Question: I like to try out different Linux distro’s and I don’t like partitioning my main drive. I have plenty of actual hard drives that I can use for that (I like one OS per drive). Anyway, I’m trying to burn an ISO to my external harddrive (Seagate) but I can’t because Windows 7 USB Tool and UNetBootin never detect external hard drives OR external hard drive enclosures either.
Why doesn’t it detect them? It only shows my main hard drive and my USB stick. And is there a better alternative that will detect my external hard drive and recognize it as something that it can burn ISO files to?
Answer: I am probably too late. But for anyone else facing this problem. You can start Unetbootin from the command prompt with these options passed:
unetbootin installtype=USB targetdrive=F:
Source: UNetbootin Command Line Options