How to make bootable usb for testing?

[Zohan2000]

Got a few old PC's that I wanna see if they work and see what the specs are but haven't got a spare sata drive to use, how do I make a bootable usb to use to check these things? Thanks in advance

[Electronics Wizardy]

Linux is pretty good for testing pcs.

 

Here is a guide for ubuntu, but will work on many other distros. Ubuntu is a good start, and should work on most systems 

 

https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#1-overview

[bmx6454]

could use ubuntu for this, they have what you need to make a bootable stick on the website.

[Zohan2000]

what programs could i use for finding out specs of the computer? never used linux before

[LogicalDrm]

7 hours ago, Zohan2000 said:

what programs could i use for finding out specs of the computer? never used linux before

You could make this https://www.system-rescue-cd.org/System-tools/

or something like that. That one has couple console commands for fetching hardware information.

[Guest]

20 hours ago, Zohan2000 said:

what programs could i use for finding out specs of the computer? never used linux before

Hardinfo