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
Rufus 3.14.1788 changelog:
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Improve DD write speed (uncompressed images only)
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Improve checksum computation speed
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Improve network connectivity detection
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Only prompt for additional GRUB/Syslinux downloads when not writing in DD mode
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Fix potential "loss" of disk after writing Ubuntu 20.10 in DD mode
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Fix GRUB compatibility issue with Ubuntu 21.04
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Fix Rufus MBR not being selected by default for Windows ISOs
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Fix drag and drop being enabled during drive creation
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Add more "exceptions" for forced DD image writing
Download: Rufus 3.14.1788| Portable Rufus 1.1 MB (Open Source)
Link: Rufus Home Page | Project Page @GitHub
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