubuntu is set as default?Question regarding dual boot (BIOS/UEFI, SSD)Dual Boot Windows UEFI problemsUpgrade to Windows 10 & Grub rescue, with both UEFI & BIOS on boardMake Windows 7 UEFI bootableFlashing UEFI from Ubuntu directly?

.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty{ margin-bottom:0;
}

8

1

I am going to reinstall Windows on my computer so that I can flash the UEFI/ BIOS (the computer manufacturer only supplies a .exe file). I would like to efficiently reinstall Ubuntu after that. Can you explain a time efficient way to do that?

Edit: Really, I am looking for the safest way to do this with a reasonable degree of efficiency.

18.04 uefi

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

whitelightning

asked yesterday

whitelightningwhitelightning

15022 silver badges1616 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I would just make a +minimum size partition on hard drive for a Windows install. Have ubuntu install disk handy if grub needs fixing after. Leave ubuntu install alone.
  
  – crip659
  23 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Windows installation does not always leave Ubuntu alone. It's getting less worse, but still I can't rely on it not corrupting Ubuntu.
  
  – K7AAY
  22 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Some with .exe files also offer a DOS file, so you can create a DOS bootable flash drive to run update.Most better systems now let you run update directly from UEFI with update on a FAT32 partition. And a few new UEFI systems will update directly from Linux with fwupd.org/lvfs/devicelist & fwupd.org/vendorlist
  
  – oldfred
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You mean something like freeDOS? I am concerned that the method is not that safe (as far as the flashing process not working)
  
  – whitelightning
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Do you have a spare hard drive available that you can use in this project?
  
  – Eric Towers
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 3 more comments

8

1

I am going to reinstall Windows on my computer so that I can flash the UEFI/ BIOS (the computer manufacturer only supplies a .exe file). I would like to efficiently reinstall Ubuntu after that. Can you explain a time efficient way to do that?

Edit: Really, I am looking for the safest way to do this with a reasonable degree of efficiency.

18.04 uefi

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

whitelightning

asked yesterday

whitelightningwhitelightning

15022 silver badges1616 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I would just make a +minimum size partition on hard drive for a Windows install. Have ubuntu install disk handy if grub needs fixing after. Leave ubuntu install alone.
  
  – crip659
  23 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Windows installation does not always leave Ubuntu alone. It's getting less worse, but still I can't rely on it not corrupting Ubuntu.
  
  – K7AAY
  22 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Some with .exe files also offer a DOS file, so you can create a DOS bootable flash drive to run update.Most better systems now let you run update directly from UEFI with update on a FAT32 partition. And a few new UEFI systems will update directly from Linux with fwupd.org/lvfs/devicelist & fwupd.org/vendorlist
  
  – oldfred
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You mean something like freeDOS? I am concerned that the method is not that safe (as far as the flashing process not working)
  
  – whitelightning
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Do you have a spare hard drive available that you can use in this project?
  
  – Eric Towers
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 3 more comments

I am going to reinstall Windows on my computer so that I can flash the UEFI/ BIOS (the computer manufacturer only supplies a .exe file). I would like to efficiently reinstall Ubuntu after that. Can you explain a time efficient way to do that?

Edit: Really, I am looking for the safest way to do this with a reasonable degree of efficiency.

18.04 uefi

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

whitelightning

asked yesterday

whitelightningwhitelightning

15022 silver badges1616 bronze badges

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

whitelightning

asked yesterday

whitelightningwhitelightning

15022 silver badges1616 bronze badges

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

whitelightning

asked yesterday

whitelightningwhitelightning

15022 silver badges1616 bronze badges

asked yesterday

whitelightningwhitelightning

15022 silver badges1616 bronze badges

asked yesterday

whitelightningwhitelightning

15022 silver badges1616 bronze badges

4 Answers
4

active

oldest

votes

14

The most efficient way is to find a Live Windows image and boot from it.

You will be able to flash BIOS from it.

But beware that in some cases it is not a good idea to flash a new BIOS. About a week ago I flashed a new BIOS to an Asus laptop using a BIOS utility (built in into BIOS called EasyFlash).

After that I lost touchpad in Ubuntu and had other problems. I couldn't downgrade BIOS using the same utility because it didn't allow to flash older BIOS.

So I had to use a Live Windows image where I successfuly downgraded BIOS using /nodate switch.

So if you don't have a very strong reason, and everything works fine, don't upgrade BIOS. Ubuntu will take care of CPU microcode.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Pilot6Pilot6

55.2k1515 gold badges114114 silver badges205205 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I can't seem to find any information about /nodate. Very curious about that.
  
  – whitelightning
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It may be Asus specific.
  
  – Pilot6
  15 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Recommending against updating your BIOS is somewhat dodgy. It can leave you open to big vulnerabilities.
  
  – MechMK1
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Can you give an example of "big" vulnerabilities in BIOS?
  
  – Pilot6
  8 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Pilot6: Spectre mitigations often require bios updates to function.
  
  – Joshua
  6 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 2 more comments

12

Disconnect your Ubuntu system drive, connect an old spare or used drive, install Windows on it, and do the BIOS update (if, as Pilot6 explained above, if you absolutely, positively, have to update the BIOS). Then, disconnect the old drive, put your Ubuntu OS drive back on, and you're ready to know, secure in the knowledge that Windows did not corrupt Linux.

share|improve this answer

answered 23 hours ago

K7AAYK7AAY

4,51633 gold badges1818 silver badges4646 bronze badges

add a comment | 

3

The most time efficient method of putting an existing Ubuntu installation back on your system is to boot from a thumb drive, do a complete image backup of the entire drive to another (large enough) storage device, then restore that image backup after you're done with Windows.

I'll link an article on how to do this (be careful; you can erase everything as easily as backing it up), but dd is the core command for these operations.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Zeiss IkonZeiss Ikon

3,46611 gold badge1010 silver badges2525 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  My understanding is that when I install a new UEFI, there are some things that need to change, regarding other parts of the system. I believe the bootloader is one of them. So don't we need a way to naturally create some of the "install" files?
  
  – whitelightning
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Considering that full disc backups take several hours, this is hardly "most time efficient". Even opening the laptop and changing the drive would be faster.
  
  – jpa
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @whitelightning Boot configuration is stored on the disk on a EFI System Partition, so restoring disk image will revert those changes as well. But if you want to do it fast, use Clonezilla for imaging, not dd. Clonezilla will only backup used space.
  
  – gronostaj
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @gronostaj When I install Ubuntu, there is an EFI system partition, uses fat32 file system. The Ubuntu installation automatically creates that. You are saying that we don't want that moved over, right?
  
  – whitelightning
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

If your .exe flasher tool does not need installation, then you may be able to do this from the Windows installer disc.

Download a Windows 10 installer iso image from Microsoft of the appropriate bitness (32-bit or 64-bit). If you visit the site from Windows, then Microsoft wants you to download their "Media creation tool", which can either download an iso or create a bootable USB drive. I believe the site simply offers the iso file if you visit from Linux, but I haven't tried. This is a free download, and you don't need a license since you won't be installing.

Boot the computer with the installer disc. Progress through the installer until you come to the "Install Now" screen, don't click that button, and press Shift + F10 to open a Command Prompt window. From there you can do many things, for example: Plug in a USB drive with your flasher .exe on it, navigate there (you may have to try a few drive letters to find the correct one), and execute it.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

twisteroid ambassadortwisteroid ambassador

13111 bronze badge

New contributor

twisteroid ambassador is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

add a comment | 

Your Answer

StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "89"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});

function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});


}
});

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

Name

Email

Required, but never shown

StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1165520%2finstalling-windows-to-flash-uefi-bios-then-reinstalling-ubuntu%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest

Name

Email

Required, but never shown

14

The most efficient way is to find a Live Windows image and boot from it.

You will be able to flash BIOS from it.

But beware that in some cases it is not a good idea to flash a new BIOS. About a week ago I flashed a new BIOS to an Asus laptop using a BIOS utility (built in into BIOS called EasyFlash).

After that I lost touchpad in Ubuntu and had other problems. I couldn't downgrade BIOS using the same utility because it didn't allow to flash older BIOS.

So I had to use a Live Windows image where I successfuly downgraded BIOS using /nodate switch.

So if you don't have a very strong reason, and everything works fine, don't upgrade BIOS. Ubuntu will take care of CPU microcode.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Pilot6Pilot6

55.2k1515 gold badges114114 silver badges205205 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I can't seem to find any information about /nodate. Very curious about that.
  
  – whitelightning
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It may be Asus specific.
  
  – Pilot6
  15 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Recommending against updating your BIOS is somewhat dodgy. It can leave you open to big vulnerabilities.
  
  – MechMK1
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Can you give an example of "big" vulnerabilities in BIOS?
  
  – Pilot6
  8 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Pilot6: Spectre mitigations often require bios updates to function.
  
  – Joshua
  6 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 2 more comments

14

The most efficient way is to find a Live Windows image and boot from it.

You will be able to flash BIOS from it.

But beware that in some cases it is not a good idea to flash a new BIOS. About a week ago I flashed a new BIOS to an Asus laptop using a BIOS utility (built in into BIOS called EasyFlash).

After that I lost touchpad in Ubuntu and had other problems. I couldn't downgrade BIOS using the same utility because it didn't allow to flash older BIOS.

So I had to use a Live Windows image where I successfuly downgraded BIOS using /nodate switch.

So if you don't have a very strong reason, and everything works fine, don't upgrade BIOS. Ubuntu will take care of CPU microcode.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Pilot6Pilot6

55.2k1515 gold badges114114 silver badges205205 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I can't seem to find any information about /nodate. Very curious about that.
  
  – whitelightning
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It may be Asus specific.
  
  – Pilot6
  15 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Recommending against updating your BIOS is somewhat dodgy. It can leave you open to big vulnerabilities.
  
  – MechMK1
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Can you give an example of "big" vulnerabilities in BIOS?
  
  – Pilot6
  8 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Pilot6: Spectre mitigations often require bios updates to function.
  
  – Joshua
  6 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 2 more comments

The most efficient way is to find a Live Windows image and boot from it.

You will be able to flash BIOS from it.

But beware that in some cases it is not a good idea to flash a new BIOS. About a week ago I flashed a new BIOS to an Asus laptop using a BIOS utility (built in into BIOS called EasyFlash).

After that I lost touchpad in Ubuntu and had other problems. I couldn't downgrade BIOS using the same utility because it didn't allow to flash older BIOS.

So I had to use a Live Windows image where I successfuly downgraded BIOS using /nodate switch.

So if you don't have a very strong reason, and everything works fine, don't upgrade BIOS. Ubuntu will take care of CPU microcode.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Pilot6Pilot6

55.2k1515 gold badges114114 silver badges205205 bronze badges

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Pilot6Pilot6

55.2k1515 gold badges114114 silver badges205205 bronze badges

answered yesterday

Pilot6Pilot6

55.2k1515 gold badges114114 silver badges205205 bronze badges

answered yesterday

Pilot6Pilot6

55.2k1515 gold badges114114 silver badges205205 bronze badges

12

Disconnect your Ubuntu system drive, connect an old spare or used drive, install Windows on it, and do the BIOS update (if, as Pilot6 explained above, if you absolutely, positively, have to update the BIOS). Then, disconnect the old drive, put your Ubuntu OS drive back on, and you're ready to know, secure in the knowledge that Windows did not corrupt Linux.

share|improve this answer

answered 23 hours ago

K7AAYK7AAY

4,51633 gold badges1818 silver badges4646 bronze badges

add a comment | 

12

Disconnect your Ubuntu system drive, connect an old spare or used drive, install Windows on it, and do the BIOS update (if, as Pilot6 explained above, if you absolutely, positively, have to update the BIOS). Then, disconnect the old drive, put your Ubuntu OS drive back on, and you're ready to know, secure in the knowledge that Windows did not corrupt Linux.

share|improve this answer

answered 23 hours ago

K7AAYK7AAY

4,51633 gold badges1818 silver badges4646 bronze badges

add a comment | 

Disconnect your Ubuntu system drive, connect an old spare or used drive, install Windows on it, and do the BIOS update (if, as Pilot6 explained above, if you absolutely, positively, have to update the BIOS). Then, disconnect the old drive, put your Ubuntu OS drive back on, and you're ready to know, secure in the knowledge that Windows did not corrupt Linux.

share|improve this answer

answered 23 hours ago

K7AAYK7AAY

4,51633 gold badges1818 silver badges4646 bronze badges

share|improve this answer

answered 23 hours ago

K7AAYK7AAY

4,51633 gold badges1818 silver badges4646 bronze badges

answered 23 hours ago

K7AAYK7AAY

4,51633 gold badges1818 silver badges4646 bronze badges

answered 23 hours ago

K7AAYK7AAY

4,51633 gold badges1818 silver badges4646 bronze badges

3

The most time efficient method of putting an existing Ubuntu installation back on your system is to boot from a thumb drive, do a complete image backup of the entire drive to another (large enough) storage device, then restore that image backup after you're done with Windows.

I'll link an article on how to do this (be careful; you can erase everything as easily as backing it up), but dd is the core command for these operations.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Zeiss IkonZeiss Ikon

3,46611 gold badge1010 silver badges2525 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  My understanding is that when I install a new UEFI, there are some things that need to change, regarding other parts of the system. I believe the bootloader is one of them. So don't we need a way to naturally create some of the "install" files?
  
  – whitelightning
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Considering that full disc backups take several hours, this is hardly "most time efficient". Even opening the laptop and changing the drive would be faster.
  
  – jpa
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @whitelightning Boot configuration is stored on the disk on a EFI System Partition, so restoring disk image will revert those changes as well. But if you want to do it fast, use Clonezilla for imaging, not dd. Clonezilla will only backup used space.
  
  – gronostaj
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @gronostaj When I install Ubuntu, there is an EFI system partition, uses fat32 file system. The Ubuntu installation automatically creates that. You are saying that we don't want that moved over, right?
  
  – whitelightning
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

The most time efficient method of putting an existing Ubuntu installation back on your system is to boot from a thumb drive, do a complete image backup of the entire drive to another (large enough) storage device, then restore that image backup after you're done with Windows.

I'll link an article on how to do this (be careful; you can erase everything as easily as backing it up), but dd is the core command for these operations.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Zeiss IkonZeiss Ikon

3,46611 gold badge1010 silver badges2525 bronze badges

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  My understanding is that when I install a new UEFI, there are some things that need to change, regarding other parts of the system. I believe the bootloader is one of them. So don't we need a way to naturally create some of the "install" files?
  
  – whitelightning
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Considering that full disc backups take several hours, this is hardly "most time efficient". Even opening the laptop and changing the drive would be faster.
  
  – jpa
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @whitelightning Boot configuration is stored on the disk on a EFI System Partition, so restoring disk image will revert those changes as well. But if you want to do it fast, use Clonezilla for imaging, not dd. Clonezilla will only backup used space.
  
  – gronostaj
  13 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @gronostaj When I install Ubuntu, there is an EFI system partition, uses fat32 file system. The Ubuntu installation automatically creates that. You are saying that we don't want that moved over, right?
  
  – whitelightning
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

The most time efficient method of putting an existing Ubuntu installation back on your system is to boot from a thumb drive, do a complete image backup of the entire drive to another (large enough) storage device, then restore that image backup after you're done with Windows.

I'll link an article on how to do this (be careful; you can erase everything as easily as backing it up), but dd is the core command for these operations.

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Zeiss IkonZeiss Ikon

3,46611 gold badge1010 silver badges2525 bronze badges

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

Zeiss IkonZeiss Ikon

3,46611 gold badge1010 silver badges2525 bronze badges

answered yesterday

Zeiss IkonZeiss Ikon

3,46611 gold badge1010 silver badges2525 bronze badges

answered yesterday

Zeiss IkonZeiss Ikon

3,46611 gold badge1010 silver badges2525 bronze badges

3

If your .exe flasher tool does not need installation, then you may be able to do this from the Windows installer disc.

Download a Windows 10 installer iso image from Microsoft of the appropriate bitness (32-bit or 64-bit). If you visit the site from Windows, then Microsoft wants you to download their "Media creation tool", which can either download an iso or create a bootable USB drive. I believe the site simply offers the iso file if you visit from Linux, but I haven't tried. This is a free download, and you don't need a license since you won't be installing.

Boot the computer with the installer disc. Progress through the installer until you come to the "Install Now" screen, don't click that button, and press Shift + F10 to open a Command Prompt window. From there you can do many things, for example: Plug in a USB drive with your flasher .exe on it, navigate there (you may have to try a few drive letters to find the correct one), and execute it.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

twisteroid ambassadortwisteroid ambassador

13111 bronze badge

New contributor

twisteroid ambassador is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

add a comment | 

3

If your .exe flasher tool does not need installation, then you may be able to do this from the Windows installer disc.

Download a Windows 10 installer iso image from Microsoft of the appropriate bitness (32-bit or 64-bit). If you visit the site from Windows, then Microsoft wants you to download their "Media creation tool", which can either download an iso or create a bootable USB drive. I believe the site simply offers the iso file if you visit from Linux, but I haven't tried. This is a free download, and you don't need a license since you won't be installing.

Boot the computer with the installer disc. Progress through the installer until you come to the "Install Now" screen, don't click that button, and press Shift + F10 to open a Command Prompt window. From there you can do many things, for example: Plug in a USB drive with your flasher .exe on it, navigate there (you may have to try a few drive letters to find the correct one), and execute it.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

twisteroid ambassadortwisteroid ambassador

13111 bronze badge

New contributor

twisteroid ambassador is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

add a comment | 

If your .exe flasher tool does not need installation, then you may be able to do this from the Windows installer disc.

Download a Windows 10 installer iso image from Microsoft of the appropriate bitness (32-bit or 64-bit). If you visit the site from Windows, then Microsoft wants you to download their "Media creation tool", which can either download an iso or create a bootable USB drive. I believe the site simply offers the iso file if you visit from Linux, but I haven't tried. This is a free download, and you don't need a license since you won't be installing.

Boot the computer with the installer disc. Progress through the installer until you come to the "Install Now" screen, don't click that button, and press Shift + F10 to open a Command Prompt window. From there you can do many things, for example: Plug in a USB drive with your flasher .exe on it, navigate there (you may have to try a few drive letters to find the correct one), and execute it.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

twisteroid ambassadortwisteroid ambassador

13111 bronze badge

New contributor

twisteroid ambassador is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

share|improve this answer

answered 11 hours ago

twisteroid ambassadortwisteroid ambassador

13111 bronze badge

New contributor

twisteroid ambassador is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

answered 11 hours ago

twisteroid ambassadortwisteroid ambassador

13111 bronze badge

New contributor

twisteroid ambassador is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.

answered 11 hours ago

twisteroid ambassadortwisteroid ambassador

13111 bronze badge