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GParted from a USB stick boot

GParted is a free graphical partition editor to create, edit, reorganize and delete partitions on hard drives.

Normally you start the live version of GParted .
The LIVE version boot a Linux system and is also for non-Linux users to use relatively simple. The following article, I prepared a little guide how to GParted from a USB stick to boot and install before.

conditions for this are a USB flash drive, GParted LIVE ISO image and UNetbootin .

1) First, you charge down UNetbootin [1]. This program allows you to create bootable Live USB stick from various Linux distributions. UNetbootin will be needed later for the copy to GParted live image on the USB stick.

2) As a second step, you charge the current version of the GParted live image down [2].

3) Next, you prepare the USB stick . Because the USB stick must be fully formatted, should be backed up important data. If one has done this, you can format with, for example with Windows Explorer, USB flash drive. Important: When FAT file system must or FAT32 be selected. Otherwise you can not boot from the stick.

4) Now you start UNetbootin and choose the option "Disk Image" and the path to the GParted ISO file. Then one selects the "Type" "USB Drive" and drive (drive) the appropriate drive letter for your USB flash drive. has done then you click "OK" and wait until UNetbootin his work.

5) Finally starts booting the computer while the USB stick .

Download Sources:
[1] UNetbootin: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
[2] GParted Live image: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ gparted / files / gparted-live-stable /