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Hello there,

my plan is to install xubuntu on my laptop. I already had a win10 install stick(8gb total an 3,8 used) so my idea was to make it a dual boot stick. One partition win10 install and one xubuntu install. Problem was that MediaCreationTool wants a least 8gb or the boot device. So I decided to use my second USB stick (total 64 gb). It already had a bootable 2gb patition with some paragon backup/recovery tool i use and some data my sisters Mac needed(i hope it wasn't systembackups because it was about 20gb). I created another partition with 8gb and chose it in the MediaCreationTool to make it the win10 installdevice. But MediaCreationTool just formated the whole stick and made a new partition with 32gb(3,8 used) with the win10 install🤬

 

Now i am trying to make the paragon partiton again but when I start the Tool for this i can only choose the whole stick for this(Bacup Tool needs just ~600mb). The Tool doesnt care where t is partitioned or not.

 

Is there any ideas how I can make a "triple" boot stick with the partitions only that large they need to be?

 

Boris

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Please quote my post, or put @paddy-stone if you want me to respond to you.

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1 hour ago, Wuselroy said:

thank you !

do I need to make partitions for each bootthingy or one for all of them?

I want to use the storage thats left as a normal usb stick

Sorry, but you'll have to read it, all the info is on the site I linked.

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  • PCs:- 
  • Main PC build  https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2K6Q7X
  • ASUS x53e  - i7 2670QM / Sony BD writer x8 / Win 10, Elemetary OS, Ubuntu/ Samsung 830 SSD
  • Lenovo G50 - 8Gb RAM - Samsung 860 Evo 250GB SSD - DVD writer
  •  
  • Displays:-
  • Philips 55 OLED 754 model
  • Panasonic 55" 4k TV
  • LG 29" Ultrawide
  • Philips 24" 1080p monitor as backup
  •  
  • Storage/NAS/Servers:-
  • ESXI/test build  https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/4wyR9G
  • Main Server https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3Qftyk
  • Backup server - HP Proliant Gen 8 4 bay NAS running FreeNAS ZFS striped 3x3TiB WD reds
  • HP ProLiant G6 Server SE316M1 Twin Hex Core Intel Xeon E5645 2.40GHz 48GB RAM
  •  
  • Gaming/Tablets etc:-
  • Xbox One S 500GB + 2TB HDD
  • PS4
  • Nvidia Shield TV
  • Xiaomi/Pocafone F2 pro 8GB/256GB
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4

 

  • Unused Hardware currently :-
  • 4670K MSI mobo 16GB ram
  • i7 6700K  b250 mobo
  • Zotac GTX 1060 6GB Amp! edition
  • Zotac GTX 1050 mini

 

 

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If all you want is to have multiple bootable iso images without having to burn them to usb stick then use ventoy.

Just install ventoy to usb, and copy any iso files to the drive. Reboot pc booting to usb and select which iso you want to boot

http://ventoy.net

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