01-07-2016 , 08:38 PM
What is Rufus?
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
When to be used?
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
Windows XP or later, 32 or 64 bit doesn't matter. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.
Despite its small size, Rufus provides everything you need!
Features:
- Formats USB flash drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT
- Creates DOS bootable USB drives, using FreeDOS or MS-DOS with no external files required
- Creates MBR or GPT/UEFI bootable USB drives
- Creates bootable USB drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
- Twice as fast as Microsoft's USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin, on ISO->USB (1)
- Can perform bad blocks check, with fake drive detection
- Modern and familiar UI, with 34 languages supported natively (2)
- Small footprint, no installation required
- 100% Free Software (GPL v3)
Changelog:
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/blob/ma...ngeLog.txt
DOWNLOAD:
Download the executable and run it – no installation is necessary.
Download standalone:
http://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/rufus-2.6.exe
Or:
http://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/rufus.exe
Download portable:
http://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/rufus-2.6p.exe