Only the first partition on a USB stick will be accessible by Windows, and it must be either FAT or NTFS.

If you want to create a Linux Live USB stick with an NTFS "shared" partition, do the following (using gparted):

• Remove all partitions from it


• Create the shared NTFS partition (must be the first in the drive)


• Create the 700MB~1GB FAT partition (for the Live Session)


• Make it bootable (right-click the partition > Manage Flags > boot)


• Use the Startup Disk Creator to create an install in the second partition

This way you can:

• Use the stick to boot the PC and either use a Live Session or Install Ubuntu


• The Live partition will be invisible and un-accesible from Windows


• The NTFS partition will be visible and accessible from both Windows and Ubuntu