i have a 32 gigs usb drive and, given that most isos are around 2-5 gigs, it’s such a shame to see nearly 30 gigs of perfectly good free space go to waste whenever i need to use it as a bootable drive. is there any way i can burn an iso image to the usb drive while still being able to use its free space?
Yes, it’s not special. If the partition is big enough, you can just put files on it. If it’s not, either expand it or create a new one and just use it like normal.
But keep in mind, depending on the tool you use, it might wipe the whole drive next time you write an ISO.