Linux: Create a Bootable USB stick

[last updated: 2024-04-16]
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Boot Linux on a Windows PC from USB stick
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• Before proceeding:
  Verify the integrity of your downloaded ISO file by Verify Checksum

• Create USB stick:
  • In a computer running Linux, where you have downloaded and saved the installation .iso file,
    • plug in the USB stick you want to use.
      The stick does not need to be empty, because this process will completely overwrite anything that was on the stick.
    • Browse to the ISO file you saved on your computer
      Right-click the file and select Make bootable USB stick
      USB Image Writer box will open.
      Click the drop-down in the "to" field, click the USB device you inserted
    • Click Write
      It will ask for confirmation and password.
      Press Authenicate.
      When done and successful, click OK and Close
  • In a Windows computer:

• If you check Properties of the finished bootable stick,
  you'll see that it has been partitioned to apparently exactly fit
  the size of the boot files it contains.
  
  For Mint 21.2 Cinnamon that was 3.0 GB

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