Rufus

Rufus is a small utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.

Free
Open Source
Windows

the reliable usb formatting utility

rufus is a small 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 msdos/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 lowlevel utility

despite its small size, rufus provides you with everything you need!

Links to official Rufus sites

Features

Portable Lightweight GNU/linux libre Burn iso Bad Blocks checking Create BIOS bootable drive Create bootable Image Create bootable USB Create UEFI bootable drive Image format detection Install DOS to USB Support for UDF extension UEFI Support USB to FAT USB to NTFS USB to UDF

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The Best 15 Rufus Alternatives

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