i have a 32 gigs usb drive and, given that most isos are around 2-5 gigs, it's such a shame to see nearly 30 gigs of perfectly good free space go to waste whenever i need to use it as a bootable drive. is there any way i can burn an iso image to the usb drive while still being able to use its free space?

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[–] 1 point 11 months ago

Yes, it's not special. If the partition is big enough, you can just put files on it. If it's not, either expand it or create a new one and just use it like normal.

But keep in mind, depending on the tool you use, it might wipe the whole drive next time you write an ISO.

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