How to create a installation Ubuntu flash drive

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I have a smal laptop Acer aspire and I wish to install ubuntu from a flash drive how do I proceed?

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/create-a-bootable-usb-stick-on-ubuntu/14011 https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/create-a-bootable-usb-stick-on-windows/14020 https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/create-a-bootable-usb-stick-on-macos/14016 https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/install-ubuntu-desktop/13618/2 — guiverc, Feb 26 '20 at 21:04
If Windows is on it and you want to keep Windows, need to make available a partition of at least 20 or 30GBs(more is better). Read answers and if installing beside Windows, double and triple check you know which partition you want to use and make backups of any data you want to keep. — crip659, Feb 26 '20 at 21:48

Gryu · Answer 1 · 2020-02-27T02:20:07.107

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Burn out your Ubuntu iso image to your flashdrive
Disable secure boot in BIOS if enabled
Insert it into your laptop's USB port
Turn on your laptop and boot from your flashdrive
Select Try Ubuntu without installing
Check if everything is detected and working: wi-fi, ethernet, sound, video, hdd, ssd, etc.
If everything is working, than you could install Ubuntu on your laptop

edited Feb 27 '20 at 02:20

answered Feb 26 '20 at 21:04

Gryu

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Looks complete and simple but may need to edit BIOS to boot USB. – C.S.Cameron Feb 27 '20 at 02:13

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '20 at 21:31

Here's the official workflow from Ubuntu's own tutorials.

Download Ubuntu's ISO file at https://ubuntu.com/download
or for a supported 'flavour' with a different Desktop Environment, download from https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours .

The ISO file you use to create a LiveUSB should be checked for download errors by https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-how-to-verify-ubuntu#0 .

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