How can I make a 19.04 persistent live USB from Windows?

live-usb windows-10 19.04 persistence

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Ubuntu 19.10 and later

The best application for making a bootable Ubuntu live USB from Windows is Rufus. The official ubuntu.com website recommends using Rufus instead of UNetbootin. Step-by-step instructions for creating a bootable Ubuntu live USB from Windows are at How to create a bootable USB stick on Windows.

Rufus persistent storage partition is supported in 19.10 and later. Please upgrade Rufus to version 3.9 or later.

Ubuntu 19.04 and earlier

mkusb is the most reliable tool for making an Ubuntu live USB with persistent file storage in 19.04 and earlier.

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TheRealTengri

Updated on September 18, 2022

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TheRealTengri over 1 year

I am trying to make a persistent USB, but all the methods do not work. I haven't tried the mkusb method because I have Windows 10. So how would I make a persistent Ubuntu live USB from a Windows 10 computer?
- pa4080 almost 5 years
  
  Here is described: howtogeek.com/howto/14912/…
- TheRealTengri almost 5 years
  
  @pa4080 I said that I have windows 10 so I can not use mkusb, and the other method does not work anymore
- pa4080 almost 5 years
  
  Please keep reading the article and find the section "How to Make a Persistent Ubuntu USB Drive on Windows".
- TheRealTengri almost 5 years
  
  @pa4080 I saw that and it says it no longer works on the top of that section
- pa4080 almost 5 years
  
  In that case you can try to run live Ubuntu session from another media (CD or USB) and within that session you could install mkusb to create your persistent drive.
- TheRealTengri almost 5 years
  
  @pa4080 Could I do this with a VM or does it have to be another USB?
- pa4080 almost 5 years
  
  Great idea. I think, it should work. Depending on the virtual machine vendor there must have some settings to grant the virtual machine with direct access to the USB port(s).
- Nmath almost 5 years
  
  Possible duplicate of How to customize the Ubuntu Live CD?. See the answer titled "Creating your own Custom Live CD - the manual way." - the method still works. The .ISO would be static but you can customize the software and use extra space on USB for variable files.
- karel almost 5 years
  
  @Nmath That's a kluge that should only be used as a last resort, not a duplicate question.
- karel almost 5 years
  
  @Nmath Use Related question: or Related: instead of Possible duplicate of to point to useful related links that are not also duplicate links.
- Elder Geek almost 5 years
  
  Related: askubuntu.com/questions/1159004/…
- Meninx - メネンックス almost 5 years
  
  I think this may be a bad ISO download problem, I have not had problem making a persistent install of 19.04 using Rufus, UNetbootin, Universal, YUMI, or YUMI UEFI.
Meninx - メネンックス almost 5 years

With this Live 4GB Persistent USB the op can install mkusb and use that to make a USB with unlimited persistence. or he can do a full install to another USB.
TheRealTengri almost 5 years

Is the space used to preserve the amount of space that the user can use without losing the data?
karel almost 5 years

@TheRealTengri Yes, it is the amount of space that the user can use without losing the data.
TheRealTengri almost 5 years

Ok, I will test this tonight
JinSnow almost 4 years

It did not work for me: operating systeme not found