Rufus is a small utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. Despite its small size, Rufus provides everything you need! Oh, and Rufus is fast. For instance it"s about twice as fast as UNetbootin, Universal USB Installer or Windows 7 USB download tool, on the creation of a Windows 7 USB installation drive from an ISO (with honorable mention to WiNToBootic for managing to keep up). It is also marginally faster on the creation of Linux bootable USBs from ISOs. A non-exhaustive list of Rufus supported ISOs is available here.
It can be especially useful for cases where:
- you need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
- you need to work on a system that doesn"t have an OS installed
- you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
- you want to run a low-level utility
What"s new in this version:
- Add Czech translation, courtesy of Richard Kahl
- Add Ukrainian translation, courtesy of VKS
- Fix formatting of drives with a large sector size (2K, 4K)
- Fix UEFI boot for Tails and other Syslinux/EFI based ISOs
- Fix listing of devices when all 26 drive letters are in use
- Add a minimize button and minor UI changes
- Other improvements
Download: Rufus 1.4.11 Build 530 | 624 KB (Open Source)
Link: Rufus Home Page