

In the same article we have also covered how to Restore bootable USB disk to its original state through GParted. In case, you would want to do the same using Command-line interface then – Create a bootable USB in Ubuntu. The focus of this article was on making a USB bootable using Startup Disk Creator (a GUI utility). We have discussed how to create a bootable USB in Ubuntu using Startup Disk Creator. If you have already plugged in two or more USB sticks then, select the USB stick you want to make bootable. iso extension file of any Ubuntu flavor by clicking on Other button. And, launch Startup Disk Creator from our systems’ main menu. Next, to install Ubuntu creator in Ubuntu – sudo apt install usb-creator-gtk Insert USB stick and Launch Startup Disk Creator The package is a part of Main repository of Ubuntu, therefore update that first – sudo apt update To revert it to previous state, either use various command-line tools or GParted. Also, we can’t after making the USB bootable it can’t be used as a regular storage device.


Making a bootable USB would erase everything stored on the USB. Word of caution: Take backup of data on USB stick. Lastly, bootable USBs can also be used to repair an already installed operating system. Anything we do with live disk won’t survive system reboot. We need to save our work in a separate disk. If we opt to go ahead making bootable USBs with live images then, we can use the use the OS without even installing it on physical storage. Apart from that, there are live disk images are also available. With the help of a bootable USB we can install an Operating system, which in our case is Ubuntu.
