Startup Disk Creator should automatically detect your USB stick, but if you happen to have more than one inserted, ensure it's picked the right one for the job by selecting it inside the window.

That's it. First attempt: live cd boots okay, I insert my (fat32 formatted and scanned for defects) 4gb USB flash drive and run startup disk creator. It all goes well. No errors. Boot off USB.

I have tried multiple times with no success to create a USB Boot Disc with persistence, and have used the creator from the live cd as well as Universal USB installer in Windows. I have download ...

Several of the major distributions have had their own way of creating USB stick media for some time now. Ubuntu has their "Startup Disk Creator", which also works on derivatives like Mint ...

You'll have to boot off the Ubuntu disc, either by launching a menu upon powering on your PC (F11 for my motherboard) or by placing your optical drive ahead of other bootable devices in your BIOS.

I don't recall for certain, but since at least 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) there has been a "USB Startup Disk Creator" option in the Administration menu.

Therefore, if you are looking to create a diagnostics drive for your system, first go out and grab an adequately sized flash drive or external hard drive (either USB or Firewire are preferred ...