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Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
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Features:
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- Formats USB flash drives as well as VHD images to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS
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- Creates DOS bootable USB drives, using FreeDOS or MS-DOS with no external files required
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- Creates MBR or GPT/UEFI bootable drives
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- Creates bootable drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
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- Twice as fast as Microsoft's USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin, on ISO->USB (1)
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- Can perform bad blocks check, with fake drive detection
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- Modern and familiar UI, with more than 30 languages natively supported (2)
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- Small footprint, no installation required
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- 100% Free Software (GPL v3)
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Compilation:
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Use either Visual Studio 2013, WDK 7.1 (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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Note that, since Rufus is an OSI compliant Open Source project, you are entitled to
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download and use the *freely available* Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition to
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build, run or develop for Rufus. As per the Visual Studio Community Edition license
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this applies regardless of whether you are an individual or a corporate user.
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For details, see http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs
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or http://pete.akeo.ie/2014/11/visual-studio-2013-has-now-become.html
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2012-01-11 11:09:40 +00:00
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Additional information:
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Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, either through
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its easily accessible log, or through the Windows debug facility.
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More info:
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http://rufus.akeo.ie
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http://rufus.akeo.ie/FAQ
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Enhancements/Bugs
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https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues
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2012-02-07 23:16:15 +00:00
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(1) Tests carried out with a 16 GB USB 3.0 ADATA pen drive on a
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Core 2 duo/4 GB RAM platform running Windows 7 x64.
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ISO: en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso
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- Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool v1.0.30: 8 mins 10s
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- UNetbootin v1.1.1.1: 6 mins 20s
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- Rufus v1.1.0: 3 mins 25s
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(2) http://rufus.akeo.ie/translations
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