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* Even if this makes the resulting executable slightly larger, this should help with troubleshooting, especially for the Windows Store releases. * Also drop the "since 2019" from the Downloads badge, since once you reach 100M the start date for the counter becomes a bit meaningless...
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63 lines
3.9 KiB
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Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
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[](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/actions/workflows/vs2022.yml)
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[](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/actions/workflows/mingw.yml)
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[](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/pbatard-rufus)
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[](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases)
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[](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html)
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[](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases)
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[](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/graphs/contributors)
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Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives.
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Features
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* Format USB, flash card and virtual drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS/ext2/ext3
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* Create DOS bootable USB drives, using [FreeDOS](https://www.freedos.org) or MS-DOS (Windows 8.1 or earlier)
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* Create BIOS or UEFI bootable drives, including [UEFI bootable NTFS](https://github.com/pbatard/uefi-ntfs)
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* Create bootable drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
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* Create bootable drives from bootable disk images, including compressed ones
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* Create Windows 11 installation drives for PCs that don't have TPM or Secure Boot
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* Create [Windows To Go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_To_Go) drives
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* Create persistent Linux partitions
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* Create VHD/DD images of a drive
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* Compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 checksums of the selected image
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* Improve Windows installation experience by automatically setting up OOBE parameters (local account, privacy options, etc.)
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* Perform bad blocks checks, including detection of "fake" flash drives
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* Download official Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows 11 retail ISOs
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* Download [UEFI Shell](https://github.com/pbatard/UEFI-Shell) ISOs
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* Modern and familiar UI, with [38 languages natively supported](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#What_languages_are_natively_supported_by_Rufus)
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* Small footprint. No installation required.
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* Portable. Secure Boot compatible.
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* 100% [Free Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw) ([GPL v3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0))
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Compilation
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Use either Visual Studio 2022 or MinGW and then invoke the `.sln` or `configure`/`make` respectively.
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#### Visual Studio
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Rufus is an OSI compliant Open Source project. You are entitled to
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download and use the *freely available* [Visual Studio Community Edition](https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/)
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to 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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Additional information
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Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, either through its
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easily accessible log, or through the [Windows debug facility](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/debugview).
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* [__Official Website__](https://rufus.ie)
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* [FAQ](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ)
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Enhancements/Bugs
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Please use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues)
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for reporting problems or suggesting new features.
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