Add NTFS partition to live USB

Solution 1:

Only the first partition on a USB stick will be accessible by Windows, and it must be either FAT or NTFS.

If you want to create a Linux Live USB stick with an NTFS "shared" partition, do the following (using gparted):

• Remove all partitions from it
• Create the shared NTFS partition (must be the first in the drive)
• Create the 700MB~1GB FAT partition (for the Live Session)
• Make it bootable (right-click the partition > Manage Flags > boot)
• Use the Startup Disk Creator to create an install in the second partition

This way you can:

• Use the stick to boot the PC and either use a Live Session or Install Ubuntu
• The Live partition will be invisible and un-accesible from Windows
• The NTFS partition will be visible and accessible from both Windows and Ubuntu

Solution 2:

Yes it will. You can do this with gparted if you want. The only 2 partition formats that are accesible in both systems are Fat32 and NTFS. There are some ext2/ex3 read/write programs for windows but not 100% safe.