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| [title] Writing to the USB drive (Rufus) | |
| - | [* red] Find the tab that says ***Create a bootable disk using*** and select ***ISO image***. Once you do this, select the icon that looks like an optical drive. After you click this, you will need to find the ISO you wish to write to the USB stick. The typical locations will be ***Downloads or My Documents***, depending on what operating system you run. |
| + | [* icon_caution] ***Users who require a CD/DVD to boot (or systems with buggy USB boot implementations):*** Refer to [guide|54074|this guide] if you need a CD/DVD to boot the system. ***Note: Most users will not need this, since the vast majority of systems do not have problems booting from USB drives directly.*** |
| + | [* icon_reminder] Rufus will ask you if you want to write the ISO in ISO or DD mode. This is up to you, but Rufus recommends a mode based on the image. ***Optional: If you are using an older USB drive, run a block test. Most old drives are fine, but if the drive has bad blocks, this may cause problems.*** |
| + | [* red] Find Rufus and open it. Once Rufus is open, find the ISO of the Linux distro you downloaded. Click on the image that looks like a CD to locate the ISO. If '''ISO image is not automatically selected, click on the drop-down menu and select it manually. |
| [* orange] Once you find the ISO, click it and then click ***Open***. After you click this, the ISO will be selected and available to write to the USB drive. | |
| - | [* green] Once you locate the ISO to write to the drive, select ***Start***. The program will warn you this will erase the drive. You will need to confirm you wish to wipe the drive before the program will write the image to the flash drive by clicking ***OK***. If you have anything on the drive you wish to keep, you will need to copy it off now. |
| - | [* icon_note] Rufus will ask you if you want to write the ISO in ISO or DD mode. This is up to you, but Rufus will recommend the best choice. I also recommend running a 2 pass block check to make sure the USB flash drive is intact, especially if it is older. This will add time, but you will know the drive is still good. |
| - | [* icon_note] ***For users who require a CD/DVD to boot a OS or systems with buggy USB boot implementations:*** Refer to [guide|54074|this guide] if you need a CD/DVD to boot the system. ***This will not apply to most users, since most systems can boot off of USB directly. If you somehow need to use a CD/DVD to boot, this is my suggested workaround***. |
| + | [* green] Once you locate the ISO to write to the drive, select ***Start***. The program will warn you this will erase the drive. You will need to confirm that you want to do this before Rufus starts. To confirm, click ***OK***. If you have anything on the drive you wish to keep, you will need to copy it off now. |