Lenovo Legion Y720 Boot from USB guide for Linux and Windows

Here is the Lenovo Legion Y720 Boot from USB guide which can work for Windows and Linux. So without wasting time lets discuss USB boot guide for your Lenovo Legion Y720.

What is Boot from USB?

It is a process of starting a Computer operating system from the USB drive.
Booting from USB enables to get booting information in a USB rather than using a hard disk or the CD drive.
All new operating systems support to boot from USB in Lenovo Legion Y720.

About Lenovo Legion Y720

Lenovo Legion Y720 comes with a 15.6 inch Full HD LED Display with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.
It is powered by Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor with the RAM of 32GB DDR4 RAM and the storage of 2TB HDD.
The graphics are powered by 6GB GDDR5 Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU.
Lenovo Legion Y720 has a promising battery life of 5 hours.
Lastly, Windows 10 Home 64-bit Edition is pre-installed.

Full Specs

Advantages of Booting from USB?

There are many advantages of Booting from USB over other booting options such as DVD and other which are discussed below,

No need to purchase any blank CD and you can fill your own stuff along with the ISO file.
USB Drives are reusable
Faster read and write than CD
Very convenient and portable

Disadvantages of Booting from USB

Booting from USB is depended on the Hardware such as BIOS, motherboard and flash drive model as it may be working with one computer and refuses to another.
CD has wider support and USB boot functionality is not available for may operating system.

Ways to Boot From USB in Lenovo Legion Y720

1. Lenovo Legion Y720 USB using Rufus

Download Rufus

After installing Rufus simply select the ISO file from the file manager and accept all settings when the popup window appears.
Select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI and If your laptop has UEFI bios then select the other two options.
For the Filesystem select NTFS option and select if your PC has UEFI bios then select FAT32.
The default Cluster size option should be selected.
Make sure all three options including Quick Format, Create a Bootable disk using and Create extended labels and icon files are selected.
Finally, start the process and this software will automatically format and create bootable USB flash drive.

2. Lenovo Legion Y720 Boot from USB using Unetbootin

UNetbootin enables you to create a bootable USB drive for Live operating system for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. To create a Bootable Live USB drive follow the instructions below,

Download UNetbootin for Windows

UNetbootin installs the Linux Distros ISO files for you if you want to use your own downloaded ISO file then follow instructions below,
To use already downloaded ISO file select the disk image option and provide the location of the file by clicking “…”.
After selecting the Linux Distribution or ISO file Format your USB drive as FAT32.
Target the USB drive on your Lenovo Legion Y720 and click on OK.
The process will automatically start and in case the installation doesn’t complete you can reformat USB as FAT32.

3. By using Universal USB Installer

Download Universal USB Installer

Using the Universal USB Installer is the easiest way to create a live Linux USB or bootable USB.
All you need to do is selecting the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, finally, Click Install.
The process will automatically start and you will receive a ready bootable USB Flash Drive.

Change boot-order to boot from USB in Lenovo Legion Y720

Enter into BIOS and open the Exit Menu.
Set OS Optimized Defaults as Other OS or, go to the Boot tab.
Set the Boot Mode to Legacy Support and then set USB Boot to Enabled.
Press F9 (Fn+F9) to Load Default Settings, then press F10 (Fn+F10) to save the BIOS.
Now plug in the bootable USB disk or stick.
Restart PC, press F12 (Fn+F12) to boot from USB disk.
Plug in the bootable USB disk (USB Stick).
Shut down the machine first, then press Novo Button.
Choose Boot Menu, select boot from USB disk.
Finally, Reboot your Laptop and install the OS.