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[title] Writing to the USB drive
-[* 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 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.
+[* icon_caution] ***Users who have trouble booting from USB directly:*** If your system is older and lacks the option to USB boot or has problems doing so, refer to [guide|54074|this guide] for additional tools to facilitate USB booting. ***Note:*** Most users will not need to do this. This only applies to select users since most systems boot from USB correctly.
+[* icon_reminder] Rufus will ask you if you want to write the ISO in ISO or DD mode. The mode you select is up to you, but when in doubt it is best to use what Rufus recommends. ***Optional:*** If you are using an older USB drive, run a block test. Most old drives are probably fine, but this will detect any serious 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.
+[* orange] Once you find the ISO, click it and then click ***Open***. After you click this, the ISO will be selected and is now available to write to your USB drive. ***Note:*** If ***ISO image*** is not automatically selected, click on the drop-down menu to select it manually.
+[* green] ***WARNING! If you have any files you want to keep, back them up BEFORE writing the image to the USB drive.*** Once you locate the ISO to write to the drive, select ***Start***. The program will warn you this will erase the drive. Confirm this by clicking ***OK*** and the process will begin.