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How To Create A Bootable USB Using Rufus

Rufus is a program that allows users to create bootable USB drives from ISO images of operating systems. To create a bootable USB with Rufus, a user needs an ISO file of the desired OS, the latest version of Rufus downloaded from its website, and a USB drive with sufficient storage. The user then opens Rufus, selects the USB drive, chooses the ISO file, and clicks start to write the ISO contents to the USB and create a bootable drive. Once complete, the USB can be used to boot computers and install the OS without an optical disc.

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How To Create A Bootable USB Using Rufus

Rufus is a program that allows users to create bootable USB drives from ISO images of operating systems. To create a bootable USB with Rufus, a user needs an ISO file of the desired OS, the latest version of Rufus downloaded from its website, and a USB drive with sufficient storage. The user then opens Rufus, selects the USB drive, chooses the ISO file, and clicks start to write the ISO contents to the USB and create a bootable drive. Once complete, the USB can be used to boot computers and install the OS without an optical disc.

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How to Create a Bootable USB Using

Rufus

What is a Bootable USB?


A “bootable USB” is a regular USB storage device (like a USB stick or external hard
drive) that has an “ISO image” of an operating system saved on it. 

An ISO image is an archive file that contains all the information found on an optical disc,
such as a CD or DVD. This could, for example, be a Windows installation CD.

Normally, whenever you start up your computer, it boots from the operating system
stored on your internal hard drive. By running the bootable USB however, you can boot
up your computer using the USB’s ISO image instead. 

This can be useful if you ever need to recover, repair or install an operating system on
your computer.

How to Create a Bootable USB using Rufus


Rufus is one of several programs that allow you to create an “ISO image” on a USB stick.
To create a bootable USB using Rufus, all you need is:

 Your ISO of choice, e.g. Windows 10


 The latest version of Rufus (available online from https://rufus.ie)
 A spare USB stick (an 8GB USB should be plenty for Windows 10 but
make sure you have one that’s large enough for the ISO you’re using)
Once you’ve got these ready, just follow these steps to make your own bootable USB:
Step 1: Open up Rufus and plug your clean USB stick into your computer.

Step 2: Rufus will automatically detect your USB. Click on Device and choose the USB
you want to use from the drop-down menu.

Step 3: Make sure the Boot Selection option is set to Disk or ISO image then


click Select. Rufus will open a file explorer browser window; locate the ISO image you
want to burn onto the USB and select it.

Note: In the latest version of Rufus (3.5), there’s now an option to download the ISO image
for  Windows 8.1 or 10  directly through Rufus, if you don’t already have a copy saved. Just click on
the drop-down arrow next to the  Select  button and choose  Download  instead. This will open a
dialogue box where you can choose which Windows version you want to download.

Step 4: You’ll generally want to create a Standard Windows installation, and


Rufus will automatically detect the correct Partition Scheme based on your
device, so keep the default settings as they are. However, you can also change
these if you want.
Step 5: Give the Volume label a name of your choice, or leave it as it is, and
once again leave the default settings for File system and Cluster size. Now
click Start

Note: if the USB you’re using isn’t large enough, you’ll get an error message you
letting you know. In this case, you’ll need to start again with a different larger
USB.
Step 6: You’ll get a warning saying that any data on the USB will be destroyed
(this is normal). Click OK and Rufus will start creating the ISO image on the
USB.

Step 7: Once Rufus has finished creating the ISO image on the USB, you can
close it and your bootable USB is ready to go!

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