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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 using Rufus. Many modern systems do not include an internal optical drive and require a USB flash drive to boot unless you use a USB optical drive. This is especially common on modern laptops as well as some desktops where it is an option and is not standard. In many cases, using a USB drive is a more practical workaround with these systems. | | Unless your application REQUIRES a DVD, it is generally better to use a USB flash drive that is at least 16GB16-32GB*. | | ''*An 8GB drive can often be used as well. However,; however due to the cost difference in manufacturing and retail, these driveschips tend to "bulk only be sold" now, as well as being used i bulk, unless it is an no-namedrive purchased online drives only. Do not waste your timeand money on a new using an 8GB USB drivewith how cheap unless you are using one you already own. 16GB drives havegotten a similar cost issue today but are still viable if it is all you can find.'' | | | === ++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 can create unforeseen issues I cannot easily figure out, you are on your own if it has an issue.''*** | | | === ++Guide notes++ === | | * ***''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 the archive got lost with time. I did my absolute best to preserve it for the community but lost the battle.''*** | | * ***''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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