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Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
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Features:
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- Formats USB memory sticks to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/exFAT
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- Creates MS-DOS/FreeDOS bootable USB memory sticks, with no external files required
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- Checks for bad blocks
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- Modern UI, with UAC elevation for Windows Vista and later
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- Fully Open Source (GPL v3)
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Compilation:
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Use either Visual Studio 2010, WDK (Windows Driver Kit) or MinGW and then
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invoke the .sln, wdk_build.cmd or configure/make respectively.
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2012-01-11 11:09:40 +00:00
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You can change the project options (FreeDOS support, etc) by editing the top-level
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ms-config.h (Visual Studio, WDK) or running "./configure --help" (MinGW).
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Additional information:
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Rufus provides extensive information abour what it is doing through the Windows
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debug facility, which can be accessed with an application such as DebugView.
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2011-12-05 12:41:55 +00:00
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More info:
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2011-12-14 20:48:20 +00:00
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http://rufus.akeo.ie
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2011-12-05 12:41:55 +00:00
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Enhancements/Bugs
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https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues
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