It should boot straight into Ubuntu if it doesn’t, you’ll need to change the boot order in your computer’s BIOS. Just insert the live drive into a computer and reboot. You’ll want to select the “Try Ubuntu” option to use the live drive. You can also burn the ISO file to a CD or DVD, but those spinning discs will run slower than a USB drive. Download the Universal USB Installer tool, then select your USB drive and the ISO file and the tool will create a bootable USB drive. Visit Ubuntu’s website and download Ubuntu Desktop- we used 12.04 LTS for this, but any available version will do. You can use any Linux distribution for this, but we’re focusing on Ubuntu to simplify things. To get started, you’ll need a Linux live USB drive, CD, or DVD. You can even copy-paste most of these commands directly into the terminal. We’ll be getting our hands dirty with some Linux terminal commands here, but don’t worry-the Linux terminal won’t bite. A Ubuntu live drive can be used as a digital Swiss army knife to troubleshoot all sorts of problems with any PC, whether you need to recover files from a failing computer, diagnose hardware problems, perform a deep virus scan from outside Windows, or even reset a forgotten Windows password.
That’s because there’s no way to boot a full Windows system from a USB stick to troubleshoot your PC-well, not without an Enterprise version of Windows and Windows To Go-but anyone can make a free Ubuntu USB drive, CD, or DVD. This may sound like sacrilege, but it’s not: Ubuntu Linux can be useful even if you’re a hardcore Windows user.