How to make a bootable USB drive If you're trying to install a new operating system or flash your BIOS, you're going to need a bootable USB drive - here's how to make one.

A bootable USB drive is a convenient disk for installing an operating system. Some modern computers don't have a CD/DVD drive for installing or upgrading an operating system.

A bootable USB key is a convenient way to install operating systems on netbooks without optical drives, or carrying around a Live OS with you at all times. It especially makes sense if you're ...

Now we want to prepare the USB drive for the Windows 10 files and ensure it is bootable. Type “create partition primary” without the quotes and hit enter.

This FAQ will show you how to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

How to make your own bootable OS X 10.10 Yosemite USB install drive Setting up lots of Macs? Want an offline installer? Here's how to roll your own.

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Create a bootable USB stick from Linux I was keeping the best for last. If you are running Linux, you can use the dd command (as in the instructions for macOS above) to create the bootable drive.

Trying to get started with VMware's virtualization app but lack an optical drive on your Apple computer? Here's how to transform the ISO into a bootable flash drive for installing the hypervisor.