Rufus

Create bootable USB drives the easy way

Rufus is an 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)

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Last updated 2014.06.08:

Rufus 1.4.9 (615 KB)
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Supported Languages:

Bahasa Indonesia

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English

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Hrvatski

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Italiano

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Latviešu

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Magyar

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Nederlands

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Polski

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Português

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Português do Brasil

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Русский

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Română

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Slovenščina

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Suomi

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System Requirements:

Windows XP 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 CDBurnerXP or ImgBurn.

Notes on UEFI & GPT support:

Since version 1.3.2, Rufus support UEFI as well as GPT for installation media, meaning that it will allow you to install Windows 7, Windows 8 or Linux in full EFI mode.
However, Windows Vista or later is required for full UEFI/GPT support. Because of OS limitations, Windows XP restricts the creation of UEFI bootable drives to MBR mode.

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 1.4.9 (2014.06.08) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
- Fix listing of drives on Windows XP and Windows Vista (reported by Alex Andrews)
Version 1.4.8 (2014.06.04)
- Add KolibriOS ISO support (NEW)
- Add Arabic translation, courtesy of عمر الصمد
- Add Brazilian Portuguese translation, courtesy of Chateaubriand Vieira Moura
- Add Croatian translation, courtesy of Dario Komar
- Add Danish translation, courtesy of Jens Hansen
- Add Latvian translation, courtesy of Aldis Tutins
- Allow the use of VHDs as DD image source (fixed disk/uncompressed only)
- Report the detected USB speed in the log
- Fix detection for some Buffalo, Lacie, Samsung, Toshiba and Verbatim drives
- Fix a long standing issue when launching Rufus using Far Manager
- Fix support for pure EFI bootable disk images
- Various other fixes and improvements
Other versions

Source Code

Rufus 1.4.9 (1.8 MB)
Alternatively, you can clone the git repository using:
```
$ git clone git://github.com/pbatard/rufus 
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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.

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 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.

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Windows 7 x64

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en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool v1.0.30	00:08:10
Universal USB Installer v1.8.7.5	00:07:10
UNetbootin v1.1.1.1	00:06:20
RMPrepUSB v2.1.638	00:04:10
WiNToBootic v1.2	00:03:35
Rufus v1.1.1	00:03:25