Rufus is a small utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. Oh, and Rufus is fast.
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.
Non-exhaustive list of ISOs Rufus is known to work with:
AlmaLinux, Arch Linux, Archboot, CentOS, Clonezilla, Damn Small Linux, Debian, Elementary OS, Fedora, FreeDOS, Garuda Linux, Gentoo, GParted, Hiren's Boot CD, Kali Linux, Knoppix, KolibriOS, Linux Mint, Manjaro Linux, NT Password Registry Editor, OpenSUSE, Raspberry Pi OS, 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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