After finishing a live USB session, it would be great if Zorin OS asked the user whether they want to reformat the USB drive back to a normal format like ExFAT so it can be used for regular file storage again.
Currently the drive stays in Linux format after flashing and has to be manually reformatted which is inconvenient. A simple prompt at shutdown like 'Would you like to restore this USB for regular use?' would make the live USB experience much more user friendly.
At first I thought hey, that's not a bad idea. Then I thought about Ventoy and all the wonderful iso's I have accumilated throughout the days and months, as well as other ISO programs like Resuezilla, all neatly compiled in there.
'Would you like to restore this USB for regular use?'
Someone who's mind is at another dimension might make the mistake of clicking on yes/accept prompt right away.
So yeah, I can see such a feature like this not fully working out.
What if you have an issue with the os where you need to live boot that usb iso in order to fix the os?
I think many users will probably keep the boot stick as long as they have Zorin installed, so they can access it quickly if needed and boot from the stick (run boot repair or save the personal datas...).
If someone creates the boot stick just to check out and test Zorin and then decides against it, this feature can be helpful. However, I also see the risk that someone might not be sure what to select, accidentally press the wrong button, and then lose everything.
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There could be a second confirmation where it says "You are about to reformat this USB, all data including ISOs will be deleted. Are you sure?"
If funds limit you to only having one USB device at your disposal then look at installing directly from the hard drive.
USB normalky requires FAT32 anyway which is usually the default before creating the .iso for install. I don't know what Etcher does as I prefer the superior Ventoy.
I think that's a great idea. I currently have one unusable USB stick that I really liked but it was the first one I installed Linux with and at the time I had no idea that I should do a special reformatting to make it re-useable as a USB stick. I then tried different methods to reformat it but they just haven't worked.
Sure, we wouldn't want to always reformat but it would be great to be given the choice!
