If something doesn't work or you need clarification, feel free to comment. Good luck and enjoy your new operating system! UNetbootin (GUI-based, runs from either Windows or Linux) UNetbootin automates this task by providing a GUI to create a bootable Ubuntu Live USB drive from an ISO file, and can be run from both an installed Windows or Linux system, or from a liveCD. Your computer should now boot from your installation CD/DVD/USB-stick. Installing Ubuntu on USB drive using Windows. If it still doesn't work, try a different USB port and try again.).
#Install linux on usb from windows install#
If you are trying to install using an USB-stick, select USB using the arrow keys and press Enter (If your computer freezes after choosing USB, restart your computer, select USB using the arrow keys again, and this time hold shift while pressing Enter. If you are trying to install using a CD or DVD, select CDROM using the arrow keys and press Enter.You should now see (something like) this: Press ↓ to select Plop Boot Manager and pressĮnter.You should now see something like this (if not, restart your computer again while hammering on the F8 key, and when a menu appears, select "Back to list of operating systems" using the arrow keys and press Enter): You have to format it so make sure that you don’t have important data on the USB key. Wait until installation is finished and press Enter to close the window. Step 2: Properly format the USB for creating bootable Windows USB. No matter what solution you choose, you need administrator permissions on Windows. Afterwards you can migrate the installation to its own partition. The installer creates a large file on the Windows filesystem that is used by Linux as a virtual disk. If you have Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, right-click the file InstallToBootMenu.bat, click Run as administrator, and then click Yes when prompted. Some distributions provide an installer that runs in Windows, for example Ubuntus Wubi. If you have Windows XP, double-click the file InstallToBootMenu.bat. Extract the zip and open the folder "Windows" in it.Start up Windows just like you normally would, and download the latest (non-test) version of Plop Boot Manager here.