Create a bootable USB stick of Linux Mint 1. Windows 1. 0 PCBack in March 2. I wrote 4 gui applications for installing Linux from USB key. But Ive not been able to use every one of those programs to make a bootable USB stick of a distribution like Linux Mint 1. Windows 1. 0 desktop. The transfer of the ISO image to the US stick will complete successfully, but the USB stick will not boot. Im not sure if the issue is specific to the programs, but Im sure other people must be having the same problem. And so Ill use this post to show that at least one of those programs Unetbootin can be used to transfer a Linux Mint 1. ISO image to a USB stick, and the USB stick will boot and be used to test drive and install Linux Mint 1. Windows computer, that is, one with a UEFI firmware. M7yFh_40uOo/URLBScXf0dI/AAAAAAAACEs/Ip_hxAYtc3M/s1000/5-kde-kwin-ghns.jpg' alt='Install Linux Mint And Windows 7' title='Install Linux Mint And Windows 7' />And if you can use it for Linux Mint 1. Linux distributions. So if youre a Windows user looking to take a Linux distribution out for a spin for the first time, Unetbootin, which is free and available for download here, is a program that works. Play Theme Hospital Game. To use Unetbootin, you, of course, need a USB stick inserted into one of the computers USB port. Unetbootin can download the distribution you want to use, but for this post, I downloaded an image of Linux Mint 1. Unetbootin. Figure 1 shows the main interface. By default, its set to auto download a distribution from the Internet, but if youve downloaded one already, click on the Diskimage radio button. Figure 1 Main interface of Unetbootin on Windows 1. Then use the highlighted button to select the ISO image you downloaded. In the Type drop menu, select USB, then the USB drive letter, if its not auto selected or if you have more than one USB stick connected to the computer. Figure 2 Selecting downloaded ISO image on Unetbootin. Wait awhile as Unetbootin does its magic. Figure 3 Transferring ISO image to Unetbootin on Windows 1. When the transfer has completed successfully, exit the application. With the USB stick still connected to the computer, reboot. If the computer has been set up to boot from external media, it should reboot into the boot menu of Linux Mint 1. Figure 4 Completed Transfer of ISO image to Unetbootin on Windows 1. How to Delete Remove WINDOWS 10 on Acer Aspire Laptops get OLD OS 7 8 Back 5349 5517 4520 5253 Duration 1257. RubberWilbur 25,041 views. One of my netbooks needed refreshing, and I decided to dump Windows completely and install only Linux Mint. The entire process took 10 minutes. Here are the details.