How to Create a Linux Mint USB (Bootable USB for Linux and Windows)

🎥 How to Create a Linux Mint USB

*You can create a USB installer the same way for other distributions like Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Manjaro, and many more... Just download the .iso image of your chosen distro and follow the same steps as with Linux Mint in this guide.*


Follow the video to easily make a bootable USB flash drive. Just pause the video whenever you need. Perfect even for beginners!

1. Download the ISO Image

  1. Visit the official website of the Linux distribution. For example, Linux Mint here, or Ubuntu here, or another one of your choice.
  2. Download the system image: linux.iso

2. Create a Bootable Linux USB (from Windows)

Use the program Rufus:

  1. Download it from https://rufus.ie
  2. Plug in your USB drive and launch Rufus
  3. Set it up as follows:
    • Device: select your USB drive
    • Boot selection: select the downloaded ISO file
    • Partition scheme: GPT (for newer PCs with Windows 10 or 11 and UEFI, roughly since 2012) or MBR (for older Windows 7, Vista, XP with UEFI-CSM or BIOS)
    • File system: FAT32
  4. Click START and confirm to erase the USB drive

*Warning: The USB drive will be completely erased!