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Some firmwares doesn't check for boot files in a NTFS partition, someone correct me if m i wrong.
– Victor Aurélio
Commented Jan 24, 2019 at 16:35
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You can compress install.wim to be smaller than 4GB using "wimtools" and "solid" compression level. This way you can simply use FAT32, see tqdev.com/2019-cannot-copy-windows-10-install-wim
– mevdschee
Commented Mar 20, 2019 at 18:13
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You can significantly speed up the formatting of the stick when you skip filling it with zeros first: sudo mkfs.ntfs -Q /dev/sdc1
– Rob
Commented Nov 23, 2019 at 16:26
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I came here to say that I too was experiencing the issue described by @VictorAurélio - my laptop would not boot an NTFS partition correctly formatted and flagged with gdisk. I resolved the issue by using FAT32 and the command ` wimlib-imagex optimize install.wim --solid` described in the article linked by @mevdschee
– testUser12
Commented Jan 3, 2020 at 2:38
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@mevdschee I would warmly encourage you to promote your remark to an answer. It is a sensible option, and it can hardly be spotted tucked under one of several other answers. That could solve the bottleneck of using a fat32 file system and deal with recent installation files that are too big for it.
– XavierStuvw
Commented Mar 24, 2020 at 11:35

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