Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility ========================================== [](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/actions/workflows/vs2022.yml) [](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/actions/workflows/mingw.yml) [](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/pbatard-rufus) [](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases) [](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html) [](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases) [](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/graphs/contributors)  Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. Features -------- * Format USB, flash card and virtual drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS/ext2/ext3 * Create DOS bootable USB drives using [FreeDOS](https://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 11 installation drives for PCs that don't have TPM or Secure Boot * Create [Windows To Go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_To_Go) drives * Create VHD/DD, VHDX and FFU images of an existing drive * Create persistent Linux partitions * Compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 checksums of the selected image * Perform runtime validation of UEFI bootable media * Improve Windows installation experience by automatically setting up OOBE parameters (local account, privacy options, etc.) * Perform bad blocks checks, including detection of "fake" flash drives * Download official Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows 11 retail ISOs * Download [UEFI Shell](https://github.com/pbatard/UEFI-Shell) ISOs * 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. Secure Boot compatible. * 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 2022 or MinGW and then invoke the `.sln` or `configure`/`make` respectively. #### Visual Studio 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) * [Security and safety measures](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/Security) Enhancements/Bugs ----------------- Please use the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues) for reporting problems or suggesting new features.
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