How to use Rufus to create a bootable USB drive

What is a bootable USB?

Bootable USB is basically an OS installation media, which has been written into a DVD or USB drive using Windows official USB/DVD download tool or flash the ISO file using third party apps like Rufus etc.

What is Rufus?

Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pen drives, memory sticks, etc.

It can be especially useful for cases where:

1. You need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
2. You need to work on a system that doesn't have an OS installed.
3. You need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
4. You want to run a low-level utility

Despite its small size, Rufus provides everything you need! Oh, and Rufus is fast.

How to create a bootable USB using Rufus?

Requirements to create a bootable USB using Rufus           

1. The ISO (according to the user’s choice)
2. The latest version of Rufus (available online from https://rufus.ie)
3. A blank USB flash drive or external hard drive with at least 8 GB of space, or a blank DVD.

I assume that by this time you have finished downloading Rufus

1. Open up Rufus and plug your USB into your computer.
2. Rufus will automatically detect your USB. Click on Device and choose the USB you want to use from the drop-down menu.
3. Check the Boot Selection option is set to Disk or ISO image then click Select. Rufus will open a file explorer browser window. Locate the ISO image you want to burn onto the USB and select it.
4. Give the Volume label a name of your choice, or leave it as it is, and once again leave the default settings for File system and Cluster size. Now click Start.
5. You will get a warning saying that any data on the USB will be destroyed (this is normal). Click OK and Rufus will start creating the ISO image on the USB.

Once Rufus has finished creating the ISO image on the USB, you can close it and your bootable USB is ready to go!

Note - A bootable device is only detected in a UEFI supported laptop if the user has enabled legacy support in the BIOS, if your PC isn’t detecting your USB drive, enable legacy support and disable safe boot mode.

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