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

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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?

Not sure if this will help or not, but to make your ISO "bootable" on Windows: slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
Could you clarify if you want it bootable or just to extract the contents?
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Anonymous · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-23 22:57:07Z

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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
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	well, the only bad thing is, it changes some of the screens and I'm not sure if it works everywhere – phunehehe Dec 24 '09 at 3:52
	Another option is usb-creator-gtk, which is what I used in order to install Linux on my netbook. – Zurahn Dec 24 '09 at 4:09

The Matt · Answer 2 · 2009-12-23 22:28:09Z

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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
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	But will 7-zip make it boot-able? – Greg Dec 23 '09 at 22:28
	No, probably not. You might want to put that in your question when you migrate it to Superuser. Making it bootable will require some additional steps. – The Matt Dec 23 '09 at 22:31

Peter Mortensen · Answer 3 · 2011-07-23 14:28:16Z

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

For Linux distributions, see Anonymous' answer.

edited Jul 23 '11 at 14:28

Peter Mortensen
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answered Dec 23 '09 at 22:58

Molly7244

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badam-PISH. I should upvote this just for the punchline ;p – Journeyman Geek Dec 24 '09 at 0:04

Peter Mortensen · Answer 4 · 2011-07-23 14:29:06Z

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This may not be the best way, but sometimes you can use dd to write the file to a USB drive, and it will be bootable:

dd -i file.iso -o /dev/sdb

Change /dev/sdb according to your computer configuration.

edited Jul 23 '11 at 14:29

Peter Mortensen
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answered Dec 24 '09 at 3:55

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Peter Mortensen · Answer 5 · 2011-07-23 14:27:22Z

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

migrated from stackoverflow.com Dec 23 '09 at 22:45