Usb Installation Media Creation Repair Guide

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Easy

Steps

4

Time Required

                          30 minutes - 2 hours            

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1

• USB Installation Media Creation
• 4 steps

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Introduction

Unless your application REQUIRES a DVD, it is generally better to use a USB flash drive that is at least 16GB*.

*An 8GB drive can often be used as well. However, due to the cost difference in manufacturing and retail, these drives tend to only be sold in bulk, unless it is a no-name drive purchased online. Do not waste your time and money on a new 8GB USB drive with how cheap 16GB drives have gotten.

Important: OSes without USB boot support are not guaranteed to work. While the risk of a problem is low, results outside of Linux and modern Windows/MacOS releases are NOT GUARANTEED.

This guide was originally written just for Linux. However, it can be used with any operating system that supports USB boot and is not tied to one specific operating system in practice. Since these operating systems can create unforeseen issues, you are on your own.

• If you have a used USB drive, format it outside of Rufus before use.DVD creation is not covered. It was covered in Revision 1 but got lost with time.This guide is on Revision 3. If you are using Rufus 2.x, refer to Revision 2.

What you need

Step 1

              Download Rufus               

• It is best to use a new USB drive. If you are reusing an old drive, it must be formatted.
• To write the ISO, download Rufus. Place this somewhere it is easily found.

It is best to use a new USB drive. If you are reusing an old drive, it must be formatted.

To write the ISO, download Rufus. Place this somewhere it is easily found.

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Step 2

              Download your ISO               

• Torrent clients require additional configuration this guide does not cover.
• After downloading Rufus, download the ISO you want to write to the USB drive.

Torrent clients require additional configuration this guide does not cover.

After downloading Rufus, download the ISO you want to write to the USB drive.

Step 3

              Locate the ISO               

• Default download location: Windows 7/8.x/10: Downloads
• Plug the USB drive in, and find the ISO you want to write.

Default download location: Windows 7/8.x/10: Downloads

Plug the USB drive in, and find the ISO you want to write.

Step 4

              Writing the ISO file               

• This procedure WILL erase your USB drive!
• If your system has a buggy legacy BIOS, select Add fixes for older BIOSes.
• Open Rufus and click SELECT. Find the ISO and click Open.
• Rufus will ask you to choose ISO or DD mode. If unsure, choose ISO mode.
• After configuring the writing process, click start. Click OK on the formatting warning.

This procedure WILL erase your USB drive!

If your system has a buggy legacy BIOS, select Add fixes for older BIOSes.

Open Rufus and click SELECT. Find the ISO and click Open.

Rufus will ask you to choose ISO or DD mode. If unsure, choose ISO mode.

After configuring the writing process, click start. Click OK on the formatting warning.

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Will Unknown - Jul 17, 2017

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Unetbootin does not work anymore and is considered unstable to use when installing any Linux OS, also 4GB USB drives are more than big enough to get the job done

Nick - Jul 18, 2017

My reasoning for saying 8GB is because 4GB sticks are all but nonexistent (8GB is more popular now), but if you already own the 4GB stick then it’ll work. I even use one from 2006 in the guide, to show that reuse is possible.

Oh really? I always thought it was still a usable option - thanks for letting me know that I was wrong.