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How to partitioning USB stick to act as iso image and to store files at the same time

ng flag

I have 16 GB USB memory stick, I had burned a Kubuntu 22.04 iso image on it by some how. Today, I need to store some files on that stick, I realized that I have at least over 6 GB of free space on that stick after the space consumed by the iso image. However, I found the free space on it is Zero.

Using the Disk manager (KDE Partition Manager), I found that iso image takes about 3.4 GB in a partition and some other two tiny size partitions there without any unallocated space. I had to remove all partitions to get back the total size of the USB stick again.

The question, indeed, is how to make two partitions on that stick, hence, when I need to burn an iso image on it, it should be burned on that partition (let we say the first partition) and I will be sure that the other partition (the second one) intact because it will carry my data?

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cn flag
Next time use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventoy
ng flag
@FedKad Well, I am going to try it. Thank You!
C.S.Cameron avatar
cn flag
**Mkusb** https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb, will create a bootable Ubuntu USB with a Persistent partition that retains file system changes between boots and includes a partition for data. The USB will boot in either BIOS or UEFI mode. I find it easier to use with persistence than Ventoy. Ventoy is great if you want to try multiple Linux operating systems.
ng flag
@FedKad I have tried Ventoy. It is amazing!
ng flag
This is the [download link](https://www.ventoy.net/en/download.html) of **Ventoy**
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