Rufus
Easily format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
What is Rufus?
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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Rufus Features
Rufus information
- Developed byAkeo Consulting
- LicensingOpen Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.
- Written in
- RatingAverage rating of 4.6
- Alternatives62 alternatives listed
Supported Languages
- English
GitHub repository
- 21,479 Stars
- 2,188 Forks
- 21 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
Tags
- efi
- flash
- usb-boot
- bios
- fat
- bootable-iso
- detect-image-format
- exfat
- dos
- NTFS
- fat32
- refs
- usb-formatting
- iso
- freedos
Pros:
Cons:
From Linux to Windows, it creates working bootable drives.
The interface could use serious improvement, but once you've figured it out, it works well, and doesn't try selling you a used car like some of the alternatives.
P.S. Zorin is trash.
Works, unlike BalenaEtcher. Just flashed Android TV x86 with no problems and installed from it. BalenaEtcher failed 4 times in a row.
I like Rufus because it's very convenient and there are lots of web pages that explain how to use it, and lots of Youtube Videos too! Works Great!
Used it for years and never let me down!
It is World's No.1 Bootable USB Creator because it is simplest and fastest bootable USB creator. Try it before you believe it :)