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Universal USB Installer

Universal USB Installer 2.0.2.2

Universal USB Installer aka UUI is a Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive. Learn what's new on this latest version. Click here if the download does not begin automatically.

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More about Universal USB Installer

The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply choose a Live Linux Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, Click Install. Upon completion, you should have a ready to run bootable USB Flash Drive with your select operating system installed. Other features include; Persistence (if available) - note that casper persistence will only work with fat16 or fat32 formatted drives.

What's New

  • Universal-USB-Installer-2.0.2.2: Version 2.0.2.1 was corrupted and would lock up preparing drive. Added missing files.
  • Universal-USB-Installer-2.0.2.1: Updated to use Ventoy 1.0.97 bootloader which provides upstream support for Proxmox 8.1 and FreeBSD 14.0. Remove www from Pendrivelinux site links.
  • Universal-USB-Installer-2.0.2.0: Updated to 1.0.96 bootloader. Implemented conditional detection features to allow prepared drives to be displayed while running from WINE in Linux.
  • Universal-USB-Installer-2.0.1.9: Corrected an error in System::Call 'kernel32::GetDriveType(t"$preJustDrive")i.s' for removable and fixed drive detection. Added Vanilla dPup to the list of supported distros.
  • Updated to 1.0.95 bootloader. Adjusted the ISO file masking for Windows X-Lite. Fixed a few bugs in the handing of menu selections and message box returns. Automatically checks for version updates at runtime.
  • Entirely new build supports Multiboot and is based on YUMI exFAT.
  • Fix broken persistence option for Ubuntu and Linux Mint based distributions. Fix wipe and format options to only show for Windows 11, 10, 8 on selectable devices that appear as USB drives or fixed local disks.
  • Added an option to Create Multiboot USB. Experimental - not all ISO files work. For example Linux Mint and CentOS will not work with the Multiboot option.
  • Add back feature to refresh drives. Detect if running from WINE.
  • Updated option to fully Install Windows 10 or 11 on USB. Fixed Wipe and Format option.
  • Fixed to allow spaces in Windows user profile.
  • Updated to support writable persistence for Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu versions 20.04+.
  • Added Wipe option to reformat and restore a USB flash drive. Included a Try via DD option. Updated Archbang and Archlinux to use dd rawwrite method. Updated AmogOS download link.
  • Update AmogOS with persistence download link.
  • Update to support AmogOS and HDClone.
  • Re-enable the ability to run from earlier versions of Windows. Moved checkpoint to simply prevent NTFS format option from appearing on systems prior to Windows 8.
  • Quick revision to disallow (Disk 0) from being displayed.
  • Set to show Local Drives in addition to USB Drives. Included a confirmation prompt before proceeding to format a drive. Implemented a checkpoint to prevent from running if Operating System is not at least Windows 8.
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