We will explain Dell Inspiron 14 3000 Boot from USB guide which can work for Windows and Linux. So without wasting time lets discuss USB boot guide for your Dell Inspiron 14 3000.
What is Boot from USB?
It is a process of starting a Computer operating system from the USB drive.
Booting from USB enables to get booting information in a USB rather than using a hard disk or the CD drive.
All new operating systems support to boot from USB in Dell Inspiron 14 3000.
About Dell Inspiron 14 3000
Dell Inspiron 14 3000 comes with a 14-inch HD Display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 Pixels.
It is powered by Intel Celeron N3060 Processor with storage of 32 GB HDD and 2GB DDR3 RAM.
The graphics are powered by Intel HD Graphics 400 GPU.
Finally, Windows 10 Home is pre-installed.
Overall the laptop is not worth the price and is overpriced.
There are many advantages of Booting from USB over other booting options such as DVD and other which are discussed below,
No need to purchase any blank CD and you can fill your own stuff along with the ISO file.
USB Drives are reusable
Faster read and write than CD
Very convenient and portable
Disadvantages of Booting from USB
Booting from USB is depended on the Hardware such as BIOS, motherboard and flash drive model as it may be working with one computer and refuses to another.
CD has wider support and USB boot functionality is not available for may operating system.
Ways to Boot From USB in Dell Inspiron 14 3000
1. Dell Inspiron 14 3000 Boot From USB using Rufus
After installing Rufus simply select the ISO file from the file manager and accept all settings when the popup window appears.
Select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI and If your laptop has UEFI bios then select the other two options.
For the Filesystem select NTFS option and select if your PC has UEFI bios then select FAT32.
The default Cluster size option should be selected.
Make sure all three options including Quick Format, Create a Bootable disk using and Create extended labels and icon files are selected.
Finally, start the process and this software will automatically format and create bootable USB flash drive.
2. Dell Inspiron 14 3000 Boot from USB using Unetbootin
UNetbootin enables you to create a bootable USB drive for Live operating system for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. To create a Bootable Live USB drive follow the instructions below,
Using the Universal USB Installer is the easiest way to create a live Linux USB or bootable USB.
All you need to do is selecting the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, finally, Click Install.
The process will automatically start and you will receive a ready bootable USB Flash Drive.
Change boot-order to boot from USB in Dell Inspiron 14 3000
To change the boot order in Dell Inspiron 14 3000
First of all, turn off your Laptop or restart it
Then to enter into UEFI BIOS press F2 as soon as Dell Logo appears. In case, you have not entered into BIOS restart your Laptop and retry with the F2 or other key provided by Manufacturer
It will show the Boot Sequence where you can change using +/- keys to USB drive.
