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CreatebootableUSBdrivestheeasyway

RufusisautilitythathelpsformatandcreatebootableUSBflashdrives,suchasUSBkeys/pendrives,
memorysticks,etc.
Itcanbeespeciallyusefulforcaseswhere:
youneedtocreateUSBinstallationmediafrombootableISOs(Windows,Linux,UEFI,etc.)
youneedtoworkonasystemthatdoesn'thaveanOSinstalled
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youneedtoflashaBIOSorotherfirmwarefromDOS
youwanttorunalowlevelutility
Despiteitssmallsize,Rufusprovideseverythingyouneed!
Oh,andRufusisfast.Forinstanceit'sabouttwiceasfastasUNetbootin,UniversalUSBInstalleror
Windows7USBdownloadtool,onthecreationofaWindows7USBinstallationdrivefromanISO.Itis
alsomarginallyfasteronthecreationofLinuxbootableUSBfromISOs.(1)
AnonexhaustivelistofRufussupportedISOsisalsoprovidedatthebottomofthispage.(2)
CALLINGONNEWTRANSLATORS!
Translatorscomeandgo,butnewfeaturesandmessagesarecontinuouslybeingaddedtoRufus,soit
needsyourhelpinupdatingsomeofitscurrenttranslations.Rightnow,Iwouldbeexceedingly
interestedinfindingpeoplethatcouldbringtheexistinglocalizationsforMalayandThaiuptodate.
IfyouwanttohelpwithamuchneededupdateforthenextversionofRufus,pleasehavealookhere.

>>Download<<
Lastupdated2015.09.28:

Rufus2.4(825KB)
Rufus2.4Portable(825KB)
Otherversions
SupportedLanguages:
BahasaIndonesia,BahasaMalaysia,,etina,Dansk,Deutsch,,English,
Espaol,Franais,Hrvatski,Italiano,Latvieu,Lietuvi,Magyar,Nederlands,Norsk,Polski,
Portugus,PortugusdoBrasil,,Romn,Slovensky,Slovenina,Suomi,Svenska,
TingVit,Trke,,,,,,.
SystemRequirements:
WindowsXPorlater,32or64bitdoesn'tmatter.Oncedownloaded,theapplicationisreadytouse.
IwilltakethisopportunitytoexpressmygratitudetothetranslatorswhomadeitpossibleforRufus,as
wellasthiswebpage,tobetranslatedinvariouslanguages.IfyoufindthatyoucanuseRufusinyour
ownlanguage,youshouldreallythankthem!

Usage
Downloadtheexecutableandrunitnoinstallationisnecessary.
Theexecutableisdigitallysignedandthesignatureshouldstate:
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"AkeoConsulting"(v1.3.0orlater)
"PeteBatardOpenSourceDeveloper"(v1.2.0orearlier)
NotesonDOSsupport:
IfyoucreateaDOSbootabledriveanduseanonUSkeyboard,Rufuswillattempttoselecta
keyboardlayoutaccordingtothelocaleofyoursystem.Inthatcase,FreeDOS,whichisthedefault
selection,isrecommendedoverMSDOS,asitsupportsmorekeyboardlayouts.
NotesonISOSupport:
AllversionsofRufussincev1.1.0allowthecreationofabootableUSBfromanISOimage(.iso).
CreatinganISOimagefromaphysicaldiscorfromasetoffilesisveryeasytodohowever,through
theuseofaCDburningapplication,suchasthefreelyavailableCDBurnerXPorImgBurn.
NotesonUEFI&GPTsupport:
Sinceversion1.3.2,RufussupportUEFIaswellasGPTforinstallationmedia,meaningthatitwill
allowyoutoinstallWindows7,Windows8orLinuxinfullEFImode.
However,WindowsVistaorlaterisrequiredforfullUEFI/GPTsupport.BecauseofOSlimitations,
WindowsXPrestrictsthecreationofUEFIbootabledrivestoMBRmode.

FrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQ)
ARufusFAQisavailableHERE.
Toprovidefeedback,reportabugorrequestanenhancement,pleaseusethegithubissuetracker.Or
youcansendanemail.

License
GNUGeneralPublicLicense(GPL)version3orlater.
Youarefreetodistribute,modifyorevensellthesoftware,insofarasyourespecttheGPLv3license.
Rufusisproducedina100%transparentmanner,fromitspublicsource,usingaMinGW32
environment.

Changelog
Version2.4(2015.09.28)
Allowsomesettingsandcheatmodestobepersistedbetweensessions
Fixmultipleissueswithflashdrivedetection
Fixlistingofdrivesthatcontainnomedia
FixcheatmodetosavethecurrentUSBtouncompressedVHD( Alt V )
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FixanUIscalingissuewithhighDPIdisplaysfornonEnglishlanguages
Updatemostofthetranslations
Additionalcosmeticimprovements

Otherversions

SourceCode
Rufus2.4(2.2MB)
Alternatively,youcanclonethegitrepositoryusing:
$gitclonegit://github.com/pbatard/rufus

Formoreinformation,seethegithubproject.
Ifyouareadeveloper,youareverymuchencouragedtotinkerwithRufusandsubmitpatches.

Donations
SinceI'mgettingaskedaboutthisonregularbasis,thereisnodonationbuttononthispage.
ThemainreasonisthatIfeelthatthedonationsystemdoesn'tactuallyhelpsoftwaredevelopmentand
worse,canbeguiltinducingforuserswhochoosenottodonate.
Instead,Ithinkthat"mcnat"ordeveloperpatronage,fromcompanieswhichbenefitmostfroma
healthyFLOSSecosystem,iswhatweshouldbeaimingfor.Thisisbecause,unlesstheyarebacked
byacompany,developerswhowanttoprovidequalityOpenSourcesoftwarecannotrealistically
sustainfulltimedevelopment,nomatterhowgeneroustheirsoftwareusersare.
Also,unlessyouareblockingthem(hint,hint),you'llnoticethatthereareadsonthispage,whichI
considersufficientrevenueenough.
FinallythefactthatIhavethefreedomtodevelopFreeSoftwareinmysparetimeshouldindicatethat
I'mwelloffenough,andthereforethatyoushoulddirectyourgenerositytowardspeoplewhoneedita
lotmorethanIdo.Ifyoureallyinsist,youcanalwaysmakeadonationtotheFreeSoftware
Foundation,astheyarethemainreasonsoftwarelikeRufusispossible.
Atanyrate,I'lltakethisopportunitytosaythankyouforyourcontinuingsupportandenthusiasmabout
thislittleprogram:itismuchappreciated!
ButpleasecontinuetofeelfreetouseRufuswithoutanyguiltaboutnotcontributingforitfinancially
youshouldneverhaveto!

(1)SpeedcomparisonbetweenRufusandotherapplications
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ThefollowingtestscarriedoutonaWindows7x64Core2duo/4GBRAMplatform,withanUSB3.0
controlleranda16GBUSB3.0ADATAS102flashdrive.
Windows7x64:en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso
Windows7USB/DVDDownloadToolv1.0.30

00:08:10

UniversalUSBInstallerv1.8.7.5

00:07:10

UNetbootinv1.1.1.1

00:06:20

RMPrepUSBv2.1.638

00:04:10

WiNToBooticv1.2

00:03:35

Rufusv1.1.1

00:03:25

Ubuntu11.10x86:ubuntu11.10desktopi386.iso
UNetbootinv1.1.1.1

00:01:45

RMPrepUSBv2.1.638

00:01:35

UniversalUSBInstallerv1.8.7.5

00:01:20

Rufusv1.1.1

00:01:15

Slackware13.37x86:slackware13.37installdvd.iso
UNetbootinv1.1.1.1

01:00:00+

UniversalUSBInstallerv1.8.7.5

00:24:35

RMPrepUSBv2.1.638

00:22:45

Rufusv1.1.1

00:20:15

(2)NonexhaustivelistofISOsRufusisknowntoworkwith
ArchLinux,Archbang,BartPE/pebuilder,CentOS,DamnSmallLinux,Debian,Fedora,FreeDOS,
FreeNAS,Gentoo,GParted,gNewSense,Hiren'sBootCD,LiveXP,Knoppix,KolibriOS,Kubuntu,
LinuxMint,NTPasswordRegistryEditor,PartedMagic,PartitionWizard,Raspbian,
ReactOS,RedHat,rEFInd,Slackware,SuperGrub2Disk,Tails,TrinityRescueKit,Ubuntu,
UltimateBootCD,WindowsXP(SP2+),WindowsServer2003R2,WindowsVista,Windows7,
Windows8,Windows8.1,Windows10,

Copyright20112015PeteBatard/Akeo
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