Rufus 2.1 - Fastest way to create bootable USB drives

[BoraMurdar]

YUMI is the best you can find
I have one old Kingston Data Traveler 1GB USB bootable flash drive and it is my "Ultimate Repair Tool"
With YUMI I was able to create multiboot usb drive that is covering all my needs and containing :

- Hirens Boot CD 15.2 ( I have deleted unnecessary stuff from it like PartedMagic ~ 300mb)
It has mini Windows XP with most common ethernet/wireless drivers for letting you go to the internet updating for example Avira Antivirus Scanner (implemented in HirensBoot) and you can always run Comodo Cleaning Essentials, Hitman Pro, Malwarebytes, Superantispyware inside of minixp and check for viruses.
It has Macrium Reflect PE Edition so it can create and restore individual backups or whole system images (Works with Windows 8.1, I tried it) and of course a bunch of tools able to repair Windows startup and boot problems,data recovery, password reseter and such
- MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable CD
- Kaspersky Rescue Disk (in any case)

and it covers almost anything that I need to repair
Of course I have added some portable apps in case I needed like CCleaner (newest) portable, WiseDisk Cleaner portable, portable VLC, CCE, Malwarebytes with latest offline updates in case of no internet connection

 

[sid_16]

Latest release version 1.4.0.343

DOWNLOAD-
http://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/rufus_v1.4.0.exe

source

Changelog;

•Version 1.4.0 (2013.12.02) ◦Add localization support, with native integration for the following languages (NEW):◾Chinese (Traditional), courtesy of 佚
◾Dutch, courtesy of Roberto Pino
◾French, courtesy of myself ("Je vais me gêner !")
◾German, courtesy of Thilo Langbein
◾Greek, courtesy of Konstantinos and Nikolaos Margaritis
◾Hungarian, courtesy of georg1136
◾Italian, courtesy of bovirus
◾Korean, courtesy of 나두야간다
◾Lithuanian, courtesy of Gintaras Venslovas
◾Polish, courtesy of Piotr Halama
◾Romanian, courtesy of Gîrlea Alexandru
◾Russian, courtesy of Кирилл Иванов
◾Spanish, courtesy of José Pineda
◾Turkish, courtesy of Mehmetali Kuran
◾More to come, more wanted!

◦Add "smart" detection of USB HDD vs USB Flash Drive (NEW)
◦Add retry on errors when writing ISO files (NEW)
◦Add detection and display of VID:PID for the target device, in the log (NEW)
◦Updated Syslinux to v4.0.7
◦Fixed some issues with DOS localization
◦Fixed FAT32 formatting for GPT and large drives
◦Fixed support for Ubuntu, Scientific Linux, unofficial Windows and other ISOs
◦Various other fixes and improvements

Update- Latest release version 1.4.1.348

http://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/rufus_v1.4.1.exe

•Version 1.4.1 (2013.12.05) [BUGFIX RELEASE] 
◦Fix broken Syslinux support (reported by ank91)
◦Add Slovenian support, courtesy of Matej Horvat

 

[indra11tng]

Thanks, I usually use unetbootin

 

[BoraMurdar]

YUMI for me

 

[sid_16]

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)

>> Download <<
Last updated 2014.01.18:

• Rufus v1.4.2 (567 KB)
• Other versions

 

[Mimigen]

It never worked for me on 8/8.1- I always needed to find a workaround. T__T
I used it on other computers tho~; nice software! ^ ^

 

[Ved]

its a very handy tool.Used it a lot and never had any problem

 

[sid_16]

http://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/rufus_v1.4.3.exe

 

[Petrovic]

Version 1.4.10 (2014.08.15)

• Fix a crash when scanning disk images with no USB drive plugged
• Fix default detection of some OCZ flash drives
• Improve Syslinux 6.x support (for Tails 1.x and other ISOs)
• Improve disk image handling (refresh partitions, remount drive, etc.)
• Other fixes and improvements

Download Rufus

 

[Petrovic]

Rufus 1.4.11
Changelog for Version 1.4.11 (2014.11.04)

• Add Czech translation
• Add Ukrainian translation
• Fix formatting of drives with a large sector size (2K, 4K)
• Fix UEFI boot for Tails and other Syslinux/EFI based ISOs
• Fix listing of devices when all 26 drive letters are in use
• Add a minimize button and minor UI changes
• Other improvements

http://rufus.akeo.ie/

 

[Ink]

Latest version 2.1 (2015.03.23)
Release notes: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/blob/master/ChangeLog.txt
Download: https://rufus.akeo.ie/

Updated first post

 

[Mr.X]

Latest version 2.1 (2015.03.23)
Release notes: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/blob/master/ChangeLog.txt
Download: https://rufus.akeo.ie/

Updated first post

The coolest thing about this new release is it can support NTFS for UEFI boot (FAT32 was only possible before). Advantage? If you have let say a Windows 8.1 AIO (multi-index/several editions) and the install.wim file is larger than 4GB now it can be copied to the flash drive as it is NTFS formatted.

 

[Petrovic]

Rufus 2.3 Beta
rufus/ChangeLog.txt at master · pbatard/rufus · GitHub
https://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/rufus-2.3_BETA.exe

 

[sinu]

Rufus is a small utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. 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 (with honorable mention to WiNToBootic for managing to keep up). It is also marginally faster on the creation of Linux bootable USBs from ISOs. A non-exhaustive list of Rufus supported ISOs is available here.

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

What's new in this version:

• Detect ISOHybrid images and prompt users on how they should be written
• Add MD5/SHA1 checksum verification ('#' button on the status bar)
• Add Zip decompression support for DD Images
• Add a cheat mode to save the current USB to VHD (Alt-V)
• Add a cheat mode for ISO timestamp preservation (Alt-T)
• Add a cheat mode for USB enumeration debugging (Alt-.)
• Disable MS-DOS creation for Windows 10 or later (FreeDOS is still available)
• Fix Windows To Go creation issues, and enable access to internal disks
• Fix UEFI support for Fedora ISOs
• Fix some USB enumeration issues
• Other improvements and fixes, including translation updates
  
  http://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/rufus-2.3.exe
  

 

[LabZero]

Rufus 2.4.755

What's new in this version:

• Allow some settings and cheat modes to be persisted between sessions
• Fix multiple issues with flash drive detection
• Fix listing of drives that contain no media
• Fix cheat mode to save the current USB to *uncompressed* VHD (Alt-V)
• Fix an UI scaling issue with high DPI displays for non English languages
• Update most of the translations
• Additional cosmetic improvements

Download: Rufus 2.4.755 | Rufus Portable | 824 KB (Open Source)
Link: Rufus Home Page

 

[Raul90]

Thanks for the update. Downloading

 

[Ink]

Highly recommended if you use Rufus on Windows 10 Creators Update

Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.

• 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!

Get Rufus: Index of /downloads

Changelog:

• Preserve 'GPT for UEFI' option if the user changed it before selecting an ISO
• Fix unwanted notification sound when closing with the X button
• Fix inability to restore the minimized application after a popup is displayed
• Fix an issue when trying to install Syslinux/NTFS twice in a row
• Work around Microsoft's inconsistent casing of device IDs during device enumeration
• Work around Microsoft's aggressive locking of partitions in Windows 10 Creators Update
• Restrict write sharing permissions when accessing a device
• Update libcdio and GRUB 2.0 to latest

 

[Andytay70]

Thank you.
Never used it before but i'll give it a go soon!

 

[Marko :)]

I use it sometimes when I need to make Linux bootable USB. It's fast, small and portable.

 

[Amelith Nargothrond]

I use it quite a lot, very handy little tool