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Installing an operating system is easy task to do, but before installing you need a USB or DVD drive. It’s important to have to do installation. Many users get stucked in this situation but don’t worry here its easy to do with the following steps.

To install an operating system on a PC which is installed windows or any other operating system is something hard to do as well its a bit confusing on how to create bootable USB drive for e.g; if you want to install Ubuntu on a windows then you have to create a USB drive in Ubuntu or if you want to install Windows on a Mac then you have to create a bootable USB drive in Mac and then install it. It’s different and difficult to do in your operating system. However, there are different ways to create bootable USB drive in your operating system but here in this guide, we will show you how to do it easily by the following procedure.

Create Bootable USB Stick in Windows

To create bootable USB drive for windows, make sure that your USB/DVD is at least 8GB or larger and working fine. You can also do it from our previous article based on How to Create Bootable USB Stick in Windows 7, 8 and 10?

Before start creating bootable USB stick download and install the Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, also you should have the Windows ISO image you want to install.

1. Insert the USB stick and open Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, browse the ISO file/source file and click Next.

2. Now choose the media type you want to create bootable whether USB device or DVD.

3. Specify if your USB or DVD is selected if it isn’t click the refresh tab and choose then click Begin copying.

When the copying process started, wait some minutes to let it complete. When the wizard completed close the wizard and your USB drive will be ready to use for installing the windows.

Note: While copying the files don’t take out the USB or turn off your PC otherwise your flash drive will be destroyed.

Create a Bootable USB Stick in Mac OS

To create bootable USB stick on Mac OS make sure that the USB drive is at least 8GB or larger and working fine.

Before start creating bootable download and install Diskmaker X and make sure that you have the Mac OS ISO image file you’re going to install.

1. Open DiskMaker X and choose the Mac OS edition you want to make USB bootable.

2. Now click on Select an OS X Installation and browse the ISO image file of the Mac OS.

3. Select the disk you want to make bootable, an 8 GB USB thumb drive or another kind of disk such as DVD or Memory.

4. Select the disk you want to make bootable and click Choose this disk.

5. Click Erase then create the disk to format the drive.

6. Click Continue to let the Mac ask for administrator privileges.

7. Wait for serveral minutes until the login page appears then login in it and click ok. It will take about 20 minutes to complete and when it completed just quit the page and restart your Mac.

After restarting your USB flash drive will be bootable successfully and you can use it to install Mac on any PC.

Create a Bootable USB Stick in Ubuntu/Linux

To create bootable USB stick on Ubuntu/Linux make sure that the USB drive is at least 8GB or larger and working fine.

Before start creating bootable, make sure that you have the ISO image file of the Ubuntu or Linux you want to install.

1. Insert the USB drive and open Startup Disk Creator.

2. Now click other and choose the ISO image file and click Make startup disk.

After copying the files, the USB will be bootable successfully and ready to use.

That’s all, if you have any question regarding this ask now.

Ubuntu is a free open operating system which runs in all devices including smartphones, tablets. It’s one of the most popular OS which contains a wide range of software and apps. You can try this on your computer or VMware for experiencing with all default programs, so to install ubuntu use the following steps.

Install Ubuntu on VMware

Firstly you have to install Vmware, you can install it from here, that’s ok if you have installed before.

Now to start the installation process of Ubuntu, you need to download the ISO image from here.

To download ubuntu: Go to Ubuntu.com>Download>Ubuntu Desktop> Select 32-bit and click Download. After the download finished, so you’re ready to install let’s go.

#1. Open Vmware and click on File>New Virtual Machine(Ctrl+N) then select Typical(Recommended) click Next.

#2. Select installer disk image (iso) then click browse and choose the ubuntu iso image and click Next.

The system will automatically detect it.

#3. Now specify the OS by selecting the type and version and click Next.

#4. Name the virtual machine then select a location to install there and click Next.

#5. Now specify the disk capacity or let it by default then click Next.’

#6. The virtual machine is ready to use now, click customize if you want to change or add something then click Finish to start the virtual machine.

After the virtual machine started, wait about 20 minutes (Depends on your computer) to let ubuntu start.

#7. When the loading finished, enter a password and hit enter.

The password you enter will be created for all time.

And that’s it, all right you’re all done. The operating system has installed successfully and the keyboard shortcuts has appeared on the screen to make you use it easier.

Click on close then start using ubuntu and enjoy. If you like using ubuntu then you can do the steps above to install it on your computer but before installing make sure that you have the iso image file and your USB drive is bootable if you don’t know how to create a bootable USB flash drive then click here.

Ok, there you go if you have any question feel free to ask us through comment.