I personally use free ImgBurn tool for all my ISO, CD or DVD related
requirements. The only thing it lacks is a feature to create a bootable
USB disk from a bootable ISO image of a CD or DVD. This is where Rufus
comes in. Rufus is a simple free utility which makes it easy to create
bootable USB disks from ISO images. Rufus works with all kinds of USB
memory devices like USB pen drives, USB keys, USB hard disks, USB memory
cards and so on.
Rufus is specially useful for those who do not have any optical drive
on their system. They do not have to create a bootable CD or DVD to
boot from. And even if they create a bootable CD using a tool like
ImgBurn, it is going to be of no use as they do not have any optical
drive. Owners of such systems can create a bootable USB disk using the
same ISO and boot from it. Pete Batard, the creator of Rufus, claims
that Rufus is twice as fast as other well known bootable USB disk
creators.
You can download Rufus from the website of Pete Batard. The download
is a mere 420 kilobytes in size. It is a portable standalone application
and you do not require to install anything. Just double-click on the
downloaded file and Rufus would be running. It is not necessary that you
attach your USB key (or other memory device) to your computer, before
running Rufus. Rufus can detect any USB memory device as soon as you
attach it to your computer.
After you attach your USB memory device to your computer, Rufus would
automatically determine its filesystem, cluster size and capacity. If
you have more than one device attached, then you can select one from the
drop-down list labeled Device. You can also choose to
format your USB memory device and decide if you want a full format or a
quick format. To create a bootable USB disk, you must selectCreate bootable disk using checkbox.
Then click on the CD icon next to this checkbox and select the ISO
image file you want to create bootable USB disk from. Now you can click
on the Start button to start the process of disk creation.
This would show a warning that all your data on the selected USB disk is going to be destroyed. If you click the OK button,
then the process would start and will begin by formatting your selected
USB disk. Then it would extract files from your chosen ISO image and
copy them to your USB disk keeping the folder structure untouched. In
the end, it would make the USB bootable by reading the boot code from
the ISO image (if the ISO is not bootable, USB disk will not be bootable
either). That’s it! Now you have a bootable USB disk created from an
ISO image.
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