Okay so I have now managed to successfully get ubuntu running on a bootable USB! I just deleted the previous download of ubuntu and redownloaded it. So that suggestion of yours was correct. Thank you very much for your help!
Thanks for responding so quickly,
I appreciate the advice on the formatting to FAT32 prior to burning the ISO. Also a relief that I've not damaged anything.
I downloaded Ubuntu & Rufus from their official websites.
Prior to burning, I did not set the BIOS to boot from USB first.
I'm afraid...
Hello fine people,
Trying to get started out in Linux... Having previously created a non-persistent linux drive on an 8GB drive, I've since run into a problem after attempting a persistent installation with the same 8GB drive, when attempting the formatting after following the steps in rufus...