putting ubuntu onto usb

[openation1]

hello everyone: i have windows right now and i would like to install ubuntu 14 instead of windows how can i start? i want to use my usb instead of a dvd. please guide me. thank you

[ian-weisser]

See http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows

[gordintoronto]

See pendrivelinux.com

[sudodus]

These links might add some help to what you got already from the previous replies:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

Try Ubuntu (Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, ...) before installing it (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2230389)