Questions tagged [liveusb]
A Live USB is a USB flash drive designed to act like a Live CD. An operating system is installed to it and it may be booted, but it does not install itself on the computer's hard drive(s).
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Having trouble making a live windows USB
I've been attempting to make a bootable windows USB and keep failing miserably. I formatted a brand new 32 gb USB to fat32. The first thing I tried was Windows Media Creation tool. It got through ...
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Can't boot to SystemRescueCD liveUSB
I'm trying to boot my computer to a live USB. My goal is to clone my hard drive onto a new one. I'm trying to use SystemRescueCD so I can clone with ddrescue. I followed the instructions on that page ...
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Bootable USB showing operating system not found
Good Morning,
I have been trying to format my PC from yesterday and when i boot from USB,it shows a black screen and nothing happens after that.
The same USB i tried on a laptop and the windows ...
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Checking a MacBook for hard disk for errors when it multi-boots into Windows and macOS
I haven't dealt with macs, but was asked for a help with a MacBook being super slow. Looks like a MacBook is 2008-2009 year edition.
It has two OS's installed on it - Windows and macOS. I was able ...
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Launch debian 9 installer from live session
I've just burned debian-live-9.4.0-amd64-gnome to a usb pen drive. Then started the live session and now I want to start the installer.
I have to go into the live session because I have to manually ...
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Add Secure Boot Key to Live Distro
I wanted to ask if it was possible to load a key into my live persistence distro in order to get past Secure Boot without disabling? I imagine the answer is probably no, but I felt like asking anyhow.
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Make Live UEFI BIOS Compatible?
I recently created a live Kali Linux image on my flash drive. It seems, however, a couple of my other computers come from the BIOS days... when I try to boot from my flash drive, it says “No operating ...
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cannot boot linux usb without uefi, but uefi option not present in boot menu
I have two Dell laptops: one a Latitude E6430, and the other a Vostro 1015. For both of them, the BIOS settings indicates they are in Legacy mode, not GPT / UEFI (apologies if any of my terminology is ...
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Ubuntu: keyboard and mouse not working (Mac)
-Ubuntu 16.04.4
-(Mac)
-(Live USB with persistence)
-(Created with UNETBootin)
First boot, the home screen shows up and i see the cursor at the center of the screen but nothing works (neither mouse ...
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Clone Windows XP cd to usb pen drive using dd command
How to make an exact copy of Windows XP bootable cd using dd command in linux to an usb flash drive so to be able to use the flash drive to install XP in a netbook.
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What to repair? Not booting, grub not accessible, first hard disk not booting from different grub
I am unsure how to repair my computer.
First, I thought it would be about GRUB2, but I'm not sure anymore.
I can:
access BIOS. Booting from Live USB works fine. (It's EFI)
access the F12-menu, ...
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Is there a way to turn removable drives into fixed ones in windows 10?
I want to run windows 10 off a live flash drive and I need a page file. It doesn't matter how effective that page file actually is, it is only required to fill a virtual memory requirement for ...
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Live boot USB username/password doesn't work Kali Linux
I've made a live USB of Kali Linux (latest amd64, using Rufus), and it boots up fine and everything, but when I try any of the live versions (I can install it fine, I would much more like to have it ...
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Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H hangs when booting FreeNAS USB
I am attempting to install FreeNAS 11.1 U1 onto a USB drive to use with a homebuilt NAS system with the following specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H (BIOS revision F7)
CPU: Intel Core i3-530 @ ...
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Wipe hard drive on old windows xp laptop - no CD Drive & no USB Boot support
I need to wipe an old laptop (one pass, all zeros will do).
The laptop is ancient and has:
Windows XP Professional installed as its sole os.
no USB boot support
no working CD drive
no hammer/drill
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Can I boot windows 7 from a USB WITHOUT installing it?
I'm considering making my Linux PC able to dual boot, but frankly don't have the storage or patience for that. Can I make a portable version via USB drive, boot that, and not install it? Or will it ...
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How to put FAT32 for Windows and Debian Live on a USB flash drive?
First, from time to time I need to transfer data between arbitrary computers with Windows 7 or later (and, in seldom cases, from/to Mac). I prefer to use a USB drive with a FAT32 partition for this ...
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How to flush changes back to live usb when booting into ram with persistence?
I've got a bootable usb drive with a live linux distro on it. We set it up to support persistence, so normally the changes make are kept between reboots.
Booting into ram seems to make linux a lot ...
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is usb booting safe and will information go to hard drive?
I would like to boot from usb but is my hard drive totally safe if I am booting from usb drive and can viruses get from usb drive to hard drive?
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Graphics Issue Installing Kali Linux from Live Boot
I'm trying to set up a dual boot windows/kali linux system. I'm able to live boot into Kali without much trouble, and have done all the necessary partitioning. Now that I've done that, I need to ...
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Keyboard not working in FreeBSD installer on MacBook Pro 2017
I'm trying to install FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE on my 2017 MacBook Pro (the touch bar one). It boots the bootloader screen fine, and the keyboard works perfectly there.
However, as soon as I select a boot ...
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Can I remove the Clonezilla USB media while it is running?
I booted the Clonezilla live image from a USB stick and am currently in the proces of cloning my internal HDD from it.
If this was a normal Debian live USB, taking out the USB stick during operation ...
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Can I make a Windows 10 recovery drive by running a program from a Live USB?
My computer will blue screen soon after logging in, so I can't make a recovery drive from within Windows. I tried making an image of my recovery partition with Clonezilla, but I didn't understand what ...
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xtrlock with live Ubuntu and no password
I'm using a live USB with lubuntu to copy between external ext4 drives and wanted to try xtrlock so the 6+ hours process is not interrupted by my cats. But now can't unlock! I type no pass at all in ...
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Cannot run VMware on Kali Linux
I am running kali linux using persistence USB and I was trying to install VMware. After installation when I open VMware I get this error: "C header files matching your running kernel were not found. ...
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Difference between a full install on USB and Live USB of any linux OS
I want to know the difference between the Full Install on USB and Live USB.
Specifically I'm confused about the thing that which runs directly from the USB without installing it on Computer's HDD ...
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How can I create a Windows bootable USB stick using Ubuntu?
I have erased the entire HDD and I'm trying to install a dual boot of both Ubuntu and Windows.
First I made one bootable USB drive using an Ubuntu .iso file. I set the boot order in BIOS correctly. ...
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Grub2 chainload other gpt partition on stick
I'm searching for a way to chainload another bootable partition from my USB stick, where a windows10.iso contents is resided.
My partition layout in GPT looks like the following:
- bios_grub raw (...
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How can I clone my entire OS to a bootable USB stick?
I'm running Ubuntu and using about 45GB of HD space.
I also have a 64GB USB stick. I know how to make a bootable / live USB stick. What I want to do is export my Ubuntu OS in its current state (...
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Windows 10 non-persistent installation (live ISO)
We've got a Windows 10 installation running in an environment where it can occasionally lose power and restart.
However, this sometimes leads to corruption of files.
I've had a look at Windows "To-Go"...
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Kali won't start from USB?
A verified Kali ISO has been dd'd onto a 16GB USB.
Holding down the options key on my mac whilst booting, and choosing EFI, I have had the following problems in this order:
Kali loads from Live (...
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Dealing with the CS24-NV7
I just recently bought one of these to make a homelab. I was going to buy more but it seems whatever I try it will not work, I’ve tried booting ubuntu server from USB (one setup through a uui and ...
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Linux Ubuntu 16.04 - Always stuck on splash screen (NMI Watchdog: Bug)
I've got a problem. I made a Live USB with Ubuntu 16.04 to install/test it. I reset my laptop and it starts from the USB with Ubuntu. Everything seems to work fine until it reaches the splash screen ...
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how to install WIndows 8/10 on Dell Venue Pro (Uefi) after having damaged partitions
My device is Dell Venue Pro 11 which came with Windows 8 x64 pre-installed on the SSD.
Previous issues ->
Firstly I installed Ubuntu on dual-boot in the same SSD: after doing that Windows stopped ...
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Windows 7 on to Live USB Drive from OS X Virtual Box or IDO
I have a Windows 7 installation on VirtualBox and I'd like to boot it up from a BIOS computer using a USB stick.
Alternatively, I also have the Windows 7 ISO saved but UNetBootin's resultant USB ...
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Ubuntu live stick
I downloaded a Ubuntu image from the official website and tried to burn it to my 8gb usb drive. I did that with "ISO to USB" on my Windows computer. This procedure worked perfectly fine for everything ...
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Re-mounting a live OS filesystem
I'm running Debian live on a USB flash storage device and I accidentally removed the drive.
Now I keep getting input/output errors:
bash: /usr/bin/xyz: Input/output error.
The drive ...
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How can I remove Linux and Install windows XP from a usb?
I have a Sony Viao laptop and only Kali linux is installed on it. I want to remove it from my hard disk and replace it with WindowsXP.
I created a windows XP 32 bit USB(8 GB) by using Rufus and tried ...
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Is it possible to make flash drive to boot Virtual Box with Windows machines like live CD
Is it possible to make bootable Linux live flash drive to boot directly Virtual Box with Windows Machine without Linux desktop and unnecessary libraries and packages? Any ready-to-use solutions? (noob ...
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Kali LInux Internal Drive
I am running Kali Linux 2016.1 live in my usb drive. I have to change my window admin password but internal drives of the system are showing in other device and I can't find it in terminal too.
when ...
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When powering down kali linux, I get the message "Other users are logged in."
This is what is displayed:
image of what is displayed
I am currently logged in as root, so is root (console) a separate user? I just finished setting everything up so I can boot kali from a usb with ...
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booting from live device space probelm
I am trying to perform data-recover recovery using extundelete (which didn't help) and ext4magic on a live USB and it requires me to update, upgrade and install the packages. (and some times apt-get -...
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Updating the kernel on a Linux Mint Live USB
I'm following this guide: https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1784
to update a Linux Mint ISO. Specifically, I'd like to update the kernel of this version of Mint to 4.4.8.
For kernel ...
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How do i install Qubes OS onto a USB?
I cannot install qubes onto my harddrive as it has my main windows OS on it and is not easily switched out, and qubes FAQ warns not to do this anyways. I would like to install onto a USB drive instead ...
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Can I create a bootable Linux live USB flash drive using a Windows computer? [duplicate]
I have a rescued 2013 MacBook Air with a broken screen backlight due to a beverage spill and missing its internal SSD. I don't yet have any OS installed on it. I have access only to (32 bit) Windows ...
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What is the difference between "Rufus" and "Rufus portable"
On this site : https://rufus.akeo.ie/, there are two downloads, one labeled "Rufus 2.8" and the other labeled "Rufus 2.8 portable" I have tried both, and they do not differ in functionality as far as ...
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How to create a basic yet useful USB toolbox with a selection screen?
I'm an EasyTech at Staples, and I had an idea on how to make my job easier and make me work more efficiently on computers.
My idea is to create a USB toolbox. Similar to what the company provides us. ...
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running Xubuntu on usb
I want to be able to run Xubuntu on usb. I have made the usb bootable using pendrivelinux, and set persistence to the maximum so I can save changes I make. The question I have is: Is it safe to go to "...
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Is there a way to create 1 usb stick which can install multiple versions of windows and linux? [duplicate]
Well the question is clear. The reason behind it is, that I think it would be handyt to have 1 64 GB USB stick on my keychain to repair or reinstall computers with. I was thinking of some kind of on ...
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Can a live USB be "partitioned" so I can use it for both normal files AND an OS?
I normally use a USB for carrying files around, like anyone. However, I'm now also carrying a Linux distro around on a live USB to boot from. Is it possible to combine these? The USB is 16GB, so it is ...