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:* If you do use the format and reset master boot record arguments, you'll want to specify the target device name and not a partition, that is <code>/dev/sd*</code> with no partition number, instead of <code>/dev/sd*1</code> as in the example above used to specify an existing partition. ''As noted above, confirm your target disc device name—in this case, it is VERY DANGEROUS to your other discs if this is entered wrong, as the whole disc will be reformatted and a new master boot record written causing all previously written data on that disc to be lost.''
:* If you do use the format and reset master boot record arguments, you'll want to specify the target device name and not a partition, that is <code>/dev/sd*</code> with no partition number, instead of <code>/dev/sd*1</code> as in the example above used to specify an existing partition. ''As noted above, confirm your target disc device name—in this case, it is VERY DANGEROUS to your other discs if this is entered wrong, as the whole disc will be reformatted and a new master boot record written causing all previously written data on that disc to be lost.''
===with Microsoft Windows===
===with Microsoft Windows===
In Microsoft Windows, one may use the '''Fedora Live USB Creator''' from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/#Download FedoraHosted here], (but one will not have the full optimization of data storage allowed by installing a separate, persistent home directory).
In Microsoft Windows, one may use the '''Fedora Live USB Creator''' from [http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/#Download FedoraHosted here], (but one will not have the full [[LiveOS image|optimization]] of data storage allowed by installing a separate, persistent home directory).
* Plug a blank target USB flash drive (or SD Card) into your computer (1 GB or greater). (See [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Category:Live_USB#Cautions_with_using_Live_USB.27s Cautions with using Live USB] regarding flash drive size.)
* Plug a blank target USB flash drive (or SD Card) into your computer (1 GB or greater). (See [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Category:Live_USB#Cautions_with_using_Live_USB.27s Cautions with using Live USB] regarding flash drive size.)
* Launch Live USB Creator.
* Launch Live USB Creator.