Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility ========================================== [![Build status](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/pbatard/rufus.svg?style=flat-square)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/pbatard/rufus) [![Coverity Scan Build Status](https://img.shields.io/coverity/scan/2172.svg?style=flat-square)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/pbatard-rufus) [![Build contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/pbatard/rufus.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/graphs/contributors) [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release-pre/pbatard/rufus.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases) [![Licence](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPLv3-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html) ![Rufus logo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pbatard/rufus/master/res/icons/rufus-128.png) Features -------- * Format USB, flash card and virtual drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS/ext2/ext3 * Create DOS bootable USB drives, using [FreeDOS](http://www.freedos.org) or MS-DOS (Windows 8.1 or earlier) * 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 * Create persistent Linux partitions * Download official Microsoft Windows 8 or Windows 10 retail ISOs * Compute MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256 checksums of the selected image * 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 * Modern and familiar UI, with [38 languages natively supported](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#What_languages_are_natively_supported_by_Rufus) * Small footprint. No installation required. * Portable * 100% [Free Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw) ([GPL v3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)) Compilation ----------- Use either Visual Studio 2019 (version 16.0 or later with SDK 10.0.18362 installed) or MinGW and then invoke the `.sln` 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 Community Edition](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/) 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. Additional information ---------------------- Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, either through its easily accessible log, or through the [Windows debug facility](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/debugview). * [__Official Website__](https://rufus.ie) * [FAQ](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/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](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool) | v1.0.30 | 8 mins 10s | | [UNetbootin](https://unetbootin.github.io) | v1.1.1.1 | 6 mins 20s | | **Rufus** | v1.1.0 | **3 mins 25s** |