UNetbootin Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to UNetbootin for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to UNetbootin and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to UNetbootin are balenaEtcher, Ventoy, YUMI exFAT and Universal USB Installer.

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UNetbootin alternatives are mainly Bootable USB Creators, but if you're looking for Linux Distros or Disk Imaging Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac and Mac + Create bootable USB. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to UNetbootin.
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  1. Rufus icon
     1579 likes

    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.

    74 Rufus alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    Rufus vs UNetbootin Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    12

    Easy to use. I used it with tails 2.10 when unetbootin wouldn't work.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Rufus is Free and Open SourceUNetbootin is also Free and Open Source
  2. balenaEtcher icon
     655 likes

    A free, open-source tool for burning images to USB and SD cards. Compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. Features validated burning, avoiding accidental wipes, offers a sleek interface, is lightweight and portable, making it ideal for users at any skill level.

    57 balenaEtcher alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    balenaEtcher vs UNetbootin Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    5

    Doing a Arch bootable key was a nightmare on a Mac with UNetbootin, no way to make it working. With Etcher one try and it was perfectly ok :)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Very simple and effective, creates a bootable USB key almost in a single click (very unusual considering everyone is struggling with UNetbootin since many years!)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    -1

    I have a 64GB USB key, and UNetbootin kept insisting on creating an odd FAT32 partition that always failed to boot properly. Also, Windows and Mac had trouble identifying and/or reading it. Etcher worked the first time. No confusing setup options, just select the .iso and burn. Simple like it should be!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • balenaEtcher is Free and Open SourceUNetbootin is also Free and Open Source
  3. Ventoy icon
     387 likes

    Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disk again and again, you just need to copy the iso file to the USB drive and boot it.

    56 Ventoy alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Ventoy vs UNetbootin Comments
    donateto_opensource
    Positive
    0

    This is the best tool to create a bootlable media, hands down.

    • Ventoy is Free and Open SourceUNetbootin is also Free and Open Source
  4. YUMI exFAT icon
     285 likes

    The YUMI exFAT (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) media creation tool can be used to automatically create an exFAT bootable USB flash drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more.

    49 YUMI exFAT alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    • WineBottler
     
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    YUMI exFAT vs UNetbootin Comments
    Peter Mello
    Positive
    6

    YUMI is the only app I've found that makes reliable USB installers for UEFI systems (GPT partition table, FAT32 partitions) and its multiboot features with persistence for the Ubuntu family of distributions is extremely useful.

    • YUMI exFAT is Free and Open SourceUNetbootin is also Free and Open Source
  5. Universal USB Installer is a Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive. The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply choose a Live Linux Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, Click...

    47 Universal USB Installer alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  6. iVentoy icon
     8 likes

    With iVentoy you can boot and install OS on multiple machines at the same time through the network. iVentoy is extremely easy to use, without complicated configuration, just put the ISO file in the specified location and select PXE boot in the client machine.

    17 iVentoy alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Windows
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  7. WinSetupFromUSB icon
     52 likes

    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

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
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