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.

If you plan to install Windows 11 on your device, you're likely to need a bootable USB drive, and here are two ways to create one.

Use Windows 11 Media Creation Tool to create Windows 11 bootable installation media. Create a bootable Windows USB flash drive using this tutorial.

Creating a bootable USB drive let's you get hands-on experience with Linux without necessarily overwriting your system.

But if you do have problems booting up your computer as normal, a recovery USB drive can save your system and restore access to your files and apps.

You can also use this drive to rescue data from corrupt Windows systems. Here’s how to create a live USB stick of Linux distributions from Windows, macOS and Linux.

Has anyone tried dragging the “Install OS X Mavericks” App from the bootable USB Flash Drive w/ Recovery Partition, as outlined by TyWebb, back to the Mac’s Applications folder?