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I have a hp pavilion g6 series 32 bit , I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and everything was going fine until I downloaded bleachBit and I used this app incorrectly and it damaged my Ubuntu badly

I downloaded an ISO image for 32 bit Xubuntu and I have it now, but the problem is I have a 64gb sandisk usb I copied the iso image to the file and I have another file on the usb too, I tried to boot my laptop with usb but nothing appears; it keeps on starting normally.

I want to install this new iso image but I can't. Is there a way to install it without usb or cd?

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Sami Allawi
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See this link and links from it for details about booting from USB,

Installation/FromUSBStick#Booting_the_Computer_from_USB

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There are tools for installing an iso file into a USB drive in order to make it a USB boot drive with Ubuntu. But you should not have any other file on it, at least not when you make it a USB boot drive. So please copy the file(s) from the drive to some other drive, using another computer, if you have no working computer now.

Cloned live-only system

Do you intend to use this USB drive only during a short period of time in order to install Xubuntu into your computer? In this case I suggest that you make a simple cloned system. It is read-only and the drive cannot be used for anything else, but can be restored to a storage device afterwards.

In Ubuntu ('family' systems including Xubuntu) version 16.04 LTS and newer you can use the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator alias usb-creator-gtk. In older Ubuntu versions you can use Disks alias gnome-disks or mkusb. mkusb can also restore the pendrive to a storage device afterwards, via the wipe menu.

In Windows you can use Win32 Disk Imager for the same purpose.

Persistent live system

If you wish to have a USB boot drive, that you want to tweak, and also use to store and transfer files, you can create a persistent live drive. mkusb can create such a drive too. See this link: mkusb/persistent

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  • Thank you for telling me that i have to transfer data on my usb to another computer to prevent loosing them... ill start with what you told me hopefully it will work thank you again – Sami Allawi Dec 23 '16 at 18:46
  • You are welcome and good luck :-) – sudodus Dec 23 '16 at 18:55
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May be the following steps will solve your problem

  • As you have an another file in pen drive, you can't boot from it.

    • To make a working bootable pen drive visit any of the below links.

    • Also as you mentioned you are not able to use your laptop, use another person PC/Laptop to make pen drive bootable from it.

  • Once you have a bootable pen drive you plug it and follow the procedure.

Making a pen drive bootable

Windows platform.

Linux/Debian.

Installing Ubuntu

Steps for installation of Ubuntu

Steps for installation of Xubuntu

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