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The software is straightforward to use, and its available for free. I'm sharing this result to verify that over-writing EVERYTHING with zeros keeps pendrives in good shape. The great thing about UNetbootin is that it can create Linux, Windows bootable drive easily.

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After that it is running at its full speed (in the same kind of ports) again. I cleaned it by overwriting the whole drive with zeros. See this link about pendrive speed (post #6) Howto help USB boot drives ()Īfter a few years one of my pendrives, a Sandisk Extreme, 32 GB, was slowing down to about 30-40 % or the original writing speed (in USB 2 ports, where I use it most of the time). Try mkusb, that will do the work in 1-4 minutes, and needs no cleaning.Ī 1 GB iso file flashed to a slow pendrive (5 MB/s) needs 200 seconds, but flashing the same iso file to a fast USB 3 pendrive in a USB 2 port (25 MB/s) needs only 40 seconds. But unless you want persistence (or an installed system), it is way too long time to wait for a USB boot drive system. testing and new releases, when the standard tools like Unetbootin might not be. You are right, making the pendrive's file system clean helps a lot. Use isohybrid only, if the USB drive does not boot after installing using mkusb. With the proper preparation, I can guarantee perfect results, every time.

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I have an assortment of sticks, from 4 GB up to 32 GB, which I have repeatedly used for not only 'Live-USB's, but also full installs. Run the tool USBBurningTool that has been installed install ubuntu on second hard drive without usb You can use any software like Unetbootin. It takes a little longer, depending on the capacity of your stick (I use 'Disks' for this).anywhere from 15 minutes or so for a 4 GB, up to around 2 hrs for a 32 GB stick (due to the restricted read/write rates for a USB 2.0 stick on my elderly hardware) but the preparation time is well worth the hassle-free installation that results from it. When you format your stick, are you simply re-formatting.or the FULL format, over-writing EVERYTHING with zeros? This is, I find, the only way to guarantee good results. I, too, have never had a problem with UNetbootin.but, like him, I also wipe the stick CLEAN. I do however wipe the memory stick before using it.

I use Unetbootin all the time and never had a problem with it.

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