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Easily format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
Easily format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
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!
Windows To Go
USB to UDF
USB to NTFS
USB to FAT
UEFI Support
Support for UDF extension
Portable
Optimal performance
Lightweight
GNU/linux-libre
Install DOS to USB
Create UEFI bootable drive
Create bootable USB
Create bootable Image
Create BIOS bootable drive
Bad Blocks checking
Burn iso
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