Fix WoeUSB exit error 256 - Bootable Windows USB pendrive HD

If you want to flash a bootable Windows on a USB stick (pen drive) using Ubuntu Linux, you can use WinUSB or WoeUSB app for Linux. In case of WoeUSB, the error message is: Installation failed! Exit code: 256 Log: WoeUSB v@@WOEUSB_VERSION@@ ============================== 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 And in case of WinUSB, the error message is a similar error message because WoeUSB is technically a fork of WinUSB. Timestamps of the video: 0:33 error message 1:07 unmount USB stick (pen drive) using GParted App 1:42 successfully burn Windows 7 iso file to the USB stick to make a bootable media Notes: 1. If you want to make a bootable USB stick of Windows 10 , make sure your USB stick is formatted using NTFS file system. Why? because FAT32 can not handle any file with a size over 4GB but NTFS can handle it. 2. The main cause of the error 256 is that the pen-drive (USB stick) is mounted, so you must unmount it using GParted app on Ubuntu/Linux. 3. use WoeUSB or WinUSB to create the bootable pendrive (USB stick).