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Rufus is a pocket-size utility that helps format and create bootable USB wink drives, such every bit USB keys/pendrives, retentiveness sticks, etc.

It tin be especially useful for cases where:

  • y'all need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
  • you lot need to piece of work on a system that doesn't have an Bone installed
  • you lot demand to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
  • you want to run a low-level utility

Despite its small size, Rufus provides everything yous demand!

Non exhaustive listing of ISOs Rufus is known to work with:

Arch Linux, Archbang, BartPE/pebuilder, CentOS, Damn Small Linux, Fedora, FreeDOS, Gentoo, gNewSense, Hiren's Boot CD, LiveXP, Knoppix, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, NT Password Registry Editor, OpenSUSE, Parted Magic, Slackware, Tails, Trinity Rescue Kit, Ubuntu, Ultimate Boot CD, Windows XP (SP2 or later), Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows vii, Windows 8, Windows x, etc.

Oh, and Rufus is fast. For instance it'southward about twice equally fast equally UNetbootin, Universal USB Installer or Windows seven USB download tool, on the creation of a Windows 7 USB installation drive from an ISO. It is as well marginally faster on the creation of Linux bootable USB from ISOs.

What's New:

  • Ready MBR not existence properly cleared
  • Fix commandline hogger not being deleted on exit
  • Improve ReFS treatment for platforms that support it
  • Update UEFI:NTFS to latest and remove Secure Kick notice since this version is Secure Kicking signed
  • Update Grub4DOS to latest

Previous release notes

  • Prepare ISO manner back up for Ruddy Hat 8.ii+ and derivatives
  • Fix BIOS boot support for Arch derivatives
  • Set up removal of some boot entries for Ubuntu derivatives
  • Fix log not beingness saved on exit
  • Add Windows eleven "Extended" installation support (Disables TPM/Secure Boot/RAM requirements)
  • Add UEFI Trounce ISO downloads
  • Add together support for Intel NUC card readers
  • Ameliorate Windows 11 support
  • Meliorate Windows version reporting
  • Speed upwards clearing of MBR/GPT