balenaEtcher: Create a bootable USB

 

To create a bootable USB.


You can easily create a bootable USB that works on most systems. You can use a cross-platform utility called balenaEtcher


Using balenaEtcher:
Plug in the USB stick you want to turn into a LiveUSB. 


Step 1, Select the image you want to record. IMG, ISO, ZIP, DISK, GZ, RAW, and some other formats are supported.


Step 2, Select the USB drive or SD card to which you want to burn the image.


Step 3, click on the «Flash!» button to start the process. Once you click this button, Etcher will take the image you selected and burn it to the disk you selected. When this is done, it will check if everything went fine and safely remove the USB drive. It will then ask you if you want to flash the same image or a different one.


Note:Make sure the device that is identified in the bottom line is what you want to use and that there are no files on it that you do not want destroyed.




Click OK to create the files necessary (it will take some time) on the USB device.


Either click to restart the system, or exit to reboot manually on a different machine or at another time.


Boot from DVD/USB


BIOS (Basic Input Output Subsystem) is a programmable chip that controls how information is passed to various devices in the computer system.


Start the computer and press ESC, F1, F2, F8, F10 or F12 during the initial startup screen. Depending on the BIOS manufacturer, a menu may appear.


Choose to enter BIOS setup. The BIOS setup utility page appears.


Use the arrow keys to select the BOOT tab. System devices appear in order of priority.


To give a USB or DVD drive boot sequence priority over the hard drive, move it to the first position in the list.