Rufus is a tool to format and create bootable USB drives, such as thumb drives/USB drives, thumb drives, etc. The Simple Technique to Make Bootable USB Drives
This is especially handy in situations like these:
- Bootable ISOs must be used to create USB installation media (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
- You will need to work on a machine that does not have an operating system installed.
- From DOS you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware.
- You want to use a low level utility.
Rufus, despite its small size, has everything you need!
Rufus moves quickly. When creating a Windows 7 USB installer drive from an ISO, it's almost twice as fast as UNetbootin, Universal USB Installer or USB Download Tool Windows 7. It's also slightly faster when it comes to creating Linux bootable USBs from ISOs.
Rufus is a tool to format and create bootable USB drives, such as thumb drives, memory sticks, memory sticks, etc. It is particularly useful for creating USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.), working on a system without an operating system installed, flashing a BIOS or other firmware from DOS and run a low-level program.
Rufus will attempt to select a keyboard layout based on your system location if you are creating a DOS bootable drive and using a non-US keyboard. In this situation, FreeDOS, the default operating system, is preferred over MS-DOS because it supports more keyboard layouts. Rufus free download for the latest version of Windows PC. It is complete offline installer of the software.
Using a CD burning application, such as CDBurnerXP or BurnAware, available to the public, to create an ISO image from a real disc or a series of files is quite simple.
This is especially handy in situations like these:
- Bootable ISOs must be used to produce USB installation media (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
- If you need to operate on a machine that does not have an operating system, you will need to use DOS to flash a BIOS or other firmware.
- You want to use a low level utility.
Usage
No installation is required; just download and run the program.
The executable is digitally signed and the signature must include the following information:
- “Akeo Consulting” is a company that provides consulting services (v1.3.0 or higher)
- “Open Source Developer Pete Batard” (v1.2.0 or earlier)
Notes on DOS compatibility:
Rufus will attempt to select a keyboard layout based on your system location if you are creating a DOS bootable drive and using a non-US keyboard. In this situation, FreeDOS, the default operating system, is preferred over MS-DOS because it supports more keyboard layouts.
Notes on ISO compatibility:
Rufus from version 1.1.0 allows you to create a bootable USB stick from an ISO image (.iso).
Using a publicly available CD burning application, such as InfraRecorder or CDBurnerXP, to create an ISO image from a real disc or group of files is quite simple.