Free XBoot Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to XBoot for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Rufus, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to XBoot and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to XBoot are Ventoy, balenaEtcher, UNetbootin and YUMI exFAT.

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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.

    75 Rufus alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. Ventoy icon
     395 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.

    57 Ventoy alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. balenaEtcher icon
     660 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.

    58 balenaEtcher alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. UNetbootin icon
     764 likes

    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.

    60 UNetbootin alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    UNetbootin vs XBoot Comments
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    It works equal, actualy it works even better!!!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • UNetbootin is Free and Open SourceXBoot is Free and Proprietary
    • UNetbootin is Privacy focused and LightweightXBoot is not according to our users
  5. 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.

    50 YUMI exFAT alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    • WineBottler
     
  6. 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...

    48 Universal USB Installer alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  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.

    52 WinSetupFromUSB alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
  8. 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.

    42 SARDU alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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