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RUFUS

Create bootable USB drives the easy way

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)


DOWNLOAD

Last updated 2022.07.01:



 * Rufus 3.19 (1.3 MB)
 * Rufus 3.19 Portable (1.3 MB)
 * Other versions (GitHub)
 * Other versions (FossHub)



SUPPORTED LANGUAGES:



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,  العربية,  پارسی.



SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Windows 7 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 InfraRecorder or CDBurnerXP.


FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

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 3.19 (2022.07.01)
   * Add a new selection dialog for Windows 11 setup customization:
     
     * Secure Boot and TPM bypass have now been moved to this dialog
     * Also allows to bypass the mandatory requirement for a Microsoft account
       on Windows 11 22H2
       (NB: Network MUST be temporarily disabled for the local account creation
       to be proposed)
     * Also add an option to skip all collection questions (Sets all answers to
       "Don't allow")
     * Also add an option for setting internal drives offline for Windows To Go
     Note: These customization options are only proposed when using a Windows 11
     image.
   * Add support for distros using a nonstandard GRUB 2.0 prefix directory
     (openSUSE Live, GeckoLinux)
   * Add the ability to ignore USBs (See here)
   * Change drive listing to always list in increasing order of size
   * Update exceptions needed by Red Hat and derivatives for the 9.x releases
   * Update UEFI:NTFS drivers to latest
   * Reassign a letter for drives written in DD mode that don't have an ESP
     (e.g. CoreELEC)
   * Fix Windows refusing to mount Linux MBR partitions on FIXED drives
   * Fix support for multiextent files when Joliet is in use
 * Other versions


SOURCE CODE



 * Rufus 3.19 (4.5 MB)
 * Alternatively, you can clone the git repository using:
   
   $ git clone https://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.

Instead, I think that "mécénat"; or developer patronage, from companies which
benefit most from a healthy FLOSS ecosystem, is what we should be aiming for.
This is because, unless they are backed by a company, developers who want to
provide quality Open Source software cannot realistically sustain full time
development, no matter how generous their software users are.

Also, unless you are blocking them (hint, hint), you'll notice that there are
ads on this page, which I consider sufficient revenue enough.

Finally the fact that I have the freedom to develop Free Software in my spare
time should indicate that I'm well-off enough, and therefore that you should
direct your generosity towards people who need it a lot more than I do. 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.

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 were 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 v1.0.3000:08:10 Universal USB Installer
v1.8.7.500:07:10 UNetbootin v1.1.1.100:06:20 RMPrepUSB v2.1.63800:04:10
WiNToBootic v1.200:03:35 Rufus v1.1.100:03:25





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


UNetbootin v1.1.1.100:01:45 RMPrepUSB v2.1.638 00:01:35 Universal USB Installer
v1.8.7.500:01:20 Rufus v1.1.100:01:15





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


UNetbootin v1.1.1.101:00:00+ Universal USB Installer v1.8.7.500:24:35 RMPrepUSB
v2.1.63800:22:45 Rufus v1.1.100:20:15



 


(2) NON EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF ISOS RUFUS IS KNOWN TO WORK WITH

Arch Linux,  BartPE/pebuilder,  CentOS,  Clonezilla,  Damn Small Linux, 
Debian,  Fedora,  FreeDOS, 

Garuda Linux,  Gentoo,  GParted,  Hiren's Boot CD,  LiveXP,  Knoppix, 
KolibriOS,  Kubuntu,  Linux Mint, 

Manjaro Linux,  NT Password Registry Editor,  OpenSUSE,  Parted Magic, 
Partition Wizard,  Raspbian, 

ReactOS,  Red Hat,  rEFInd,  Rocky Linux,  Slackware,  Super Grub2 Disk, 
Tails,  Trinity Rescue Kit, 

TrueNAS CORE,  Ubuntu,  UEFI Shell,  Ultimate Boot CD,  Windows XP (SP2+), 
Windows Vista, 

Windows 7,  Windows 8/8.1,  Windows 10,  Windows Server 2019,  Windows 11,  …



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