WinSetupFromUSB (later WSFUSB). This one is crucial for this scheme to work. Use .exe version if you don't have 7zip installed. This tutorial is written at the time when version 1.4 was the latest. [4]

Gparted live .iso for partitioning and setting partition flags (analogues include Parted Magic which decided to go paid recently or Partition Wizard which is smaller but keep in mind that it is not Gparted and you have to have some experience in order to operate it). [5]
Notepad++. Notepad++ is a superior text editor for Windows with many plugins [6].