Place a bootable ISO on a USB drive?

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Published on 2009-11-07T00:03:20Z Indexed on 2010/03/13 2:47 UTC
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What's the best way of placing a bootable ISO on a USB drive? ISOs such as a live Linux preview disk, Windows installation ISO, etc.

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