Rufus was the only one I could get to successfully create a Persistent Live USB recently. Tried a couple of Linux solutions, Tried UUI and unetbootin for windows and none worked. Create a folder on the desktop, restart and the folder was gone. Even tried a few different Distros to no avail. Rufus came through.
I saw that the new Rufus will do that but haven’t tried it yet. good to know it does work... Thank you!
I have been making portable Linux OS sticks for about two years now. Sent a few out to other freepers. But these “think” they are the internal primary drive. I use Gparted to create the first volume as MBR and give it a mounting point.Then just do a full install of linux to it as if it was the internal primary drive.
Pretty cool, a portable PC with storage on a stick that just borrows the hardware of any machine you plug it into as long as it boots from the USB first. Even works on a MAC. Storage capacity depends on the size of the stick of course, but I use a 64 gig minimum. 128 gig preferred. That is plenty for a portable if you keep the files cleaned up or transferred. :)