Can't for the life of me get that iso bootable on that usb stick in linux. Etcher is crap. dd makes the stick unmountable for some reason.

Rufus on windows was so freaking reliable...

Try unetbootin

unetbootin

dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/usbdevice bs=4K

This work most of the time for me, unlike the issues I have doing this in windows.

@Jilano It's Hirens Boot Cd version 9
@Aldar @FrodoSwaggins I'll try that thanks.
@torbuntu Didn't need to but tried anyways.

Also - and this is important:
did you verify the iso is ok first?

etcher, dd, and rufus always worked for me.

@magicMirror Always a good troubleshooting step if the image won't boot. It's one reason I use ISO torrents when available, because they have some basic verification built in. The other reason is they're often far faster, because people actually keep seeding them.

@magicMirror Good point. It's not a new iso though. And rufus got it working l. I'll have to look into that later.

I always used lilu or however it's called. that works like a charm for me

I'm not saying you have the same problem, but while burning isos, I have bricked at least two usb drives because they were shitty or off brand.

From then on, I looked up burn safe usb sticks (which are usually 3.1) and never had a problem since.