Has anyone tried dragging the “Install OS X Mavericks” App from the bootable USB Flash Drive w/ Recovery Partition, as outlined by TyWebb, back to the Mac’s Applications folder?

People who create a USB stick are doing so because they want to be able to boot from the sick and completely erase the hard drive to do a clean install.

How to make a bootable USB drive If you're trying to install a new operating system or flash your BIOS, you're going to need a bootable USB drive - here's how to make one.