June 29, 2022

How to Create Bootable USB Drive For Installing Ubuntu

In this tutorial you'll learn how to create bootable USB drive for installing Ubuntu using Rufus tool. In this post the bootable USB drive is created on Windows OS.

Why do you need bootable USB Drive

You will need a bootable USB stick to-

  1. Install or upgrade Ubuntu.
  2. Boot into Ubuntu without actually installing it on the system.
  3. Use this bootable USB stick to repair the corrupt installation.

What do you need to create a bootable USB drive

In order to create a bootable USB drive you will need-

  1. A USB drive with at least 2 GB capacity (because you will have to store the Ubuntu iso image in the USB and size of iso image is around 1.5 GB).
  2. Windows XP or later OS (This post is created using Windows 10).
  3. Rufus tool that helps to format and create bootable USB stick. You can download it from https://rufus.akeo.ie/
  4. Of course an Ubuntu iso file. You can download it from here https://www.ubuntu.com/download. For this post image used is ubuntu-16.04.3 iso image.

Creating bootable USB drive

Once you have downloaded Ubuntu image and Rufus, it is time to create the bootable USB drive.

So launch Rufus and insert the USB stick. Rufus will identify the USB and update the device drop down to show it. If device is not correctly identified you can change it manually to point to the correct device.

For "partition scheme and target system type" drop down select "MBR partition scheme for UEFI" option if you have a newer hardware with UEFI. Alternatively you can select "MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI".

For selecting the downloaded Ubuntu iso image click on the optical device symbol which is on the right side of the check box option “create a bootable disk using”. Select the downloaded Ubuntu iso image.

Rufus bootable USB ubuntu

Leave all the other options with their default values and click start button to initiate write process.

That will open “ISO Hybrid image detected” window. ISO hybrid image means that the same image can be used as the source for both a DVD and a USB stick without requiring any conversion.

rufus USB bootable

Keep the selected option "Write in ISO Image mode" and click on OK to continue.

You will get a warning that all data on the device will be lost. So make sure that selected device is correct and click ok. That will start the process of writing the ISO to your USB stick. Once the installation is completed you will have a bootable Ubuntu on a USB drive.

Reference: https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#0

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