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Rufus for Windows 3.17

Nov 4, 2021 - Pete Batard (Open Source)

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(1.31 MB) Safe & Secure

Rufus Download for PC Windows 10,7,8 (32/64bits) is versatile and free of cost program for creating iso bootable USB drives like pen drives, memory sticks, and USB keys, etc. it works skillfully in case of creating USB installation media from ISOs for working on a system without OS installation. This will enable you to flash a BIOS and any firmware from DOS for running a small utility. Pick a keyboard layout for constructing a DOS bootable drive in case of using a non-US keyboard.

How to Rufus Download and Creating Bootable USB

The Rufus Download from Softmany is a complete offline setup installer of the software. Only click the button above to download the file and follow this instruction to creating a bootable flash drive.

Rufus needs not to install, you have created an account with admin access for making changes to the hardware. Insert the flash drive and launch Rufus.
Select partition type and the system you want.
From checkbox tap to optical drive button, and search ISO image for use.
An auto-button will adjust the best-matched setting.
Tap to start button, a pop-up of destroying all UFD data will appear on the screen. Click the “OK” button for preceding the process.
It will take time according to the ISO image. Tap to the “Log” button for saving output details in a separate window.
The copy portion is the longest part and the last step that depends on the size and number of files to copy.
Double-click to flash drive for the verification of copied files.
Now eject the UFD and insert into the required device for installing the OS, and boot it.

Rufus for PC Features

User-friendly Interface

The small and efficient interface helps you to identify five system devices such as a USB thumb drive for a bootable device, FAT32, NTFS, UDF, and exFAT. Custom Cluster Size and Format options are available with encoding the disk in MS-DOS or FreeDos or create ISO image that can be burn to disk.

Compatible with Windows

Download Rufus best choice for using your own USB bootable drives and avail the swiftness of the application. You can use the application for ISOs, Arch Linux, Archbang, BartPE, CentOS, Damn Small Linux, Fedora, FreeDOS, Gentoo, gNewSense, Hiren’s Boot CD, LiveXP, Knoppix, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, NT Password Registry Editor, OpenSUSE, Parted Magic, Slackware, Tails, Trinity Rescue Kit, Ubuntu, Ultimate Boot CD, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and 8.

Fast Speed

Rufus is 10 seconds faster than WiNToBootic, four minutes faster than UNetbootin for creating Windows 7 bootable flash drive, and takes only three minutes and 25 seconds for creating a bootable flash drive. Additionally, Rufus is in the top position in the creation of Ubuntu 11.10 bootable flash just taking 1 minute and 15 seconds leaving Universal USB Installer five seconds behind, and UNetbootin 30 seconds behind it. UNetbootin takes an hour for creating a bootable flash drive on Slackware, whereas, Rufus takes only 20 minutes and 15 seconds.

Create a Multi-boot USB

No doubt, Rufus specifically uses it for creating a single operating system USB installer. But you can create a multi-boot flash drive with some tweaking. Get a large capacity flash drive, follow the same steps for creating a bootable USB, and follow the instruction for copying the ISO files to the multi-boot drive. On completing the process, reinsert Rufus, select another OS, and the software will format the drive in preparation for the new OS. Copy all files of the multi-boot drive in a separate folder. It may be difficult in the first step, but practice makes you perfect.

Compatible with Old BIOS

Check bad blocks of the device as well as choose an algorithm from 1 to 4 passes with the help of basic formatting options. Additionally, creating fast format mode, creating the extended label, icon files, bootable disk are very easy. The addition of fixes for old BIOS makes the tool more reliable. All activities of the software are saved to a Log file and allow you to complete work very fast and accurately.

Lightweight App

The software runs on an executable file without any requirement of installation. The tiny wizard with 1.1MB weight works like a hare without consuming many resources of your system. Now we are free of taking CDs or DVDs for storing data. The presets and default settings make the operating process easy even for novices.

The app supports both booting systems; GPT and UEFI with advanced formats making the compatibility of the flash drives even with older operating systems.

Efficient & Reliable

Peter Batard released the Rufus officially on December 11, 2011, as the reliable substitute for the HP USB Disc Storage Format Tool for Windows. With regular updates, the program is creating a bootable DOC drive very efficiently. It was just a supporting tool for MS-DOS at first, now it has complete compatibility with all types of devices. Around 100 million users use the tool, and it is downloaded 3 million times in one month.

Supports Windows 10

Rufus can run Windows 10 with the help of a USB drive, for this purpose you have to take a proper license from Microsoft for avoiding any legal or copyright issues. Insert the flash drive and start changing your OS. Change the boot location via pressing the correct button combination, and indicate it to use USB flash for booting up. The system was slow at the start because of relying on fewer resources than a PC installation.

Safe & Secure

The program is completely safe, but it’s better for you to save the data used in creating ISO at some safe place. Feel free to use the program as it can’t be dangerous for the hard drive, it only removes some data from a USB. Different bad block checks on the system can cause constant damage. Before installing drive for DOS, check the OS is UEFI or BIOS. The program safely stores the Registry Keys and returns them in their original form at the end of the process.

The program is free of bugs, malware, and viruses. You can customize the software by changing the file system type, edit the volume label, disable the fast format, and enable scanning for bad blocks. No doubt, a tiny-sized wizard with unlimited features and functions.

Free of Cost

The Rufus with freeware license available for Windows 32-bit as well as the 64-bit operating system of a laptop and PC without limits and presented for all software users as a free download. It belongs to the boot/manager disc category and was published by Pete Batard.

Perform Multiple Tasks

Used for creating USB installation media from bootable ISOs for Windows, Linux, and UEFI
Used for working on any PC without OS installed
Used to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
Used for running a low-level utility