UNetbootin

UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is an easy to use LiveUSB flash key rescue disk generator.

Installation
Install :

Usage
Download your favorite ISO. When you open UNetbootin, select Diskimage at the bottom, and choose ISO in the drop down menu. Use the file browser to select your ISO. Choose the drive to install on, and the amount of space you want left for storing files across reboots (if any).

Windows 7 live USB
Making windows 7 bootable usb install media requires several things to happen in a special order. This requires unetbootin 494 binaries from sourceforge. It is a good idea to also have official portage unetbootin installed to satisfy all of the binary dependencies.


 * install gparted and ntfs-3g.


 * format your 8gb or larger media as NTFS.


 * mount freshly formatted USB disk


 * get unetbootin-linux-494 binary from source forge http://sourceforge.net/projects/unetbootin/files/UNetbootin/494/


 * chmod +x unetbootin-linux-494


 * as root run ./unetbootin-linux-494


 * select disk image, then locate windows ISO. Select show all drives, then navigate to your USB devices NTFS partition.


 * select OK, have a cup of hot coco as this will take some time. Exit rather than reboot.  Unmount, and remove flash drive.