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With a bootable Ubuntu USB stick, you can: Install or upgrade Ubuntu; Test out the Ubuntu desktop experience without touching your PC configuration; Boot into Ubuntu on a borrowed machine or from an internet cafe; Use tools installed by default on the USB stick to repair or fix a broken configuration
This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB stick on Microsoft Windows using Rufus. For most users we recommend balenaEtcher instead of Rufus which is simpler to use and also available on MacOS and Ubuntu.
Insert the USB flash drive into the laptop or PC you want to use to install Ubuntu and boot or restart the device. It should recognise the installation media automatically. If not, try holding F12 during startup and selecting the USB device from the system-specific boot menu.
All you need to do is create a bootable Ubuntu USB drive, also called a live disk. Live disks are complete operating systems (OSes) that you can run from a USB stick. They're handy for many reasons, like using public computers with fewer risks, as is our case, trying Ubuntu without removing Windows. So, let's do it!
Put Ubuntu onto your USB flash drive alias 'stick' alias 'pendrive' alias 'thumb'. Tools for this purpose are described in this help page. Configure your computer to boot from USB flash drive and boot from it. Try Ubuntu (Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, ...) before installing it.
Download and use Unetbootin for Windows. Run the file, select an ISO file or a distribution to download, select a target drive (USB drive or Hard Disk), select persistence if you wish, then reboot once done. If your USB drive doesn't show up, reformat it as FAT32.
To install Ubuntu from a USB memory stick you need: A memory stick with a capacity of at least 2GB. It will be formatted (erased) during this process, so copy any files that you want to keep to another location. They will all be permanently deleted from the memory stick. A computer that can boot (start-up) from a USB memory stick.