Rufus

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Create bootable USB drives the easy way

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/ About /

Rufus is a free, open-source Windows utility for formatting and creating bootable USB flash drives from ISO images. It supports a wide range of operating systems including Windows, Linux, and UEFI environments, as well as DOS-based firmware flashing. Despite its small footprint (~1.9 MB), it covers virtually all bootable USB creation needs.

/ How it works /

Users download a single executable, select a target USB drive and an ISO image, and Rufus formats and writes the bootable image directly to the drive.

/ Who it's for /

Windows users, system administrators, and developers who need to create bootable USB drives

/ More info /

Background.

Status
launched
Business model
free
Company
Akeo Consulting

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