I have gone through the intial steps and downloaded the files to a USB drive.  I have setup my computer to boot to USB.  When I try to do install and run the file I'm using the Boot from CD.  I restart and it's still not trying to boot to the drive.  I've even tried to just unpack and install to the stick, but it says it doesn't have enough space.  The stick is a 64 GB stick.
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I tried to use the usb-creator.exe from Ubuntu 10.10 desktop i386 ISO image and it does create an USB stick that doesn't boot. When I try to boot from it I get:     Operating System not found.   I try to do this from Windows 7 x64. I'm not looking to create a live Ubuntu media, only an installation USB disk.  I repeated the process several times and I even tried to reformat the USB drive (FAT32), no success yet.  The USB stick is a 8GB one.
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I was using:  dd  if=/path/to/my/ubuntuiso/ubuntu.iso  of=/dev/sdb1  bs=4M  &amp;&amp;  sync   In order to create bootable Ubuntu USB drives on older Ubuntu versions. It was working perfectly. Sometimes I used the Startup Disk Creator program, which  worked well.  But when I use the same methods on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I get some warnings while formatting it afterwards.   The installation media works as expected, but when I try to format that USB stick after my work is done, I get the following warning :    The partitioning of that Pendrive looks strange :    And it also shows my 16GB pendrive as 64GB.  After struggling a lot with Gparted, I will somehow format it. But Why is it happening like this ?? Is there any better methods of creating bootable Ubuntu in 16.04 ?  EDIT : there is a related question . But my question is not about how to format it properly. My question is "How to create a bootable USB without that errors." &amp; "Wht are the causes of that error"
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Downloaded the Ubuntu 16.04.2 .iso install disk and flashed it onto a USB stick.  Booting on the USB stick, there is no memtest86+ option (along with "Try Ubuntu").  Is there a way to add it to the install options?  (it's for a UEFI boot PC running normally Windows, its owner does not want to install Ubuntu. "memtest86+" is completely free (unlike "memtest86"), but is quite old, and does not offer a UEFI boot - this is why having it within the Ubuntu options makes things easier)
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I have a problem I have had before. When I create a USB drive to install Ubuntu 12.04 using startup disk creator, it won't work. It doesn't give me any errors, but when I restart the PC to boot into the USB drive (settings are correct in BIOS), I get the option to: 1) Try Live CD 2) Install Ubuntu 12.04 3) Check the disk  I choose option 2 and after that, nothing happens, just black screen no matter how long I wait.  I tried creating the USB using unetbootin, on both Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7, but same issue.  I have had this problem installing Ubuntu 11.10 too, but it was solved by creating the USB drive in Linux Mint. But I don't have Mint installed now, so I hope someone knows what the problem could be. Thanks in advance!
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My USB drive used to be originally 8GB when I bought it.  I'm trying to reformatted in Windows 7 by right clicking on the drive and selecting Format.... But the capacity only shows 250MB.  Is there something I can do to get the original size back? Maybe it got partitioned in a weird way?   The  flash drive is a SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB. I got it from Wal-Mart but this is the same drive.
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I'm currently running Ubuntu 12.04 and want to completely format my laptop so I can install Windows 7 (replace Ubuntu).   When I put in my bootable USB with the OS it just shows a black screen with a white blinking cursor on the top left corner. I wait for hours (to be specific 5 whole hours) waiting for something to happen but I get nothing, so I pull out the USB and my Ubuntu 12.04 loads up.  Repeated this several times with putting different boot priority options on top-est that relate to USB but the results are same. I go and visit some sites on the net like this  that say I have to zero out my hard drive.   My question is how?  Note: Erasing out all my data is no problem cause I have nothing important to backup.  If I have to lose my primary OS (Ubuntu 12.04) in the process I am ready to as my aim is just to install Windows 7 successfully. Please don't answer that there is something wrong with my USB or my USB reader/port/hardware or the content inside the USB cause they all works fine on my brothers PC as it boots up flawlessly.
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I installed Ubuntu through USB. Instillation was successful.  But when I restarted my laptop it didn't boot. So planed install it again when started selected install from USB. it booted my previous installed Ubuntu. So after went Ubuntu boots no need of that pen drive, so in short, every time I want to start my pc I need that pen drive to boot.
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I've downloaded en_windows_10_education_version_1703_updated_march_2017_x64_dvd_10189297.iso from the Windows imagine portal. I'm reading that the image can be booted from a usb so I've tried using dd.  With the following command:  sudo dd bs=4M if=en_windows_10_education_version_1703_updated_march_2017_x64_dvd_10189297.iso of=/dev/sdc  status=progress   That doesn't work when I try to boot into the usb, so I also tried replacing /dev/sdc/ with /dev/sdc1.  My computer is setup to first boot with utfi and then legacy.  Is there something else I can try to get this working?
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Hy, I used this tutorial and didn't work    and also this   if someone could help me with any tips about installing I remain fully grateful.
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I am trying to install linux on my laptop, a Toshiba Satellite C6550-S5200. I did it once but something happened so I removed it then I had to destroy all data on hard drive so now I have nothing on it. Well I got a iso file burned to a CD and to a flash drive. With the flash drive I get.   SYSLINUX 4.06 EDD 4.06-pre7 Copyright (C) 1994-2012 H. Peter Anvin et al  With the CD it will start booting it but somewhere loading it up, the dots turn all orange and stay that way and my CD drive turns quiet.  Oh and some more info the images work because I tried loading them up on another pc and it worked just fine.  I manage to get the CD to boot I just had to let me pc boot up first then insert the CD and have it boot the CD then. Once I get done installing ubuntu it works fine but I have to leave the PC on 24/7 for if I turn it off the PC will freeze 5-10 seconds after booting back up no matter how I install it.
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I can't boot via USB after installing Ubuntu.   Yes, the BIOS lists USB, but it is disabled.  Yes, USB is at the top of the boot priority in the BIOS, but it is disabled.  Yes, user Da1T, I'm looking in the BIOS.   Burning an image to disc is a waste of time and money.
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I am currently running Ubuntu 11.10 off of a SanDisk 16GB USB. I installed it using a Live USB with the following partition configuration:  6GB Primary /dos   FAT32 5GB Logical /      ext4 5GB Logical /home  ext4   I don't have a hard disk, and don't see myself getting one anytime soon.   I rely solely on this 16GB, and two other 4GB USBs, one of which I used as the LiveUSB. I bring the USBs around, and even use the install at work.   I previously used an install that used a swap file. It functioned fine for the most part, save for a few slow moments, but I came across , and it got me thinking about my USB's life, so I reinstalled with the current config.   My problem now is that it is slower. Applications like Firefox would hang more often. In my previous setup (the automatically partitioned setup), Firefox would start hanging if I was running an unzip or install task on the same partition as /.   Now however, it would hang if I had another window open i.e. the system settings window. My guess is that it may have something to do with the swap file or the install being on a Logical partition rather than a Primary partition, but I don't know.   Any insight as to why it has slowed down?
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I have installed Ubuntu several times on my thumb drive. First times were on 8 GB thumb drives. I noticed I could not save anything as when I rebooted, it was all gone.  So, I got a 30 GB drive, tried installing again... and same thing.  Now I've found out I am running a LIVE version... not actually an installation.  So, for the somewhat novice who cannot do command-line installs,  step by step is there a way to install ubuntu-12.04.3-desktop-i386.iso using, unetbootin-windows-585.exe to a 30 GB USB stick using my Windows 7 machine?
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I wanted to know if there was a way (that worked!) to both Install and Run Windows XP Pro from a USB 2.0 connected Hard Drive. My system does allow to boot from external usb hard drive, but when I tried to install Windows XP to the USB HDD, it didn't allow me to.  My ultimate goal is to be able to move only the hard drives (w/ windows installed) to other identical systems, in times of maintenance, etc.
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I installed a new SSD in my PC laptop which came with an OEM version of Windows 8.  After trying unsuccesfully to get the OEM version of Windows onto the SSD drive I gave up and purchased and downloaded a NEW copy of Windows 8. After that I created an ISO image on my desktop machine and followed the instructions  to create a bootable USB flash drive.  However, after going through the boot install process with the USB flash drive on my laptop I get the following message 'The product key entered does not match any of the Windows images available for installation. Enter a different product key.' But I wasn't asked to enter any key!  Is this because the ISO image was created on a different machine? I really don't get why this should be so difficult.
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I am trying to install Windows 7 Professional x64 from a bootable USB stick. I have used the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool to create the media from an ISO.  The machine boots from USB fine, and enters the Windows installation wizard but then I get an error stating:     A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.   I have tried setting the SATA controller in the BIOS to both AHCI and ATA but neither appear make any difference.  I've also tried both the USB 3 and USB 2 ports with no difference.  I've also tried to use the files from an official Dell recovery CD as this is a Dell laptop but again, no dice.  All this because there's no optical drive in the machine!  Dell Vostro V131 / i5-2450M / BIOS A04  Can anyone offer any advice please?
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I downloaded Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) lts. I made a bootable usb stick. But I keep receiving this error message upon booting:  SYSLINUX 4.04 EDD 20110518 Copyright (C) 1994-2011 H. Peter Anvin et al Unknown keyword in configuration file: gfxboot.c32: not a COM32R image