{"id":1945,"date":"2020-06-12T03:10:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T03:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:49:53","slug":"how-to-create-arch-linux-bootable-usb-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/how-to-create-arch-linux-bootable-usb-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Create Arch Linux Bootable USB On Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">The best specification of Linux OS is that it can begin its distribution directly from a USB\/CD\/VD without actually damaging the system, its hard drive and additional operating systems in it. So basically you don\u2019t need to do complete installation all the time to try out Linux in real sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">But still, if you have decided to try it, for instance Arch Linux OS individually or in juxtaposition with Windows OS, then possessing a Linux bootable USB is a more secured and quicker solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Usually people try it on systems installed with Linux based OS. But here in this article, we will show two ways to create Arch bootable USB on Windows OS, and also one way to do the same in Linux. Just make sure that you have the Arch Linux ISO file, since that\u2019s the only requirement for now. The rest is upto the article help coming your way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Without a further ado, read ahead and learn what to do exactly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 24pt\"><strong><b>#1: Create Arch Linux Bootable USB on Windows with Rufus Tool<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">There are many tools to do the job, but we have specifically selected two for Windows platform. One of them is Rufus.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">It is very popular, faster and more reliable than anything you get.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 1. Download Rufus to your Windows PC from the following link:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rufus.akeo.ie\/\"><u>https:\/\/rufus.akeo.ie\/<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 2. You don\u2019t have to install it separately. Just click on the downloaded file and it will open up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 3. Connect a blank USB drive with minimum of 2 GB storage. Make sure you have got all its contents backed up if it is not empty, since you are going to lose them all during the procedure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 4. Click on \u201cDevice\u201d box, and ensure the required drive is chosen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/rufus_img.jpg\" alt=\"create bootable USB with rufus\" width=\"650\" height=\"519\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 5. If you find the \u201cCreate a bootable disk using\u201d option grayed out, that means you have to go to the \u201cFile System\u201d tab and choose \u201cFAT32\u201d option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 6. Once the \u201cCreate a bootable disk using\u201d tab is visible in operation, check its checkbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 7. Click the button next to it to browse and load the downloaded Arch Linux ISO file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1947\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/download_the_linux.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"519\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 8. Once you are all done with this, click the \u201cStart\u201d button and the process will begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 9. In the meantime, you may get a prompt message suggesting to download a newer SysLinux file. Don\u2019t worry about it. Just click \u201cYes\u201d and the tool will do it by itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 10. Next, select \u201cWrite an ISO image (Recommended) option and click \u201cOk\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 11. Click \u201cOk\u201d one more time for the data lose warning notification and its done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Not wait until the tool completes its job.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><strong><b><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Create Arch Linux Bootable USB on Windows with Dr.Boot<\/span><\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">If you want to try something, something much better and reliable than the last one on Windows Platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/bootable-usb-creator.html\">iSeePassword Dr.Boot<\/a> is worth a shot.\u00a0It is practically programmed to create bootable disks for Windows, Mac, Linux OS. And it can be done on any platform. Since we are concerned about Arch Linux, on Windows OS, we will stick to that context. It is another popular and user-friendly tool for this purpose.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong><b>Steps to Use Dr.Boot to Create Arch Bootable USB<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 1. Download, and install the Dr.Boot to the Windows computer where you need to install the Linux.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 2. From the tool main interface screen, select \u201cWindows Boot\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/drboot_main_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"577\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 3. On the following page, click &#8220;Browse&#8221; button to load the Linux ISO file. Select a file system beneath. And click on &#8220;Burn&#8221;\u00a0 button to begin the process.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/import_linux_iso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"577\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">While its being done, wait.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/start_to_burn_iso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"577\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">After creating a Arch bootable USB successfully, then you can insert this USB drive to your computer to install Arch linux now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><strong><b>Create Arch Linux Bootable USB on Windows with UNETBOOTIN Tool<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">UNETBOOTIN shortly abbreviated for Universal Netboot installer, is intended to create bootable USB. This program is a cross platform for Windows, Linux, Mac OS. But as mentioned above, we will stick to Linux only on Windows platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">It is an open source program, freely available on internet. So feel free to download.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 1. Download the tool from its official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/unetbootin_img.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"402\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 2. Just click the downloaded file and it will open up. You don\u2019t need to install it separately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 3. Click on the \u201cDisk image\u201d browsing button to load the Linux ISO file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 4. When you are done, click \u201cOk\u201d and the tool will take care of everything else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Step 5. Once the process is over, click on the \u201cReboot Now\u201d button from the next Window to reboot your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">In this article, all the methods are fully tested and reliable. But still, as per survey, iSeePassword Dr.Boot has proven to be very effective for most of the users.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">I have tried Dr.Boot many a times and it has perfectly suited my demands. Try it, or else you wouldn\u2019t know what it can do.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best specification of Linux OS is that it can begin its distribution directly from a USB\/CD\/VD without actually damaging the system, its hard drive and additional operating systems in it. So basically you don\u2019t need to do complete installation all the time to try out Linux in real sense. 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