A USB drive must have more than 1 GB of available space.

If your operating system is:

• Windows. Use Rufus or Win32 Disk Imager for creating bootable drives to write an image in the ISO mode or DD mode.

• We recommend writing the image in the ISO mode.

• Linux or macOS. Use the default dd tool.

How to write an image of Kaspersky Rescue Disk in the ISO mode using Rufus

1. Download and open Rufus.
2. Select the USB drive from the Device drop-down list.
3. Click Select and find the Kaspersky Rescue Disk image.
4. Select the MBR partition scheme and BIOS or UEFI target system.
5. Select the FAT32 file system.

6. Click Start.

7. Select Write in ISO Image mode (Recommended) and click OK.

8. If you are using Rufus 3.14 or later, click Yes in the pop-up window.

The image of Kaspersky Rescue Disk will be written to a USB drive in the ISO mode.

How to write an image of Kaspersky Rescue Disk in the DD mode using Rufus

1. Download and open Rufus.
2. Select the USB drive from the Device drop-down list.
3. Click Select and find the Kaspersky Rescue Disk image.
4. Click Start.

5. Select Write in DD Image mode and click OK.

The image of Kaspersky Rescue Disk will be written to a USB drive in the DD mode.

To create a bootable USB using Win32 Disk Imager in the DD mode:

1. Open Win32 Disk Imager.
2. Select the USB drive.
3. Click   to select the image of Kaspersky Rescue Disk.

4. Choose the file type *.*, and select the image of Kaspersky Rescue Disk.

5. Click Write.

The image of Kaspersky Rescue Disk will be written to a USB drive in the DD mode.

Use a CD/DVD burning tool. On Windows, you can use Nero Burning ROM, Roxio Creator, UltraISO, ISO Recorder or DeepBurner.

Select minimal speed for burning to minimize errors.