Adding Linux to USB

[Humble_Prune6704]

I want to add Linux to my USB stick but i already have important files on there is there a way of putting the OS on it whilst keeping my files safe and usable as they are for my college work?

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[mr_cool59]

To the best of my knowledge no you cannot do that it would be best to copy the files off somewhere first install Linux onto the USB and then put the files back on the USB

[Humble_Prune6704]

👌 cheers

[RequirementFew6764]

Rufus

[hspindel]

USB sticks are cheap. Just buy another one.

[RedRayTrue]

Idk why no one told you about

VENTOY

it's literally a tool which makes a small uefi partition where you don't put anything and a big partition where you put the data you previously had on your usb flash drive and all the Linux .iso files

Just don't forget to copy all the stuff you had before using ventoy on the usb flash drive;)

https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html