Insert an empty USB drive into your computer’s USB port. Make sure that you have enough space for the entire Kali Linux installation, which is around 4GB.
3. Open up the Start menu by clicking on the Windows icon in the bottom left corner of your screen or using the keyboard shortcut “Windows key + X”.
4. Click on “Device Manager” to open it up. This will show you a list of all connected devices, including your USB drive.
5. Locate and right-click on your USB drive’s name (it should be listed under “Disk drives”). Then click on “Properties”.
6. In the Properties window that pops up, select the “Policies” tab at the top.
7. Checkmark the box next to “Enable write access” and then click “OK”. This will allow you to format your USB drive for use with Kali Linux.
8. Open up File Explorer by clicking on the folder icon in the bottom left corner of your screen or using the keyboard shortcut “Windows key + E”.
9. Navigate to where you extracted the ISO image and right-click on it. Then click on “Open with” > “PowerShell”. This will open a PowerShell window that is specifically set up for working with ISO images.
10. In the PowerShell window, type in: `Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -Filter “DeviceID=’\\.\PhysicalDriveX:’”` (replace X with your USB drive’s letter) and press Enter to get information about your USB drive. This will show you its size, free space, and other details.
11. Type in: `New-PSDrive -Name E -PSProvider FileSystem -Path ‘\\.\PhysicalDriveX:’` (again, replace X with your USB drive’s letter) to mount the ISO image onto a new virtual drive named “E”. This will allow you to access its contents as if it were a regular folder on your computer.
12. Type in: `Set-Location -Path E:\` and press Enter to change into that virtual drive.
13. Copy all of the files from the ISO image onto your USB drive by typing in: `Copy-Item -Path “C:\path\to\iso\image” -Destination “E:\”` (replace C:\path\to\iso\image with the actual path to where you extracted the ISO image) and press Enter. This will copy all of its contents onto your USB drive, which is now ready for use!
14. Unmount the virtual drive by typing in: `Remove-PSDrive -Name E` and pressing Enter.
15. Close up File Explorer and Device Manager. Your Kali Linux installation should now be complete and ready to boot from your USB drive on any compatible system!