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Rufus
Create bootable USB drives the easy way

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Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives,
memory sticks, etc.

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

Despite its small size, Rufus provides everything you need!

Oh, and Rufus is fast. For instance it's about twice as fast as UNetbootin, Universal USB Installer or
Windows 7 USB download tool, on the creation of a Windows 7 USB installation drive from an ISO. It is
also marginally faster on the creation of Linux bootable USB from ISOs. (1)
A non exhaustive list of Rufus supported ISOs is also provided at the bottom of this page. (2)

CALLING ON NEW TRANSLATORS!

The Rufus application would like to request your help with its translations, as the project is currently
looking for volunteers that would be kind enough to update the localization for Danish.

If you think you are up to the task, please have a look here.

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Last updated 2017.11.07:

Rufus 2.18 (945 KB)

Rufus 2.18 Portable (945 KB)
Other versions

Supported Languages:

Azərbaycanca, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Български, Čeština, Dansk, Deutsch,

Ελληνικά, English, Español, Français, Hrvatski, Italiano, Latviešu, Lietuvių, Magyar, Nederlands,
Norsk, Polski, Português, Português do Brasil, Русский, Română, Slovensky, Slovenščina, Srpski,
Suomi, Svenska, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, Українська, 简体中文, 正體中文, 日本語, 한국어, ไทย,
‫עברית‬, ‫اﻟﻌرﺑﯾﺔ‬, ‫ﻓﺎرﺳﯽ‬.

System Requirements:

Windows XP or later, 32 or 64 bit doesn't matter. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.

I will take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the translators who made it possible for Rufus, as
well as this webpage, to be translated in various languages. If you find that you can use Rufus in your
own language, you should really thank them!

Usage

Download the executable and run it – no installation is necessary.

The executable is digitally signed and the signature should state:

"Akeo Consulting" (v1.3.0 or later)

"Pete Batard - Open Source Developer" (v1.2.0 or earlier)

Notes on DOS support:

If you create a DOS bootable drive and use a non-US keyboard, Rufus will attempt to select a
keyboard layout according to the locale of your system. In that case, FreeDOS, which is the default
selection, is recommended over MS-DOS, as it supports more keyboard layouts.

Notes on ISO Support:

All versions of Rufus since v1.1.0 allow the creation of a bootable USB from an ISO image (.iso).

Creating an ISO image from a physical disc or from a set of files is very easy to do however, through
the use of a CD burning application, such as the freely available CDBurnerXP or ImgBurn.

Notes on UEFI & GPT support:

Since version 1.3.2, Rufus support UEFI as well as GPT for installation media, meaning that it will
allow you to install Windows 7, Windows 8 or Linux in full EFI mode.
However, Windows Vista or later is required for full UEFI/GPT support. Because of OS limitations,
Windows XP restricts the creation of UEFI bootable drives to MBR mode.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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A Rufus FAQ is available HERE.

To provide feedback, report a bug or request an enhancement, please use the github issue tracker. Or
you can send an e-mail.

License

GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 or later.

You are free to distribute, modify or even sell the software, insofar as you respect the GPLv3 license.

Rufus is produced in a 100% transparent manner, from its public source, using a MinGW32
environment.

Changelog

Version 2.18 (2017.11.07)

Ensure that the same drive is reselected on device refresh
Add a cheat mode to cycle the USB port of currently selected device
Make lookup for updatable .cfg file more generic (e.g. ESET SysRescue)
Fix handling of multiextent ISOs (e.g. BlackArch Linux)
Fix propagation of image decompression errors
Update grub4dos to latest

RUFUS 2.18 IS THE LAST RELEASE TO SUPPORT WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS VISTA.
FUTURE RELEASES WILL NO LONGER BE COMPATIBLE WITH THESE PLATFORMS!

Other versions

Source Code

Rufus 2.18 (2.4 MB)

Alternatively, you can clone the git repository using:

$ git clone git://github.com/pbatard/rufus

For more information, see the github project.

If you are a developer, you are very much encouraged to tinker with Rufus and submit patches.

Donations

Since I'm getting asked about this on regular basis, there is no donation button on this page.

The main reason is that I feel that the donation system doesn't actually help software development and
worse, can be guilt-inducing for users who choose not to donate.

If you really insist, you can always make a donation to the Free Software Foundation, as they are the
main reason software like Rufus is possible.
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At any rate, I'll take this opportunity to say thank you for your continuing support and enthusiasm about
this little program: it is much appreciated!

But please continue to feel free to use Rufus without any guilt about not contributing for it financially –
you should never have to!

(1) Speed comparison between Rufus and other applications

The following tests carried out on a Windows 7 x64 Core 2 duo/4 GB RAM platform, with an USB 3.0
controller and a 16 GB USB 3.0 ADATA S102 flash drive.

• Windows 7 x64: en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool v1.0.30 00:08:10

Universal USB Installer v1.8.7.5 00:07:10
UNetbootin v1.1.1.1 00:06:20
RMPrepUSB v2.1.638 00:04:10
WiNToBootic v1.2 00:03:35
Rufus v1.1.1 00:03:25

• Ubuntu 11.10 x86: ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso

UNetbootin v1.1.1.1 00:01:45

RMPrepUSB v2.1.638 00:01:35
Universal USB Installer v1.8.7.5 00:01:20
Rufus v1.1.1 00:01:15

• Slackware 13.37 x86: slackware-13.37-install-dvd.iso

UNetbootin v1.1.1.1 01:00:00+

Universal USB Installer v1.8.7.5 00:24:35
RMPrepUSB v2.1.638 00:22:45
Rufus v1.1.1 00:20:15

(2) Non exhaustive list of ISOs Rufus is known to work with

Arch Linux, Archbang, BartPE/pebuilder, CentOS, Damn Small Linux, Debian, Fedora, FreeDOS,
FreeNAS, Gentoo, GParted, gNewSense, Hiren's Boot CD, LiveXP, Knoppix, KolibriOS, Kubuntu,
Linux Mint, NT Password Registry Editor, Parted Magic, Partition Wizard, Raspbian,
ReactOS, Red Hat, rEFInd, Slackware, Super Grub2 Disk, Tails, Trinity Rescue Kit, Ubuntu,
Ultimate Boot CD, Windows XP (SP2+), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7,
Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, …

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