This can be immensely useful while you're on the go or just need access to an OS for a temporary, isolated reason. Rufus can come in handy when you need to simply format a USB drive, install an OS on a machine that lacks a CD/DVD-ROM drive, or when you need to boot an operating system temporarily without intentions of actually installing the media. The app is just over 1MB in size and is notably faster than similar competitor apps such as the Windows 7 USB utility, Universal USB Installer, and UNetbootin.
It is lightweight, portable, and turns any ISO image into a bootable USB drive in a matter of minutes.Rufus is a standalone app designed to format and create a bootable USB drive for a large variety of ISOs. Rufus is a handy program that is ideal for any troubleshooting toolkit. The process itself does not take too long it depends on the size of the ISO, and the speed of the USB drive mainly. Click on okay to continue, or cancel to stop the process and return to the main interface of the program. The program displays a warning prompt to inform you that all data on the disk will be deleted in the process. You may get a notification that it is too big for the USB device. Rufus will check the image and compare it to the available disk size. Once you have made the necessary changes click on the start button to start the process.
To avoid issues, only removable drives are listed under device so that you cannot accidentally format one of the fixed drives. Make sure you have backed up important data before you proceed. All content that is on it is lost therefore. Note: The selected device will be formatted during the process. If you select a Windows installation ISO for instance, you may get the option to create a standard Windows installation disk, or setup Windows to Go. Rufus may display additional options if it identifies the image correctly. Most are fine however for most use cases, but you can change the volume label for instance, enable disk check to check for bad blocks on the USB drive, or disable quick format.Īdvanced options let you change the cluster size and file system, and the partition scheme. You may then modify other settings to your liking.
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