How to make Windows Vista bootable USB?

[CommanderLiamTHX]

Hello all forum-goers, my Dad has a PC with Ubuntu and a broken DVD drive, but the hates it and wants Windows. We have an old Vista DVD, and I was wondering how I could create a bootable USB off of the drive. I have a PC with a working DVD drive, but it has Ubuntu installed as well. So what tool should I use to put the contents of the DVD onto the USB drive? (The drive is 16G, that should be enough.)

 

[Joe C]

Not sure if that can be done without using windows to create a Vista USB drive
A Bootable USB: Freeware to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Server 2008 - AskVG

 

[-RockMan-]

Not sure if that can be done without using windows to create a Vista USB drive
A Bootable USB: Freeware to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Server 2008 - AskVG

Here you joe that should be able to do it no probs.
Matter of fact when I fixed someone elses laptop a month ago I did it this way.
Only thing he needs to watch out for is his laptop being able to boot from usb flash drive.

Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista From A USB Flash Drive

 

[PP Mguire]

He needs to do this from within Linux.

Create A Bootable Windows 7 USB Drive From Linux (Tested On Ubuntu) ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog

 

[Joe C]

That ^^^^^^^^^
The OP has Ubuntu and wanted to make a USB Vista boot disk