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Mieowo
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Feb 06, 2025
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How to create Kali Linux bootable USB on Windows 10?

I'm new to working with Kali Linux and currently trying to create a bootable USB drive on my Windows 10 machine. I've downloaded the official Kali Linux ISO, but I'm not exactly sure which tool to us...
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    BBrooker
    Feb 06, 2025

    UUbbyte has a dedicated disk burning app for writing raw disk images to removable devices. It supports dozens of disk image format, such as ISO, DMG, BIN, Zip. This means you can create Kali bootable on Windows 10 with this amazing tool: https://www.netgeair.com/create-kali-linux-bootable-usb

    You can also use this app on Windows 11 and macOS.

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Stephennen
Bronze Contributor
Feb 06, 2025


Back when I was figuring out how to make Kali linux bootable usb on Windows 10, I started with Windows. I thought using Rufus was going to be a breeze since it's all GUI-based and easy to understand. Sure, it worked, but I felt a bit lost in all the options. I was itching for a command line, really. The satisfaction of using dd in Linux (when I finally got to it) was just different.

While you can still use some command-line tools on Windows (like wsl for Windows Subsystem for Linux), they don’t always work perfectly with dd. It’s not quite the same experience as being on a native Linux terminal. You might end up using weird workarounds that can be confusing.

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