There are a couple of ways of creating a bootable USB drive, but we're going to use the command prompt in Windows so you don't need to download any extra third-party software.

Some modern computers don't have a CD/DVD drive for installing or upgrading an operating system. You can create a bootable USB using a command line on Windows operating systems (7,8,8.1,10, and 11).

If you are running Linux, you can use the dd command (as in the instructions for macOS above) to create the bootable drive. Plug the drive into the system and then run the lsblk command to find ...

A bootable USB key is a convenient way to install operating systems on netbooks without optical drives, or carrying around a Live OS with you at all times. It especially makes sense if you're ...

If you’d rather make your own, however, this guide will show you two different ways to create a USB flash drive that works just like a Windows 10 DVD.

Perhaps they referenced this guide to create a bootable Live USB on Windows, allowing them to test drive something like Ubuntu without making any changes to their PC.

How to make your own bootable OS X 10.10 Yosemite USB install drive Setting up lots of Macs? Want an offline installer? Here's how to roll your own.

We’ve already covered how to do this from the command line (See How to create a bootable USB to install OS X), but I wanted to give those with a fear of the command line a way to do the same thing.

This post shows you the procedure to create a Windows 11/10 Bootable USB on macOS, for your Windows PC using Boot Camp Assistant utility.