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[title] Writing to the USB drive
-[* icon_caution] ***Users who have trouble booting from USB directly:*** If your system has USB boot problems, refer to refer to [guide|54074|this guide] for additional tools to facilitate USB booting. ***Note:*** Most users will not need to do this. This only affects older systems and BIOSes with buggy USB boot implementations.
-[* icon_reminder] Rufus will ask you if you want to write the ISO in ISO or DD mode. Either mode works, but if in doubt use the recommended choice. ***Optional:*** If you are using an older USB drive, run a block test. This will ensure the drive does not have any problems before you use it.
-[* 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.
+[* icon_caution] ***This procedure will erase your USB drive. Backup any important files before using it!***
+[* icon_caution] ***Users who have trouble booting from USB directly:*** If your system has issues booting from USB, refer to [guide|54074|this guide] for a tool to allow USB booting. ***Note:*** This problem is rare on systems from 2005 and up. This only affects older systems and buggy implementations on older BIOSes.
+[* icon_reminder] Rufus will ask you if you want to write the ISO in ISO or DD mode. While both modes work, pick the recommended option if in doubt. ***Optional:*** If your USB drive is older, run a block test. This will ensure the drive does not have any problems.
+[* red] Find Rufus and open it. Once Rufus is open, find a icon that looks like a CD and locate the downloaded Linux ISO.
[* orange] Once you find the ISO, click it and then click ***Open***. Select the ISO you want to write to the USB drive. ***Note:*** If ***ISO Image*** is not automatically selected, click on the drop-down menu to select it manually.
-[* yellow] ***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.
+[* yellow] Once you locate the ISO, select ***Start***. At this point, you will be warned the drive will be erased. Click ***OK*** and the image will be written to the drive.