Today we are going to share free tool “Rufus” which allows you to format and create bootable USB drives for Windows and Linux which might come handy in following situations:
The developer claims that Rufus is very fast compared to other free software available for the same task such as UNetbootin, Windows 7 USB download tool, etc.
Also once formatted using this tool, your USB drive is still usable as before to transfer data. It doesn’t have to be dedicated for DOS or installation only.
This small utility also allows you to check the device for bad blocks. Up to 4 passes can be selected to find out if your device is defected.
This free utility can be used in Windows XP and all later Windows versions such as Windows Vista, 7, and 8. It can be used in both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows editions.
You can create bootable USB drive for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and almost all popular Linux distro such as Fedora, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, OpenSuse, Gentoo, Knoppix, etc.
There are 2 versions available of this tool for download. One version comes with FreeDOS and one comes without FreeDOS. Apart from the ability to select FreeDOS rather than default Microsoft DOS, these versions are exactly same. If you use a non-US keyboard, FreeDOS is recommended as it supports more keyboard layouts. In both cases, if you choose DOS, this freeware will try to set the keyboard locale for you. If you plan to use ISO images only, any version will do.
You can download both versions using following links:
- Create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
- Need to work on a system that doesn’t have an OS installed
- Need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
- Want to run a low-level utility
The developer claims that Rufus is very fast compared to other free software available for the same task such as UNetbootin, Windows 7 USB download tool, etc.
Also once formatted using this tool, your USB drive is still usable as before to transfer data. It doesn’t have to be dedicated for DOS or installation only.
This small utility also allows you to check the device for bad blocks. Up to 4 passes can be selected to find out if your device is defected.
This free utility can be used in Windows XP and all later Windows versions such as Windows Vista, 7, and 8. It can be used in both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows editions.
You can create bootable USB drive for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and almost all popular Linux distro such as Fedora, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, OpenSuse, Gentoo, Knoppix, etc.
There are 2 versions available of this tool for download. One version comes with FreeDOS and one comes without FreeDOS. Apart from the ability to select FreeDOS rather than default Microsoft DOS, these versions are exactly same. If you use a non-US keyboard, FreeDOS is recommended as it supports more keyboard layouts. In both cases, if you choose DOS, this freeware will try to set the keyboard locale for you. If you plan to use ISO images only, any version will do.
You can download both versions using following links:
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