There can be a warning, that you need to format the disk in drive (An ISO file is an image file with the ISO 9660 file system.) The following screenshots are 'borrowed' from the description of using it with ISO files, but if you replace 'iso' with 'img', they would be the same. See more details including download links at /9W-DUS_i686.exe The file 9w-dus-i686-persist-live_4GB.exe expands to 4 GB and contains a corresponding persistent live system.

This system expands to 1 GB and contains a live-only system. It can also be used for other system tasks and can be a first step from Windows. The intention with 9w-dus-i686-grub_1GB.exe is to provide a quick method to get a very small portable linux system with the tool dus (alias mkusb-dus alias guidus), that can create persistent live systems in Ubuntu and Debian and systems developed from them.

If the image file is not compressed, you need not use 7-zip. This will usually be much larger that the compressed file, and you need enough free space in order to succeed. There is a demo video and screenshots atĮxtract the image from the compressed image file to a 'raw' image file with the extension img. It is also possible to use WinZip, if you have that program. Install the programs (which should be straight-forward in Windows).Ĭheck the md5sums of all the downloaded files versus the listed values at the web sites, where you downloaded them.ħ-zip is a free program. Or download a self-extracting file, for example 9w-dus-i686-persist-live_4GB.exe. Typical extensions for compressed image files are img.7z This method with Win32 Disk Imager works in Windows XP - Windows 10.ĭownload the compressed image file with your operating system using your web browser or download a torrent file and get the file faster that way. The method under the hood is the same as is described for linux in the wiki page about mkusb. This is actually the same process as to clone/flash/restore/copy an ISO file. Win32DiskImager is a good tool to clone/flash/restore/copy an image file of an operating system to a USB drive or an SD card, that can be moved to another computer, which can boot from a USB drive or SD card.

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