How To Install Ubuntu From USB Sticks

 

Quick Guide: Installing Ubuntu from a USB memory stick

This guide will help you install Ubuntu on your computer by using a USB memory stick. USB memory sticks are sometimes known as flash drives, memory pens or USB Mass Storage devices.

Installing from a memory stick is useful if you have a computer without a CD drive (such as a netbook), or prefer the convenience of a memory stick. Alternative methods are available, like installing Ubuntu from inside Windows.

It should take around 30 minutes to complete this process, plus the time it takes to download the 700MB installer file. Downloading from a torrent is by far the fastest way of getting it.

This guide will assume that you are running Windows. More comprehensive documentation which covers other operating systems is available at Installation/FromUSBStick.

What do I need to get started?

 To install Ubuntu from a USB memory stick you need: 

1. A memory stick with a capacity of at least 2GB. It will be formatted (erased) during this process, so copy any files that you want to keep to another location. They will all be permanently deleted from the memory stick. 

2. A computer that can boot (start-up) from a USB memory stick. Many older computers can't boot from USB – check the boot options in your BIOS (see Start the Ubuntu installer) to see if yours can. 

3. A computer with at least 384MB of system memory (RAM), 6GB of available hard disk space and a 700MHz or faster x86 processor. Most Intel and AMD processors are x86 processors. 32-bit and 64-bit processors are supported.

4. A working Internet connection. 

Get a copy of the Ubuntu installer

 

You need a copy of the Ubuntu installer CD image (.iso) so that you can put it on a memory stick.  

1. Go to www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download.

2. Choose your country (or one nearby) from the Download location drop-down list. 

3. Click Begin download to download the .iso image file needed to install Ubuntu. This will be about 700MB in size. 

Put the installer on a memory stick

 

1. Plug-in your USB memory stick.

2. Go to www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Universal-USB-Installer and download the Universal-USB-Installer.exe file. Put it on your Desktop or somewhere convenient. 

3. Open Universal USB Installer and  choose your USB & select your .ISO that you downloaded before.

4. Then Click Start & wait for a while to create a bootale usb stick.

5. After doing this,Your Pen Drive is ready to boot.

6. Restart Your Computer & Goto Bootloader.Then select your USB from the Boot Menu.

7. If you see a purple Ubuntu boot screen with white icons at the bottom (Figure 2), your computer has successfully booted from the memory stick. Skip to the Install Ubuntu section. 

8. Use it Live.

Install Ubuntu

 

If you have successfully booted from your memory stick, you should now be looking at the purple Ubuntu boot menu. To start the Ubuntu installer:

1. Wait a few seconds and Ubuntu will start loading. Otherwise, you can press a key and a boot menu with more options will appear.
   • Press the F5 key to access universal access options like the screen reader and magnifier.
2. After a minute or two, an Install window will appear. Select your language from the list to the left of the screen and click Install Ubuntu 10.04.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to select your country, timezone and keyboard layout.
4. When you get to the Prepare disk space screen (Figure 3), choose one of the following options to determine how to put Ubuntu on your hard disk:
   • If you want to keep Windows installed and choose whether to start Windows or Ubuntu each time you start the computer, choose Install them side by side. This is called a dual-boot setup. Use the slider on the colored bar at the bottom of the screen to choose how to share disk space between Windows and Ubuntu (Ubuntu should have at least 4 GB of space).
   • If you want to remove Windows and replace it with Ubuntu, choose Erase and use the entire disk. All of the files on the disk will be deleted before Ubuntu is put on it, so make sure you have backup copies of anything you wanted to keep.
   • For more complicated disk layouts, choose Specify partitions manually. You can manually add, modify and delete disk partitions using this option. 
      

5. When you click Forward, you may receive a message saying that the changes will be applied (Figure 4). This normally happens if you resized a partition. If you click Continue, your hard disk will be changed permanently and you won't be able to go back. Make sure you're happy with any changes that you made.

 6. Follow the rest of the instructions to choose a username and password and migrate files and settings from Windows.  

7. Click Install. The installation will begin, and should take 10-20 minutes to complete. When it is finished, choose to restart the computer and then remove your memory stick. Ubuntu should start to load.