DiskMaker X AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Bootable USB Creators

The best Bootable USB Creator alternative to DiskMaker X is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to DiskMaker X and ten of them are Bootable USB Creators so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Bootable USB Creator alternatives to DiskMaker X are UNetbootin, WinSetupFromUSB, WinDiskWriter and WINToBootic.

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  1. Rufus icon
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    Formats USB drives to FAT, NTFS, exFAT, and more, while creating bootable USBs from diverse ISOs. Supports MS-DOS/FreeDOS with no external files and offers BIOS or UEFI mode, including bad block check. Ideal for systems lacking an OS or flashing BIOS and lightweight, ad-free.

    73 Rufus alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. UNetbootin icon
     760 likes

    Cross-platform tool for making bootable USB and Live USB drives, featuring a built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks, supporting BSD and various utilities. No installation required, it runs directly and offers compatibility and community support for many distributions.

    58 UNetbootin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. WinSetupFromUSB icon
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    WinSetupFromUSB is a Windows program, which prepares multiboot USB flash or fixed disk to install any Windows versions since 2000/XP, boot various Linux and *BSD flavors, as well as many Windows, Linux, DOS based and other utilities. Since version 1.

    49 WinSetupFromUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  4. WINToBootic icon
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    WiNToBootic is free program, has the sole function of creating boot disks using ISO images. It is a standalone small and portable tool of only 600KB. Super User Friendly. Good for use where you do not have CD drive (like laptop) and have to install the OS.

    40 WINToBootic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  5. Mac Linux USB Loader is an application that allows you to create bootable USB drives containing a Linux distribution that can boot natively on Apple's Macintosh computers using their EFI system, regardless of whether or not the selected distribution has UEFI support.

    25 Mac Linux USB Loader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  6. USBWriter icon
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    USBWriter is tiny Windows tool that lets you write an image file directly to an USB drive. It requires no installation and depends on no bloated framework, it's just a little program that you may put on your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  7. WinUSB - simple, portable and lightweight tool, lets you create multiple Windows bootable USB flash drive using ISOs or DVDs. Formatting drive is not required when free space is enough. Boot with NTFS flash drive in UEFI system supported for most PC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Automatically make a live bootable usb with ease with AutoBootDisk, a open-source program

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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