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Introduction |
| If you are unsure how to write an ISO to a USB flash drive, this guide will show you how to do this using Rufus. Many modern systems do not include an internal optical drive and require a USB drive or optical drive to boot operating system installation media. | | As many laptops and desktops begin to not ship with anomit internal DVD drives, a USB drive, or an external drive is now required if it cannot be added on or additional hardware is required. Using a USB drive is a practical workaround for these systems and allows for future tweaks (Ex: including drivers). | | Unless your application REQUIRES a DVD, it is generally better to getuse a 16GB USB flash drive and avoid all of the hassles that come with using optical media since it is no longer convenient on optical drive-less laptops and now requires another purchaseat least 16GB*. | | ''*An 8GB drive can be used in many scenarios as well. However, due to cost difference these drives tend to be sold in bulk only or they aren't significantly cheaper vs 16GB. Do not waste your time and money on a 8GB drive unless you already own it!''
=== ++Read meREAD: Important note about legacy operating systems.++ === | | '''''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 may create unforeseen issues, you are on your own.''''' | | | === ++Guide notes++ === | | * '''''If you have a used USB drive, format it outside of Rufus before use.''''' | | * '''''CD/DVD creation is not covered. If required, [link|https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6HsFZ5508HPazYtemRyWlY4Q1E/view?usp=sharing|refer to Revision 1].''''' | | * '''''This guide is on Revision 3. If you are using Rufus 2.x, [link|https://drive.google.com/open?id=1huW_2PpgR-RZzwKQe0wRlb5ZFsovFSZG|refer to Revision 2].''''' |
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