Rufus

Rufus Portable is an indispensable USB formatting utility that excels at crafting bootable USB drives from bootable ISO images. This efficient application, though requiring admin rights, stands out as the go-to software for crafting Windows 10 bootable USB drives.

The user-friendly interface, reminiscent of the Windows Format panel, simplifies the process of selecting your target device, partition scheme, system type, file system (such as exFAT, FAT32, NTFS, UDF), cluster size, and custom volume label. Connected devices are effortlessly detected and chosen from a convenient drop-down menu.

Rufus may be small in size, but it packs a mighty punch. It's widely renowned for facilitating smooth USB drive formatting and bootable drive creation, making it a standout in its category.

- Format USB drives, flash cards, and virtual drives to FAT, FAT32, NTFS, UDF, exFAT, or ReFS.

- Generate DOS bootable USB drives with FreeDOS or MS-DOS.

- Create BIOS or UEFI bootable drives, including UEFI bootable NTFS.

- Craft bootable drives from bootable ISOs, spanning Windows, Linux, and more.

- Generate bootable drives from bootable disk images, even compressed ones.

- Craft Windows To Go drives.

- Boasts double the speed compared to Microsoft's USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin for ISO to USB creation.

- Conduct thorough bad block checks, including the identification of counterfeit flash drives.

- Compute MD5, SHA-1, and SHA-256 checksums for the chosen image.

- Offers a modern and familiar user interface, supporting over 35 languages natively.

- Small footprint and no installation requirements.

- Fully portable and released under the GPL v3 as 100% Free Software.

- Supported OS: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7

- RAM (Memory): 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)

- Free Hard Disk Space: 200 MB or more

For Windows users seeking a reliable, versatile, and user-friendly tool for creating bootable USB drives, Rufus emerges as the top choice.