Microsoft Media Creation Tool Alternatives

Microsoft Media Creation Tool is described as 'Create Windows installation media' and is a bootable usb creator in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft Media Creation Tool for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best Microsoft Media Creation Tool alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft Media Creation Tool are Ventoy, balenaEtcher, UNetbootin and YUMI exFAT.

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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. USBImager icon
     23 likes

    USBImager is a really really simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups.

    22 USBImager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  3. Use Raspberry Pi Imager for an easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to an SD card ready to use with your Raspberry Pi.

    24 Raspberry Pi Imager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi OS
     
  4. ApplePi-Baker v2 icon
     147 likes

    Restore/Backup Utility, initially intended for Raspberry Pi users, but very suitable for all SD cards and external disks. More compression formats, no more sudo passwords, enable SSH, Auto Eject, restore to multiple disks, size check, shrink, etc.

    17 ApplePi-Baker v2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. SARDU icon
     37 likes

    SARDU (short for Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility) creates a multiboot all-in-one USB drive, CD or DVD for free (personal and non commercial use). Hard disks, external hard disks and all removable media are supported.

    41 SARDU alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. A tool to create a bootable live USB drive with an edition of Fedora. Not only can Fedora Media Writer write an image to your flash drive, it can also download it for you. It offers official editions (Server, Workstation), Fedora spins (KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce Desktop, Cinnamon...

    50 Fedora Media Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  7. mintstick icon
     8 likes

    Linux Mint's USB Image Writer (mintstick) is an easy to use and dependable means of creating bootable USBs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
     
  8. WinToUSB icon
     16 likes

    WinToUSB is a free software that allows you to install and run Windows operating system on a USB hard drive or USB flash drive, using an ISO image or CD/DVD drive as the source of installation. WinToUSB also support creating bootable WinPE USB drive, it can help you to transfer...

    54 WinToUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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