Rufus
Software that helps you create a bootable USV drive
Operating system: Windows
Publisher: Pete Batard/Akeo
Release : Rufus 2.18
Antivirus check: passed
Rufus is a simple utility that allows you to format and create bootable USB drives. The latter are used to install operating systems and run some programs. The application detects all supported drives by itself and displays basic information about them. It also allows you to analyze the flash drive for broken sectors and change its identifier.
Working with the program is very easy. First of all, you need to insert a removable drive, select the necessary image using the file manager and click on the "Start" button. Depending on the supported recording speed and the size of the image being recorded, this process of creating a boot disk can take from a couple of minutes to a half an hour.
One main benefit of using Rufus is its ability to swiftly create bootable USB drives for installing operating systems or running programs.
- Supports any size of USB storage device;
- allows us to identify broken sectors;
- has a very simple user interface;
- allows you to format the drive;
- is distributed completely free of charge.
PROS
Fast, efficient, and user-friendly interface.
Completely free and open source.
CONS
No support for macOS or Linux systems.
Updates and fixes are infrequent.
Mason
Rufus is a very lightweight open source and free GUI (Graphical User Interface) based software that lets you format and create bootable USB drives on the Windows operating system. It also has a portable version that you can use to format your USB drive instantly without any need to install it on your system. Rufus can detect all the attached USB drives automatically and suggest some relevant functionalities.
Tue, Dec 12, 2023
You can create bootable USB devices for not only Windows ISOs but also for any kind of Linux ISOs or any kind of rescue devices. Rufus works like All in One type of software that lets you choose to install any kind of operating system or make your pendrive bootable for any kind of bootable images.
One important feature that a lot of users want for installing Windows 11 is also available for free on Rufus. If you want to install Windows 11 on unsupported devices by bypassing the TPM2.0 and Secure boot requirements, you can also do that directly using Rufus, and you don't need to do any configurations on the ISO itself! You can also directly create local users, remove BitLocker encryption on new Windows installations, and disable the annoying privacy checkup on Windows installations.
