Like the title states, I have downloaded an iso for Windows 10, and etched it on an 8GB USB flash drive. My purpose is to get rid of an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installation; and install a brand new Windows 10 OS. I am currently using a Samsung 850 Evo 250gb SSD.
Btw it's a relatively new machine; I built it back in 2016, which means that it's not even a year old, and to date, has run successfully Windows 10, 8.1 and Ubuntu. So this might not be a hardware issue. Please note, that all of those versions in the past have been installed using a USB like I am using now.
With my USB plugged in, and me being able to select it as the boot method, the PC either boots into Ubuntu like nothing happened, or I get four choices from a GNU/GRUB screen.
The four options in the GNU GRUB are as follows:
1.-Ubuntu
2.-Advanced Options for Ubuntu
3.-Memory Test (memtest86+)
4.-Memory Test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)
Also, it must be noted that the entire drive except for some swap memory space is laid out for Ubuntu and I have nothing else on this SSD.
Why am I not booting into the Windows Installer Screen?
Is there something that I am doing wrong?
Answer
You can create a Windows bootable USB from Ubuntu through winusb
Install it:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt update
sudo apt install winusb
Create it :
sudo winusb --format
Use sudo fdisk -l to get the right
Also you can use unetbootin montionned on @AFH comment's :
sudo apt-get install unetbootin
From the BIOS settings set the USB on the first boot order (verify the legacy boot order and the UEFI boot order too) . Or you can select to boot from USB directly (It depends on your BIOS manufacture)
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