Mounting the image will make it easier to extract it's contents. Below, the partition will identified by (hd0,5) where hd0 is the containing hard disk with MSDOS or MBR partition table layout. Make sure you have a bootable and formatted NTFS partition present.

It is possible to extract the image or ISO file to a partition of one your hard disks, preferable not the one your will use for a new Windows installation, and use it.įor the following steps, a working GRUB configuration should be present: You don't need a USB, DVD or other external medium to install a Windows 10 Install Disk (ISO) starting from a Ubuntu only installation.