How Do You Make A USB Thumbdrive Bootable?
If you happen to have a spare USB thumbdrive lying around your house, you can install an operating system on it and make it “bootable.” This will allow you to essentially take your computer and settings with you wherever you go, no matter which physical computer you happen to be using. If you want to make a USB thumbdrive bootable, you have to use an operating system that supports it. That means you’ll be getting to know the Linux operating system. Download a Linux disc image file. This file has all of the contents of an operating system installation CD condensed to one computer file. Go to the website of the Linux distribution you’ve chosen (for example, Ubuntu.com) and press “Download” to download a disc image file of the latest version of the operating system. Download and install a program that supports the creation of a bootable USB thumbdrive. Such programs include UNetbootin and ImageWriter. Open whichever program you’ve installed. Connect your USB thumbdrive to an open USB port
