How to Make a Bootable Linux Drive on Windows On Windows 10 or 11, we recommend using Rufus. It's been around for a long time and is well known as reliable and powerful.

By following these steps, you can easily create a bootable flash drive using Rufus, ensuring you have a reliable tool for installing or upgrading your operating system.

I'm going to start over, reformat the USB drive first, THEN see if I can write the bootable image to it using Rufus.

Do you want to delete the UEFI NTFS partition from the USB Drive create by Rufus? Follow this guide to remove UEFI NTFS Partition from USB.