How do I have to format the drive in order to create a bootable USB?  I'd appreciate it if I could get an answer soon... Thanks!
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How do I make an Bootable Ubuntu USB containing the the latest version of Ubuntu?  For completeness, how would I be able to do this on Ubuntu, Windows, OS X or another Linux distro?
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How would I go about creating a CentOS 7 bootable USB drive with Windows? I've read  and it says that Unetbootin and Universal USB installer won't work for CentOS 7. In addition, I've already tried dd for Windows, and that didn't work properly either - booting from the USB drive resulted in a "Machine Check Error".
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What I want is to create a bootable pen drive that shows GRUB menu and I can select any of the several bootable systems from there to install/run. I have several ISO images that I want to install in the USB like Ubuntu, Fedora, System Rescue CD, Windows XP and Windows 7 (The windows versions are optional, mostly am looking for a multi installer for Linux distros, specially Ubuntu version)  The default Startup Disk Creator only works with Linux Images and only 1 at a time (At least for the mean time. If it allows more systems and multiple ISOs it would be awesome)  What method exists that I can use step by step to create a bootable USB Drive with multiple images than can be booted from the USB and selected from GRUB. It must support Windows Images and Linux Images.  Alternatively, is there also a way to have multiple versions of the Ubuntu installation ISO on same USB Drive, such as, when booting from it, I get to choose what Ubuntu version and architecture to install, for example:     BOOT MENU   Ubuntu 12.04 32 Bit   Ubuntu 12.04 64 Bit   Ubuntu 12.10 32 Bit   Ubuntu 12.10 64 Bit   UPDATE: Wanted to add that the English version for the post mentioned by daithib8 is here:
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I have used  to create an installable / live bootable flash drive from Ubuntu 12.04. However that didn't preserve the normal Ubuntu boot menu which allows to me to enter advanced options. It has a custom menu that I can pick from predefined choices like "Install Ubuntu" and "Try Ubuntu without installing". What I would like is to be able to boot from the USB flash drive, but then be able to remove it from the computer once the desktop has loaded. The laptop I would like to use this on does not have an optical (CD/DVD) drive - nor do I have a USB version available.  What do I need to modify on the flash drive to add an option to "Try Ubuntu (RAM)" that passes the TORAM=yes parameter to the initrd options? Are their other things I need to touch/change as well? Is it even possible? I am not restricted to version 12.04 if that makes a difference.  Bonus: I would guess the answer would also allow for other options like acpi=off as well, but if it is different I would appreciate having that answer too.
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I am running Windows 10 and am starting to learn how to boot from USB devices.   I have a 16GB USB (USB 3.0) drive and I want to do the following:   Make the 16GB USB drive run Debian Linux. Keep Windows 10 on my C: drive. Not partition my hard drive or set up a dual boot. Run the OS from my USB drive. Let all of my files and programs be saved to the USB (so I don't think that a live OS would be suitable). It should work as though it was a dual boot as in the way files are saved. Make it work on any computer it is plugged in to (assuming the BIOS is compatible).   I already know how to boot from a USB in my BIOS but I am unsure as to where to get an ISO file and how to install it to the USB.
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When I create a bootable USB stick (Ubuntu) on Windows, does it mean that the changes that I will do (let's say save a new file called "abc.txt" on the Ubuntu desktop) will those changes be reflected the next time I boot this USB on some other computer (I will see the file "abc.txt" on the Ubuntu desktop)?  Next one might be a pretty stupid question but here it is:  Will it use the computer's RAM or use the space left on the USB as RAM.  Thanks
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Every issue of Ubuntu LTS since 8.04, I have made a Full install of Ubuntu to USB flash drive, and recorded each step..  This has been intended to make a guide/check list for users wishing to create Full install bootable flash drives.  Previously the procedure worked for BIOS boot if created in BIOS and for UEFI boot if created in UEFI.  This year for 20.04 the instructions should work for both creating and running the drive booted from either BIOS or UEFI.  The question is:  How to Create a Full Install of Ubuntu to USB device with Step by Step instructions that work in either BIOS or UEFI.
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I could probably copy the contents from the package, but what is the best way to create an install Flash Drive for Mavericks?  Of course ideally the drive should be bootable.
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I am using Windows 10, and hasn't got not enough SSD storage. So, I decide to install Ubuntu in a 32 GB USB stick (made by tf card and reader ).  I will not just try Ubuntu, but will use it everyday, and will install Python, VS Code, PyCharm, etc... Hope to learn coding with this USB stick. Will it work perfectly?
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Reasons for wanting create such a usb include:   PC is unbootable and you want to prepare a bootable USB using the ISO file that you have on your external hard drive. to install Windows 8.1 on Mac without Boot Camp.   What are the necessary steps to create such a Windows 8.1 bootable usb on a Mac ?
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After upgrading to Windows 10, I remember that I had an old bootable recovery usb drive from the manufacturer that I no longer needed. I want to format it but it's showing up as a CD-ROM and format options are not available.  I also tried formatting it in a live linux mint environment, but linux cannot even mount the cd-rom.  How can I format this recovery usb that is showing up as a cd-rom?
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What's the best way of placing a bootable ISO on a USB drive, such that the drive is bootable? ISOs such as a live Linux preview disk, Windows installation ISO, etc.
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After I used dd to make a USB drive from an Ubuntu ISO, I am unable to format it for normal use. I ran: sudo dd if=&quot;ubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso&quot; of=&quot;/dev/sdb&quot; bs=4M  In order to create a bootable USB drive. However, after I was done with it, I wanted to format it as FAT32 and use it like a normal USB drive. No problem, should be easy, right? WRONG. I have tried:  Using the included Disks application to format it. It threw an error about corrupt GPT tables and wouldn't give me an override option. Using Gparted the erase the current partition table and write a new MBR table [completed successfully] After that I created a FAT32 partition spanning the entire volume, and remounted. [Showed up in Files, good so far] Attempted to copy a file to it. It thre an error saying the medium was read-only. Erased the partition table again in Gparted and this time created an NTFS partition spanning the entire disk. [Same RO error when attempting to copy a file onto it] Repeated the procedure trying this time with EXT4 [Same RO error] Repeated procedure trying a GTP table instead of an MBR table. {Same error]  Finally, I tried running: sudo hdparm -r0 /dev/sdb  And remounted. Still the same error. Keep in mind that I remounted it after formatting it each time. I am at a total loss. Has dd bricked my USB drive?
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I'm having a rough time getting Ubuntu to run from a 250 GB USB hard drive.  I booted Ubuntu 9.10 from a CD and ran the regular "install" to the attached USB drive. I used the "advanced" option on the drive partition question to put the boot loader on /dev/sdb (the USB disk) but when I boot the machine it doesn't recognize there's a boot loader on the USB drive (it offers to boot from 2 other devices but not the USB disk).  I also tried booting from the Ubuntu CD and using usb-creator-gtk to set up the USB drive. Seems to me this is meant to work with flash drives. I got a bootable USB disk but it looked and worked like the CD, i.e. it gave me options of "live CD" operation, installing, memtest, etc. That's not the way I want to run the system.  Some help in installing Ubuntu, bootable into a "full" running system on my USB drive would be appreciated.
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My computer doesn't boot. I format my Toshiba laptop with a bootable USB drive. I make this , and when i restart the computer after the installation, my computer does not boot. Then i run boot-repair and finishes with this . I reboot ant nothing happens. I review some questions before, but could't find anything yet. Can someone help me please?
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I have an ISO image of my backup solution's recovery cd. When I burn the image to a CD-ROM, I can boot from it in UEFI or normal mode without problems.   Unfortunately, this is no solution for my laptop, as it does not have an optical drive. Thus,  I tried to create a bootable USB stick that can also boot in UEFI mode, but so far I have not been successful (note that the laptop has UEFI and boots Windows 7 in UEFI mode).  So my question is, if anyone knows how I can get said ISO on my USB stick so that it boots as if I would use a CD-ROM?
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More specifically, I want to know if when I put the Ubuntu OS on my flash drive if it is permanent or not. As in,can I delete the Ubuntu installation files after I install it on my computer and use it as a regular USB again? I just want to install Ubuntu on a unformatted hard drive and then be able to use my USB like normal again.  Sorry, I know I must sound very redundant. Thank you for the help.