{"id":97450,"date":"2019-12-18T00:02:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T05:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=97450"},"modified":"2025-07-18T08:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:30:34","slug":"how-to-create-bootable-usb-drive-with-rufus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-create-bootable-usb-drive-with-rufus\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Create Bootable USB Drive With Rufus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-2312413820\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>I was thinking about switching to Linux for a while now. I&#8217;ve experimented with it on and off since my Windows 95 and 98 days. Too many issues right now to switch over from Windows but I&#8217;m going to try to install Linux on my old Acer laptop.<\/p>\n<p>First, I need Linux. My laptop was originally Windows Vista. I need a version of Linux designed for lower grade systems. I decided on <a href=\"https:\/\/lubuntu.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lubuntu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I downloaded the ISO version: <strong>18.04.3 Bionic Beaver LTS (LXDE)<\/strong> because I needed a <strong>32-bit<\/strong> version of the OS for my system.<\/p>\n<p>Then I downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/rufus.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rufus<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div id=\"daves-4076659182\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Rufus.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-97453 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Rufus.png\" alt=\"rufus-portable-drive-properties-format-options\" width=\"471\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Rufus.png 471w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Rufus-327x400.png 327w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Rufus-122x150.png 122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a utility for creating bootable USB flash drives. It&#8217;s simple to use. I downloaded the portable version (no installation required) and ran it. The first thing you have to do is choose your device. Mine is already selected in this screenshot.<\/p>\n<p>Then click on the <strong>SELECT<\/strong> button to choose your <strong>ISO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can change the Volume label, otherwise, I left all the settings as they were. Some settings like the <strong>Partition scheme<\/strong> and <strong>Target system<\/strong>, I could not change. Then just click on <strong>START<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I can confirm that the <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-check-the-speed-of-a-usb-drive\/\" title=\"How To Check The Speed Of A USB Drive\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"154\">USB drive<\/a> is bootable and it works, so in my next article, I&#8217;ll show you how to install Linux.<\/p><div id=\"daves-845514234\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-1884396409\" class=\"daves-after-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was thinking about switching to Linux for a while now. I&#8217;ve experimented with it on and off since my Windows 95 and 98 days. Too many issues right now to switch over from Windows but I&#8217;m going to try to install Linux on my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2084,"featured_media":97462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,17,164],"tags":[6362,6361],"class_list":["post-97450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freebies","category-how","category-portable","tag-bootable-usb-drive","tag-rufus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2084"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}