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How to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Any Os

How to Create Bootable
USB Drive to Install Any Os
Computers nowadays are getting compact day-
by-day and so the external storage options. The
computer manufacturers, especially Laptop
manufacturers, are neglecting Optical Disk drives
and making laptops lightweight. The optical disk
drives are still available to use in Desktop
Computers, but it is becoming rare to spot a
Laptop with Optical Disk Drives. Mostly, the
operating systems are installed on a bootable
optical disk. But, it becomes difficult to install the
OS on a laptop without the presence of Disk
drives. That’s why, for portable computers like
Laptops, people use Bootable USB drives.
With Bootable USB Drives, it becomes easier to
install the operating system on any laptop or
desktop computer. The USB Drives are more fast
and compact in size to carry. If you have a USB
drive and want to turn it into bootable USB drive,
then we are here to your rescue. In this post, you
can learn how to create bootable USB drive to
install any operating system.
Table of Contents

How to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install
Any OS
Prerequisites
Procedure
Conclusion:
How to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Any
OS
Prerequisites
A USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 Drive (Pen Drive)
An Essential Part in this post is USB Drive.
You can use USB 2.0 Drive, but it is
recommended to use USB 3.0 Pen drive for
getting faster installation speed.
Rufus (Software)
Rufus is a third party open source software
which will helps us to create Bootable USB
Drives to install OS. This third-party software
is very lightweight i.e. almost 650KB in size.
You can download this software from this link.
ISO Image of Operating System
The ISO image is a compressed version of any
operating system. You’ll get the .ISO extension
file of any operating system, which can be
used to create a Bootable USB Drive or Optical
Disk. Download the ISO image and keep it
handy to proceed further.
A Working Computer
This is important to create a Bootable Pen
drive to install any operating system. You’ve to
have it for the first time only. Once you create
a Bootable USB Drive, you can install any OS in
soft bricked computers.
Procedure
1. After installing Rufus on the computer,
you’ve to open it. In the Rufus software,
you’ll see the first option, which is “Device.”
In this option, you’ll see the removable
storage connected to the computer. Plug
the USB drive in the PC and it’ll appear in
the Rufus software. Choose the USB Drive
under “Device” section and proceed further.
2. Now, you’ll see the second option, which is
“Partition Scheme and Target System Type.”
Don’t try to modify it.
3. After that, choose the file system. Change
the file system of the USB Drive from
FAT32 to NTFS. The Rufus software will
format the USB Drive to NTFS file system
to turn it into Bootable USB drive to install
the operating system. There is another
option named as “Cluster Size”. Don’t try to
change the Cluster size.
4. Now, modify the name of the USB Drive if
you want to, otherwise leave it blank or
unchanged. If you have the ISO image of
the operating system, then check the
“Create a Bootable Disk Image” option and
select ISO image option from the Drop down
menu. There is a button on the right side of
the drop-down menu. Click on it and choose
the ISO image from the location where you
saved it.
5. Now, click on “Start” and Rufus will start its
work. Firstly, it will format the USB Drive
and then install ISO files to create the
Bootable USB drive to install almost any
operating system.
Conclusion:
So, this was the detailed tutorial on creating
bootable USB drive to install any operating
system. The Rufus app is very straightforward
and easy to use. Still, if you face any problem
while following these procedures, please let us
know via comments.


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