WinUSB Maker AlternativesBootable USB Creators and other similar apps like WinUSB Maker

WinUSB Maker is described as 'Tool to make dynamically any Removable Device / External HDD as bootable with Windows Setup' and is a bootable usb creator in the cd/dvd tools category. There are more than 10 alternatives to WinUSB Maker for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com, Wine and WineBottler apps. The best WinUSB Maker alternative is Rufus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinUSB Maker are UNetbootin, YUMI exFAT, Universal USB Installer and LinuxLive USB Creator.

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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.

    72 Rufus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
    • Rufus is the most popular Windows alternative to WinUSB Maker.

    • Rufus is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WinUSB Maker.

    • Rufus is Free and Open SourceWinUSB Maker is Free and Proprietary
    • Rufus is Lightweight and Privacy focusedWinUSB Maker is not according to our users
  2. UNetbootin icon
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    Cross-platform tool for making bootable USB and Live USB drives, featuring a built-in downloader for Linux ISO images and rescue disks, supporting BSD and various utilities. No installation required, it runs directly and offers compatibility and community support for many distributions.

    57 UNetbootin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
    • UNetbootin is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to WinUSB Maker.

    • UNetbootin is Free and Open SourceWinUSB Maker is Free and Proprietary
    • UNetbootin is Privacy focused and LightweightWinUSB Maker is not according to our users
  3. YUMI exFAT icon
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    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.

    48 YUMI exFAT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    • WineBottler
     
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    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...

    46 Universal USB Installer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. MultiBootUSB icon
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    MultiBootUSB is a software to create multi boot live Linux on a removable media i.e USB disk. It is similar to UNetbootin but many distros can be installed, provided you have enough space on the disk.

    44 MultiBootUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. 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.

    49 WinSetupFromUSB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. SARDU icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. WINToBootic icon
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    WiNToBootic is free program, has the sole function of creating boot disks using ISO images. It is a standalone small and portable tool of only 600KB. Super User Friendly. Good for use where you do not have CD drive (like laptop) and have to install the OS.

    40 WINToBootic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  9. FlashBoot icon
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    FlashBoot is a tool to create an installable clone of Windows 7/8.x/10 (including all your apps and data) on the USB thumbdrive/HDD and instantly transfer your entire OS to another computer, even with dissimilar hardware:

    43 FlashBoot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  10. EasyBoot icon
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    EasyBoot makes creating a bootable CD or bootable DVD a straightforward process. Whether you want to make a MultiBoot CD that starts up in your language or you need bootable CDs with the company logo, EasyBoot meets your requirements.

    17 EasyBoot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
    • EasyBoot is the most popular commercial alternative to WinUSB Maker.

    • EasyBoot is Paid and ProprietaryWinUSB Maker is Free and Proprietary
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    This is a small utility tool that will help you format and create bootable flash drives for Windows 7/8. It can be useful if you want to create installation media from bootable ISOs and if you want to install Windows7/8 on a system that doesn't have a CD-ROM device installed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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