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Introduction |
| '''Distros this works with: Universal''' | | '''What this guide accomplishes: Making a USB drive bootable to install Linux.''' | | | '''Important notes:''' | | * This guide favors NEW USB drives. Used drives will work, but I recommend buying a new drive just for this purpose. They generally cost so little it doesn't make sense to reuse one unless that's all you can do. | * I have removed any information related to DVD burning. The reason for this isMost new laptops do not have internal optical drives (plus USB optical drives are available) and USB booting ishas been widely supported and most new laptops no longer include a DVD drive, and a USB external drive will be required if you wish to continue using DVD mediafor years. If you bought the laptop used, there's is a very good chance the optical drive may need to be replaced and, especially if the previous ownerproblem has been neglected it or ever found out. The main benefit comes fromwith USB is media reusability, since USB drives can be formatted over and over againreformatted, so you do not have to throw them out once the distro becomes EOL, or you switch distros. This is not possible with DVD's. | | * If your system that has trouble booting from USB flashdrives directly, you can use a boot manager to mitigate the problem. There is a link to a guide that covers this. '''Note: While this is an option for stubborn systems, these are very rare and you only need this for legacy systems in many cases.''' | | '''Important: READ THIS IF YOU ARE USING A USED FLASH DRIVE!''' | | * If your USB drive is used, use Rufus. This will format the drive, to ensure the file system is intact. Unless the file system is too damaged for Rufus to handle, it should be able to format the drive. | | * Follow the guide in this order, if you have to format the USB drive manually: '''Computer Management: 5/6/7/1/2/3/4''' '''Windows format prompt: 8/1/2/3/4''' |
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