Jesus Vigo shows you how to create bootable USB flash drives that are used to install just about any OS on your computer with the help of Rufus.

Our goal is to create a bootable USB stick containing our chosen Linux OS. A minimum capacity of 8GB is recommended for your USB drive.

Creating a Windows installation bootable USB drive is incredibly easy thanks to an application called Rufus. Assuming you have your Windows ISO (or Linux/other bootable ISO) ready, the whole ...

Creating a bootable USB drive let's you get hands-on experience with Linux without necessarily overwriting your system.

Perhaps they referenced this guide to create a bootable Live USB on Windows, allowing them to test drive something like Ubuntu without making any changes to their PC.

If you’d rather make your own, however, this guide will show you two different ways to create a USB flash drive that works just like a Windows 10 DVD.

] Create a bootable Linux USB from Windows If you are running Windows, your best bet is to use rufus, a free and open source USB writing tool.