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Creating A Bootable Usb Flash Disk

Rufus is a free and open-source tool that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives from ISO image files. It supports Windows, Linux, and UEFI installations. To create a bootable USB with Rufus, the user needs a bootable ISO, the latest version of Rufus, and a USB flash drive. They select the ISO, choose the correct USB drive in Rufus, select the "Create a bootable disk" option, and click start to begin formatting the drive. Rufus will automatically format the USB drive with the ISO contents to make it bootable.

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Creating A Bootable Usb Flash Disk

Rufus is a free and open-source tool that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives from ISO image files. It supports Windows, Linux, and UEFI installations. To create a bootable USB with Rufus, the user needs a bootable ISO, the latest version of Rufus, and a USB flash drive. They select the ISO, choose the correct USB drive in Rufus, select the "Create a bootable disk" option, and click start to begin formatting the drive. Rufus will automatically format the USB drive with the ISO contents to make it bootable.

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Rufus Step 1

Run the Rufus program


• A utility that helps format and create
bootable USB flash drives, such as USB
keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. It
can be especially useful for cases where:
you need to create USB installation
media from bootable ISOs (Windows,
Linux, UEFI, etc.) you need to work on a
system that doesn't have an OS

Creating a
installed.

Things you will need:

Bootable
• Bootable ISO of your choice. Ex Window

Usb Flash •
7.iso

Latest version of Rufus software

Disk
• A spare USB stick (The size of the USB
required will vary depending on the size
of the ISO you are using. For this
exercise I need an 8GB USB)

• Download Rufus directly from PC


Advisor's website. Once downloaded,
Step 2
you can run it directly - no installation is
Insert your USB flash drive
required.
Step 3 Step 6
Locate your iso image file
 Click start (Rufus will start working
automatically and there should be
nothing more you need to do until it
has completed

Step 5

• Checked the option Create a bootable


disk, otherwise your laptop or PC won't
be able to boot from the USB drive.

Step 4

• Ensure that Rufus is set to the correct


drive and is outputting in the right
format. The key things to look out for
are Device and Cluster Size. All you
need to do here is make sure that is
going to output the .iso file onto the
correct USB stick. The default cluster
size will be fine, so leave it set to 32Kb.

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