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How to Use Rufus to Create a bootable USB drive

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4 years ago

October 4, 2019

Rufus is an open-source portable application which helps to create bootable USB flash drives. The bootable iso file is quite useful when you are installing an operating system on your computer or laptop. Rufus supports varieties of .iso files which includes Windows, Linux, and much more. It also supports the formatting of your flash drive as FAT, NTFS, exFAT, FAT32, UDF or ReFS filesystems. Rufus is smaller in size and looks very simple but the output of Rufus is high making it as one of the best apps to convert your device into a bootable one. You might also look for Rufus Portable Formatting Utility to Create Bootable USB Drive. Here are the steps on How to use Rufus to create a bootable USB drive:

Requirements for Rufus

Here we will show you the requirements of Rufus

1GHz processor
1GB of RAM (or 2GB for the 64-bit version),
At least 16GB of storage.
4 GB or 8 GB of USB flash drive.

How to Use Rufus

Here we offer you some methods and steps to use Rufus on your computer.

Step 1: First, you have to navigate the official Rufus website by selecting the URL: https://rufus.akeo.ie/.

Step 2: Then you have to just scroll down to the “Download” section and click on the Download option to get the latest version of Rufus on your computer.

Step 3: Then make a double-click on the Rufus application, once the app gets download has completed. There is no need for any additional installation.

Step 4: Once the installation of the application is done, You can insert the USB drive which you want to convert it as a bootable device.

Step 5: First you have to transfer any of the personal files that you stored on the USB drive on your computer before using the Rufus. The Rufus app will erase all your contents on the USB drive.

Step 6: You have to select all your USB drive from the “Device” from the drop-down menu in Rufus. In most of the time, all your USB drive will be listed as “No_Label.”

Step 7: Now you have to place the checkmark on “Create a bootable disk,” and select the “ISO Images” from the drop-down menu. Moreover, the ISO file is an image file that contains all sort of contents of a specific file system, such as an operating system.

Step 8: Make a click on the drive image logo that displayed on the right side of “ISO Images,” and then, select the .iso file you plan on using with Rufus.

Step 9: To erase and format your USB drive you have to Click on “Start,” and then make a click on the “OK” button to confirm the process. Now the application will start copying the contents of the .iso for to your USB drive. The process timing takes about five minutes to complete.