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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 omit 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 use a USB flash drive that is at least 16GB*. | | ''*An 8GB drive can be used in many scenarios as well. However, due to the cost difference in manufacturing and retail, these drives tend to only be sold in bulk only or they aren't significantly cheaper vs 16GBtoday, unless it is a no-name drive purchased online. Do not waste your time and money ona 8GBdrive drives unless you already own it!'' | | | === ++READ: 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] (file no longer available :/).''''' | | * '''''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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