How do I burn an ISO image to a USB flash drive?

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Place a bootable ISO on a USB drive?

What is the best way to burn an ISO image onto a USB flash drive?

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '09 at 22:57

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For some variants of Linux, UNetbootin does this without any extra configuration or work.

answered Dec 23 '09 at 22:57

Anonymous

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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Depending on the ISO image, I recommend WinToFlash for anything Windows.

For Linux distributions, see Anonymous' answer.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community

answered Dec 23 '09 at 22:58

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 26 '14 at 18:28

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You can use the dd command to "burn" an ISO image to a USB drive from the command line:

dd if=file.iso of=/dev/sdb

Change /dev/sdb to the mount point of the USB drive.

Be careful, as this will destroy the original contents of the USB drive.

Additionally, if the ISO is bootable (such as in installer image) then the USB drive will boot the same way.

edited Mar 26 '14 at 18:28

answered Dec 24 '09 at 03:55

phunehehe

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 23 '09 at 22:28

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Use 7-Zip and just extract the contents onto the USB drive.

When extracted, you'll see the same contents you would if you browsed to the disc.

answered Dec 23 '09 at 22:28

The Matt

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 23 '11 at 14:27

You can't really "burn" an ISO image to a USB flash drive.

If you want a bootable USB from an ISO image, there are a couple of things you need to do

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