Rufus

    Easily format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.

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    • Windows
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    Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.

    Features:
    - Formats USB memory sticks to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/exFAT/UDF/ReFS
    - Creates bootable USB drive from a wide range of ISOs
    - Creates MS-DOS/FreeDOS bootable USB memory sticks, with no external files required
    - Creates BIOS or UEFI bootable drives
    - Checks for bad blocks
    - Modern UI, with UAC elevation for Windows Vista and later
    - Fully Open Source (GPL v3)

    It can be be especially useful for cases where:
    - you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
    - you need to install an Operating System or run a Live CD from USB
    - you need to work on a system that doesn't have an OS installed
    - you want to run a DOS low-level utility

    Despite its small size, Rufus provides you with everything you need!
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    avert
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    • Positive comment • almost 5 years ago • 9 users agree and 4 don't • 0 replies
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    Pros:

    • Open source!
    • Great for creating bootable USB disks.
    • GPT/UEFI support is a lifesaver.
    • Quick, reliable and effective.

    Cons:

    • Hash sum information for installation files are not provided.

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    daniellmesquita
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    • Positive comment • over 2 years ago • 5 users agree • 0 replies
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    From Linux to Windows, it creates working bootable drives.

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    maxwelleite
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    • Positive comment • almost 3 years ago • 4 users agree • 0 replies
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    Sadly only works on Windows. Compatible with almost everything. No work through wine :(

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    TitaniumSpork
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    • Positive comment • about 2 years ago • 4 users agree • 0 replies
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    Super easy to use, it does what its supposed to, and if you know more than me, it's highly configurable. If you don't, the default settings are usually perfect.

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    kfua
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    • Positive comment • over 1 year ago • 4 users agree • 0 replies
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    Simple software to mount Linux ISO to a USB.

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    Category

    OS & Utilities

    Platform details

    Windows: Windows 7 or later.

    Tags

    • usb-formatting
    • iso
    • freedos
    • fat
    • bootable-iso
    • detect-image-format
    • exfat
    • refs
    • bios
    • efi
    • flash
    • usb-boot
    • ntfs
    • fat32
    • dos

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    Our users have written 54 comments and reviews about Rufus, and it has gotten 1181 likes

    • Developed by Akeo Consulting
    • Open Source and Free product.
    • Average rating of 4.4
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    Rufus was added to AlternativeTo by WhiteTiger on Jan 16, 2012 and this page was last updated Oct 24, 2020.