Makebootfat AlternativesBootable USB Creators and other similar apps like Makebootfat

Makebootfat has been discontinued. Similar apps include Rufus, which is free and open source. Other options are WinUSB - multiboot, Mtools, Dosfstools and AutoBootDisk. In total there are five Bootable USB Creators like Makebootfat for Windows and Linux.

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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.

    79 Rufus alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  2. 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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Mtools is a collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from GNU and Unix without mounting them. It supports Win'95 style long file names, OS/2 Xdf disks and 2m disks (store up to 1992k on a high density 3 1/2 disk).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    The dosfstools package includes the mkdosfs (aka mkfs.dos and mkfs.vfat) and dosfsck (aka fsck.msdos and fsck.vfat) utilities, which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems on hard drives or on floppies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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