Rufus stands for Reliable USB Formatting Utility with Source. It is a tiny and lightweight utility for Windows PC, that helps you easily format, as well as create USB drives, such as USB keys, memory-sticks and USB pen-drives, which are bootable. It has advanced and standard options, to suit all skill levels.
Create bootable media easily
This tool has a user friendly interface which looks like the built-in format panel of Windows. We can choose a partition scheme, device, cluster size, target system type, new volume label and file system types – like NTFS, FAT32, exFAT and UDF.
Using this tool you can create an extendable label, quick format mode and icon files. There are a few basic formatting options available. The tool also lets us select the algorithms (from type 1 to type 4). A bootable disk is created using the ISO image. Rufus records all the activities and saves them as a log file.
This multifaceted tool is useful when:• USB installation media need to be created from bootable ISOs (Linux, Windows, and UEFI)
• A person wants to work on a computer in which an OS is not installed
• For the purpose of flashing a BIOS or any other DOS, firmware is required
• A person wishes to run a low-level utility.
New features in Rufus 2.1.649:• 32 bit support range for UEFI: NTFS boot
• Addition of Advanced mode stand-alone UEFI: NTFS with boot installation
• Disable support for hidden GRUB version ISOs
• Repair and correct Windows UEFI installation related issues while using GPT/NTFS.
• generating a repair of 32 bit installation flash drives in UEFI Windows 10.
Rufus for Windows free download
Rufus is arguably the finest solution for creating and formatting a bootable USB drive. Download your copy of Rufus from the
official website here.
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