**Creating a Bootable USB Drive with Linux**

In order to create a bootable USB drive with Linux, one needs to select the correct operating system from a list of available options. This can be done by running the Rufus application and clicking on "Select Operating System" in the first step. The user is then presented with a list of available operating systems, including Windows, Ubuntu, and others. In this tutorial, we will be selecting Ubuntu 16.04 LTS AMD 64-bit.

**Double-Checking Device Selection**

Before proceeding with the installation process, it's essential to double-check that the correct device has been selected. This is done by reviewing the list of available devices and verifying that the one intended for use has been chosen. In this case, we select the drive that will be used to create the bootable USB drive. It's also worth noting that some operating systems may not support newer versions of Linux, so it's essential to check the compatibility of the selected operating system.

**Running the Rufus Application**

The Rufus application is then launched, and the user is presented with a graphical interface where they can select the correct settings for creating the bootable USB drive. In this case, we are using an ISO image file as the source material. The user is asked to confirm that they have selected the correct device and click "Next" to proceed.

**ISO Hybrid Image Warning**

As part of the installation process, Rufus checks whether the selected ISO image is compatible with the USB drive being used. In this case, it detects that the ISO image is an ISO hybrid image, which means it can be bootable in both ISO and DD modes. The user is asked to choose one of these options, and we select the DD mode.

**Warning Before Data Destruction**

Before proceeding with the installation process, Rufus displays a warning message cautioning the user that all data on the device will be destroyed. It's essential to double-check that this is the correct device and click "OK" or "Cancel" as needed. In our case, we confirm that the device is indeed the one intended for use.

**Formatting the Device**

Rufus then proceeds with formatting the device, which includes deleting all existing partitions and data. This process can take some time, depending on the speed of the USB drive and the size of the installation image. The user can monitor the progress of this step by reviewing the status bar at the bottom of the window.

**Accessing the Device**

In our case, we encountered an unexpected issue where the audio recorder was automatically mounting and taking control of the USB drive, preventing us from proceeding with the installation process. To resolve this issue, we unplugged the device, closed all programs, and replugged it to force-dismount the drive. Fortunately, we were able to recover our audio file.

**Final Steps**

Once the device has been formatted, Rufus proceeds with copying the rest of the files from the ISO image and making the device readable for installation. This process can take some time, depending on the speed of the USB drive and the size of the installation image. Once complete, the user is presented with a success message indicating that the bootable USB drive has been created.

**Testing the Bootable USB Drive**

To test the bootable USB drive, we rebooted our computer and entered the BIOS settings to select the USB device as the primary boot option. We then saved the changes and exited the BIOS settings. Our computer now boots from the USB drive, and we can verify that Ubuntu has been installed successfully.

**Additional Tips and Recommendations**

In addition to creating a bootable USB drive with Linux, it's essential to consider the following tips and recommendations:

* **Use a faster flash drive**: The speed of your flash drive can significantly impact the overall performance of the installation process. Using a faster flash drive can help speed up the copying of files from the ISO image.

* **Verify compatibility**: Before creating a bootable USB drive, ensure that the selected operating system is compatible with the USB drive being used.

* **Back up data**: Before proceeding with the installation process, make sure to back up any important data on the device to prevent loss in case of an error or issue during installation.

By following these steps and tips, users can successfully create a bootable USB drive with Linux, which can be used for various purposes such as installing multiple operating systems or accessing files from different devices.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone my name is anna-marie postbox and in this video i'm going to show you how to create a bootable USB Drive in order to boot into an operating system be it Windows or Linux we're gonna use any bun to linux variant here in this video as our prime example however this will work with pretty much anything I do recommend having at least a four gigabyte USB drive and if you're doing Windows that would actually like a modern Windows 8 eight point one 10 etc I I would actually recommend an 8 gigabyte flash drive or larger I'm using an 8 gigabyte even though my Ubuntu ISO is actually only one point to three gigs so let's get into it this is going to be for totally free by the way now for the purposes of this you will need a totally free program called Rufus you know how I like my free apps and this is a totally free app download link will be in the description below it's just an exe you don't have to install it or anything like that and then you will need an ISO of whatever operating system you wish to install if it's windows for like Windows 10 and things like that you can actually get a an ISO of the operating system for free from Windows nowadays I was like or from Microsoft I will post a couple download links to that in the description below as well but I'm actually going to be using here I'm going to be using Ubuntu gnome 16 point Oh for beta now the full release will probably be out by time you watch this video but that's not what's important what's important here is the process so once you have these two files and you know where they are go ahead and open up Rufus accept the security prompt and wait for it to open alright you want to make one hundred percent certain before you even do anything else under device make sure you select your correct device now it will be labeled by both drive letter size and the name of the device so by default mine actually selected the SDXC card for my camera which I don't want to use so you want to make sure you're choosing the right device that way you're not overwriting anything so you can look in here and I can see the devices I have our one SD card another SD card and then the device here which is an 8 gigabyte that I called box kit and it already was loaded with some stuff that I don't actually want on here so I'm gonna totally reformat it and start over so Vox kit F 8 gigabyte is selected I'm gonna call it boo boo good gnome 1 604 and then here and so you give it a volume label that is the name that it shows up in this PC like this one shows up as Vox kit you choose your device with the drop-down menu now you can choose which one of these which one of the like michaleen at boots you wish the default should work it'll work with both BIOS and you eat UEFI BIOS so it'll work with pretty much anything and then the file system formatting for most devices or for most OSS you'll still want to use fat32 - but nowadays things are starting to support NTFS and expat as bootable bootable devices more and more but the default here and for cluster size should work or you check device for bad blocks you can do that if you wish I'm not going to but that'll help make sure that none of the file and none of the blocks or files the data structure on the actual device after you burn the ISO to it it's this is essentially like burning a CD or DVD once you burn the disk image to it are corrupt or anything like that I'm not worried about it it should work buying the first try quick format means the formatting of it to fat32 goes quickly instead of the long form one that'll be fine for this purpose create a bootable disk image that is of course what we want to do and then it create extended label icon files leave that checked but we want to check create a bootable disk using and you either have freed us which it supports by default just built in a DD image or an ISO image for this we're gonna be using an ISO image now this is where you select your Windows Ubuntu what-have-you I'm gonna be selecting my bun tube gnome or you could select windows bla bla bla bla bla bla bla and you see actually I already went ahead and changed my label so there were there was no reason for me to do that but it changed it to Ubuntu genome 16 point o4 LT LTS AMD 64 bit which is what I want it says ready again double check before you click anything double check that your device is correct and click start ah it actually throw through me an error because the version of Linux that I'm trying to install is actually newer than what Rufus is supporting by default so I'm clicking yes if this happens you click yes to download the new files I'm just gonna click yes and it's gonna update everything and then it says that the ISO that I selected is an ISO hybrid image which means it can be bounded is but in both ISO or DD mode I already have ISO mode and that's what it recommends so that's what I'm going to choose if you know specifically what you're doing you can choose DD now both of these previous pop-up windows may not happen to you and probably won't happen to you if you're using a non beta Linux OS or a Windows OS or something like that so don't worry about it too much but bay yes and okay are going to work for me here so I'm gonna click okay warning all data on the device you have selected again double check triple check this now box kit f8 gigabyte will be destroyed to continue with aberration click OK or to quit cancel if that's not the device you selected click cancel otherwise you're okay important this Drive contains multiple partitions as may happen you as well bla bla bla bla are you you know are you sure you want to do it yes it will get rid of all of those on the device till definitely make sure it's not a drive that you're storing data on and then simply let it do its thing alright in here it's actually telling me that the USB drive that I that I'm trying to use a can't access so that access is being restricted by some app that already mounted the the flash drive if this happens to you unplug it plug it back and try again all right so what I actually happened was my audio recorder was actually the thing that was automatically mounting and taking control of my USB Drive so when I told it to force dismounted crash my audio recording program thankfully I was able to recover my audio file so we are just finishing up these steps here at installed ISO Linux or sis Linux and is now copying the rest of the files from the ISO and then it will be bootable from your computer you'll just have to go into your BIOS select the USB device and boot away and that is it so if you if you encounter that same issue I did which you probably shouldn't then you just know to close all programs and unplug and replug the drive and it should work then something to speed this up and both copying the files to it to make it mountable and making it readable in your installation times and things like that is the faster your drive be it USB 3 versus USB 2 or just a newer flash drive versus an older one the faster your flash drive is the faster this whole process is gonna go as well as your actual operating system installation is going to go because if it can read and write it faster from the USB Drive it's going to overall perform faster for these functions and once it's done it goes back to saying ready and it has a timer at the bottom showing how long it's spent doing the function and that's it if I go back into this PC it refresh you'll see Ubuntu good nom cuz that's all the title could fit even though it formatted it with like the whole title it shows Ubuntu nom-nom-nom-nom and 28.4 gigs is still free on it so I could put some others files on here like if I had files I needed to copy over after I installed it I could go ahead and throw it on there this is useful if it recognizes it like this for Windows installation because then you could go on and throw on any drivers you may need that way you don't have to worry about downloading them after you finish installing but that's it and restart your computer go to the BIOS and like that flash drive and boot to it and you're good to go hope this video was helpful for you if it was smash the like button get subscribed for more awesome tech videos and otherwise I'll catch you in the next onehello everyone my name is anna-marie postbox and in this video i'm going to show you how to create a bootable USB Drive in order to boot into an operating system be it Windows or Linux we're gonna use any bun to linux variant here in this video as our prime example however this will work with pretty much anything I do recommend having at least a four gigabyte USB drive and if you're doing Windows that would actually like a modern Windows 8 eight point one 10 etc I I would actually recommend an 8 gigabyte flash drive or larger I'm using an 8 gigabyte even though my Ubuntu ISO is actually only one point to three gigs so let's get into it this is going to be for totally free by the way now for the purposes of this you will need a totally free program called Rufus you know how I like my free apps and this is a totally free app download link will be in the description below it's just an exe you don't have to install it or anything like that and then you will need an ISO of whatever operating system you wish to install if it's windows for like Windows 10 and things like that you can actually get a an ISO of the operating system for free from Windows nowadays I was like or from Microsoft I will post a couple download links to that in the description below as well but I'm actually going to be using here I'm going to be using Ubuntu gnome 16 point Oh for beta now the full release will probably be out by time you watch this video but that's not what's important what's important here is the process so once you have these two files and you know where they are go ahead and open up Rufus accept the security prompt and wait for it to open alright you want to make one hundred percent certain before you even do anything else under device make sure you select your correct device now it will be labeled by both drive letter size and the name of the device so by default mine actually selected the SDXC card for my camera which I don't want to use so you want to make sure you're choosing the right device that way you're not overwriting anything so you can look in here and I can see the devices I have our one SD card another SD card and then the device here which is an 8 gigabyte that I called box kit and it already was loaded with some stuff that I don't actually want on here so I'm gonna totally reformat it and start over so Vox kit F 8 gigabyte is selected I'm gonna call it boo boo good gnome 1 604 and then here and so you give it a volume label that is the name that it shows up in this PC like this one shows up as Vox kit you choose your device with the drop-down menu now you can choose which one of these which one of the like michaleen at boots you wish the default should work it'll work with both BIOS and you eat UEFI BIOS so it'll work with pretty much anything and then the file system formatting for most devices or for most OSS you'll still want to use fat32 - but nowadays things are starting to support NTFS and expat as bootable bootable devices more and more but the default here and for cluster size should work or you check device for bad blocks you can do that if you wish I'm not going to but that'll help make sure that none of the file and none of the blocks or files the data structure on the actual device after you burn the ISO to it it's this is essentially like burning a CD or DVD once you burn the disk image to it are corrupt or anything like that I'm not worried about it it should work buying the first try quick format means the formatting of it to fat32 goes quickly instead of the long form one that'll be fine for this purpose create a bootable disk image that is of course what we want to do and then it create extended label icon files leave that checked but we want to check create a bootable disk using and you either have freed us which it supports by default just built in a DD image or an ISO image for this we're gonna be using an ISO image now this is where you select your Windows Ubuntu what-have-you I'm gonna be selecting my bun tube gnome or you could select windows bla bla bla bla bla bla bla and you see actually I already went ahead and changed my label so there were there was no reason for me to do that but it changed it to Ubuntu genome 16 point o4 LT LTS AMD 64 bit which is what I want it says ready again double check before you click anything double check that your device is correct and click start ah it actually throw through me an error because the version of Linux that I'm trying to install is actually newer than what Rufus is supporting by default so I'm clicking yes if this happens you click yes to download the new files I'm just gonna click yes and it's gonna update everything and then it says that the ISO that I selected is an ISO hybrid image which means it can be bounded is but in both ISO or DD mode I already have ISO mode and that's what it recommends so that's what I'm going to choose if you know specifically what you're doing you can choose DD now both of these previous pop-up windows may not happen to you and probably won't happen to you if you're using a non beta Linux OS or a Windows OS or something like that so don't worry about it too much but bay yes and okay are going to work for me here so I'm gonna click okay warning all data on the device you have selected again double check triple check this now box kit f8 gigabyte will be destroyed to continue with aberration click OK or to quit cancel if that's not the device you selected click cancel otherwise you're okay important this Drive contains multiple partitions as may happen you as well bla bla bla bla are you you know are you sure you want to do it yes it will get rid of all of those on the device till definitely make sure it's not a drive that you're storing data on and then simply let it do its thing alright in here it's actually telling me that the USB drive that I that I'm trying to use a can't access so that access is being restricted by some app that already mounted the the flash drive if this happens to you unplug it plug it back and try again all right so what I actually happened was my audio recorder was actually the thing that was automatically mounting and taking control of my USB Drive so when I told it to force dismounted crash my audio recording program thankfully I was able to recover my audio file so we are just finishing up these steps here at installed ISO Linux or sis Linux and is now copying the rest of the files from the ISO and then it will be bootable from your computer you'll just have to go into your BIOS select the USB device and boot away and that is it so if you if you encounter that same issue I did which you probably shouldn't then you just know to close all programs and unplug and replug the drive and it should work then something to speed this up and both copying the files to it to make it mountable and making it readable in your installation times and things like that is the faster your drive be it USB 3 versus USB 2 or just a newer flash drive versus an older one the faster your flash drive is the faster this whole process is gonna go as well as your actual operating system installation is going to go because if it can read and write it faster from the USB Drive it's going to overall perform faster for these functions and once it's done it goes back to saying ready and it has a timer at the bottom showing how long it's spent doing the function and that's it if I go back into this PC it refresh you'll see Ubuntu good nom cuz that's all the title could fit even though it formatted it with like the whole title it shows Ubuntu nom-nom-nom-nom and 28.4 gigs is still free on it so I could put some others files on here like if I had files I needed to copy over after I installed it I could go ahead and throw it on there this is useful if it recognizes it like this for Windows installation because then you could go on and throw on any drivers you may need that way you don't have to worry about downloading them after you finish installing but that's it and restart your computer go to the BIOS and like that flash drive and boot to it and you're good to go hope this video was helpful for you if it was smash the like button get subscribed for more awesome tech videos and otherwise I'll catch you in the next one\n"