The size will depend on what version of Linux you are going to use since some versions are around 700MB and others can be over 3GB. To use the Universal USB Installer you will need a flash drive with a decent amount of capacity. Some distributions will have the option to install Linux from your bootable flash drive though. This setup comes in handy if you just want to play around with Linux or better yet if Windows crashes and you need to get into your hard drive to get some files off your computer before formatting the drive and reinstalling Windows. The only catch is that this is a temporary instance of Linux and once you shut down your computer then Linux goes away with it unless you boot up with the flash drive again. The Universal USB Installer will let you install Linux on a flash drive and then boot your computer with it and run Linux on your Windows based or other OS based computer without affecting your current Windows installation.
So what if you don’t have a CD/DVD drive, or the computer simply won’t boot from CD? Well, the following instructions will step you through how to make a DBAN USB flash drive to boot from, instead of from the CD.For you Windows users who have always wanted to check out Linux but don’t want to install it on your computer or don’t have an extra computer lying around to install it on have another option to get your Linux fix. DBAN can be downloaded from and is simple to use, but the download is a bootable CD image. This is a good thing to ensure no personal data can be recovered from the drive after disposal. You may have heard of a utility called DBAN (Darik’s Boot and Nuke) that will permanently wipe all the data from a hard drive before you recycle or dispose of it.
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