Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility ========================================== [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/0nciqepn6hko4to9?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/pbatard/rufus) [![Coverity Scan Build Status](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/2172/badge.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/pbatard-rufus) [![Licence](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPLv3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html) ![Rufus logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pbatard/rufus/master/res/icon-set/rufus-128.png) Features -------- * Format USB, flash card and virtual drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS * Create DOS bootable USB drives, using [FreeDOS](http://www.freedos.org/) or MS-DOS * Create BIOS or UEFI bootable drives, including [UEFI bootable NTFS](https://github.com/pbatard/uefi-ntfs) * Create bootable drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.) * Create bootable drives from bootable disk images, including compressed ones * Create [Windows To Go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_To_Go) drives * Twice as fast as Microsoft's USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin, on ISO -> USB creation (1) * Perform bad blocks checks, including detection of "fake" flash drives * Compute MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256 checksums of the selected image * Modern and familiar UI, with more than [35 languages natively supported](https://rufus.akeo.ie/translations) * Small footprint. No installation required. * Portable * 100% [Free Software](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html) ([GPL v3](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html)) Compilation ----------- Use either Visual Studio 2015, WDK 7.1 (Windows Driver Kit) or MinGW and then invoke the `.sln`, `wdk_build.cmd` or `configure`/`make` respectively. #### Visual Studio Note that, since Rufus is an OSI compliant Open Source project, you are entitled to download and use the *freely available* [Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition] (http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs) to build, run or develop for Rufus. As per the Visual Studio Community Edition license this applies regardless of whether you are an individual or a corporate user. For details, see [this](http://pete.akeo.ie/2014/11/visual-studio-2013-has-now-become.html). Additional information ---------------------- Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, either through its easily accessible log, or through the Windows debug facility. * [Official Website](https://rufus.akeo.ie) * [FAQ](https://rufus.akeo.ie/FAQ) Enhancements/Bugs ----------------- Please use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues) for reporting problems or suggesting new features. (1) Tests carried out with a 16 GB USB 3.0 ADATA pen drive on a Core 2 duo/4 GB RAM platform running Windows 7 x64. ISO: `en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso` | Name of tool | Version | Time | | ------------ | ------- | ---- | | [Windows USB/DVD Download Tool](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool) | v1.0.30 | 8 mins 10s | | [UNetbootin](http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net) | v1.1.1.1 | 6 mins 20s | | **Rufus** | v1.1.0 | **3 mins 25s** |