Unetbootin, Download and Install Unetbootin

Introduction Unetbootin

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.

Unetbootin Requirements

Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, or Linux, or Mac OS X 10.5+. Note that resulting USB drives are bootable only on PCs (not on Macs).
Internet access for downloading a distro to install, or a pre-downloaded ISO file

Unetbootin Features

UNetbootin can create a bootable Live USB drive, or it can make a "frugal install" on your local hard disk if you don't have a USB drive. It loads distributions either by downloading a ISO (CD image) files for you, or by using an ISO file you've already downloaded.

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The current version has built-in support for automatically downloading and loading the following distributions, though installing other distributions is also supported:
Ubuntu (and official derivatives)
10.04 LTS, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 LTS, Daily CD Images.
Debian
Stable/Squeeze, Testing/Wheezy, Unstable/Sid.
Linux Mint 7, 8, 9, 10 | openSUSE 10.2, 10.3, 11.0, 11.1 Factory
Arch Linux 2010.05 Damn Small Linux 4.4 SliTaz Stable, Cooking Puppy Linux 4.00 gNewSense deltah-2.1 FreeBSD 6.3, 7.0,7.2, 8.0 NetBSD 4.0 Fedora 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Rawhide PCLinuxOS 2010 Sabayon Linux 5.1, 5.2 Gentoo 2007.0, 2008.0 MEPIS SimplyMEPIS 8 AntiX 8 Zenwalk 5.2 Slax 6 Dreamlinux 3.2, Eliveb DevelopmentCentOS 4, 5, 6 Mandriva 2007.1, 2008.0, 2008.1 LinuxConsole 1.0.2009 Frugalware Linux Stable, Testing, Current xPUD 0.9.2

UNetbootin can also be used to load various system utilities, including:

Parted Magic, a partition manager that can resize, repair, backup, and restore partitions.
SystemRescueCD, a system repair, backup and recovery tool.
Super Grub Disk, a boot utility that can restore and repair overwritten and misconfigured GRUB installs or directly boot various operating systems
Dr.Web Antivirus, F-Secure Rescue CD, and Kaspersky Rescue Disk, which remove malware from Windows installs.
Backtrack, a utility used for network analysis and penetration testing.
Ophcrack, a utility which can recover Windows passwords.
NTPasswd, a utility which can reset Windows passwords and edit the registry.
Gujin, a graphical bootloader that can also be used to boot various operating systems and media.
Smart Boot Manager (SBM), which can boot off CD-ROM and floppy drives on computers with a faulty BIOS.
FreeDOS, which can run BIOS flash and other legacy DOS utilities.

Unetbootin Download

Windows | Linux | Mac OSX

Unetbootin Installation & Screenshots

If using Windows, run the file, select an ISO file or a distribution to download, select a target drive (USB Drive or Hard Disk), then reboot once done. If your USB drive doesn't show up, reformat it as FAT32.

Unetbootin Install Screenshoot

If using Linux, make the file executable (using either the command chmod +x ./unetbootin-linux, or going to Properties->Permissions and checking "Execute"), then start the application, you will be prompted for your password to grant the application administrative rights, then the main dialog will appear, where you select a distribution and install target (USB Drive or Hard Disk), then reboot when prompted.

Unetbootin Install Screenshoot

After rebooting, if you created a Live USB drive by selecting "USB Drive" as your install target, press the appropriate button (usually F1, F2, F12, ESC, or backspace) while your computer is starting up to get to your BIOS boot menu and select USB drive as the startup target; otherwise if there's no boot selection option, go to the BIOS setup menu and change the startup order to boot USB by default. Note that Live USB drives are bootable only on PCs (not on Macs). Otherwise, if you did a "frugal install" by selecting "Hard Disk" as your install target, select the UNetbootin entry from the Windows Boot Menu as the system boots up.