How do I install Ubuntu from an USB drive / create a live USB-stick in Windows?
I tried to use the usb-creator.exe from Ubuntu 10.10 desktop i386 ISO image and it does create an USB stick that doesn't boot. When I try to boot from it I get:
Operating System not found.
I try to do this from Windows 7 x64. I'm not looking to create a live Ubuntu media, only an installation USB disk.
I repeated the process several times and I even tried to reformat the USB drive (FAT32), no success yet.
The USB stick is a 8GB one.
Solution 1:
Well you can create a Live-USB disk that can be used for installing the operating system with unetbootin. Here is the official documentation on USB installation.
Make sure that you boot the USB disk at system startup, i.e. when you on your computer. That means the BIOS of your computer has to be set to try to boot from USB before it boots from hard drive and the stick has to be inserted before hard drive booting takes place.
The usual procedure from within Ubuntu is to use Startup Disk Creator. With that you just select the Ubuntu image or LiveCD and the USB-Media and go ahead. See picture below:
Solution 2:
I like the Universal USB installer. Download it from here
Then run the program double-clicking it with admin privilege. The program will run and you have to direct it to the downloaded iso file. Here is a screenshot below (credit goes to the site owner)
Please take caution to select the actual drive letter of the USB drive.
Now restart your PC to boot from the USB drive
Solution 3:
There are lot of programs, My personal Fav:
LILI
Universal usb installer
Unetbootin
All does same to create the usb from windows machine.
You point to the ISO, choose the usb and start. They will prepare the USB in 5-10 min.
Solution 4:
Quoted: The recommended way to install Ubuntu from a USB flash drive is to use the usb-creator program, point it at a ISO image of a Ubuntu installation CD that you have downloaded, and let it create a bootable USB that you can use instead of the CD.
Source: Ubuntu
Below you can find more information that can help you in your process.
UNetbootin
How to Put Ubuntu on a USB Thumb Drive