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# Insert your stick into a USB port.
# Insert your stick into a USB port.
# Navigate to the LiveUSB folder you extracted and double-click on the <tt>liveusb-creator.exe</tt> file to open the program.
# Navigate to the LiveUSB folder you extracted and double-click on the <tt>liveusb-creator.exe</tt> file to open the program.
# Select Sugar on a Stick Beta from the drop down of releases.
# Select 'Sugar on a Stick (beta)' from the drop down of releases.
#:'''Note:''' If you are working on a second stick you can use browse to find your already downloaded iso and save downloading it again.
#:'''Note:''' You can browse to find a previously-downloaded iso by clicking the 'Browse' button.
#::'''Caution:''' The previously-downloaded iso image file is not verified for completeness ([http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ticket/613 ticket:613]), so at least check that the file size is as reported at the download page, such as http://download.sugarlabs.org/soas/releases/.
# Set the Target Device to your USB device.
# Set the Target Device to your USB device.
# Move the slider to set some persistent storage. (''Hint:'' Set it high, then it will tell you how much space there is, and you can adjust it to the right point. How much persistent storage space you set will depend on the size of the .iso and the size of your USB. Make sure you leave some so that people can use the Journal.)
# Move the slider to set some persistent storage. (''Hint:'' Set it high, then it will tell you how much space there is, and you can adjust it to the right point. How much persistent storage space you set will depend on the size of the .iso and the size of your USB. Make sure you leave some so that people can use the Journal.)
#:'''Note:''' persistent storage will save Journal items between reboots--but not after a Sugar system update with the LiveUSB Creator (in its current version). Watch this page for instructions to making your Journal persist between system updates.
#:'''Note:''' persistent storage will save Journal items between reboots—but not after a Sugar system update with the LiveUSB Creator (in its current version). Watch this page for instructions on making your Journal persist between system updates.
# Click "Create Live USB". It will take a few minutes.
# Click "Create Live USB". It will take a few minutes.
# When finished, '''be sure''' to properly eject the USB device using the Safely Remove Hardwre icon in the system tray. Failure to do this can render your stick unbootable.
# When finished, '''be sure''' to properly eject the USB device using the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray. Failure to do this can render your stick unbootable.
== What's next? ==
== What's next? ==