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How to make an bootable USB drive

  • Copy all the files that is inside the usbXXXXXX.zip or on the CD onto an usb drive, directly on the drive, not inside any directory/folder.
  • It is OK if there are other files on the USB drive from before, they will not be removed.
  • To install bootloader on the USB drive, open a windows command prompt (if possible run it as administrator) and run X:syslinux.exe -ma X:
    • Replace X with the drive letter of the USB drive (DO NOT USE C:)
  • If it seems like nothing happened, it is usually done.
  • A file named ldlinux.sys may appear on the USB drive, that is normal.
  • The drive should now be bootable.
  • Please know that getting some computers to boot from USB is worse than from CD, you may have to change settings, or some will not simply work at all.
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