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34 lines
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Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
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Features:
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- Formats USB flash drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/exFAT
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- Creates DOS bootable USB drives, with no external files required
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- Creates bootable USB drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, EFI, etc.)
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- Twice as fast as Microsoft's USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin, on ISO->USB (1)
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- Bad blocks check, with detection for fake capacity
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- Modern UI
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- Small footprint, no installation required
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- 100% Free Source Software (GPL v3)
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Compilation:
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Use either Visual Studio 2012, 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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Additional information:
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Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, through its easily
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accessible log or the Windows debug facility.
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More info:
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http://rufus.akeo.ie
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Enhancements/Bugs
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https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues
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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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