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Prog to record Windows on the rufus flash drive. Creating a UEFI bootable flash drive with NTFS File System


RUFUS - free, simple program for creating boot flash drive (USB drives) from ISO images. Of course, if you have an ISO image, you can simply burn it on a CD or DVD. It will not help you if your target system has no optical drive. Also, the USB is easier to transfer and protect against breakdowns.

RUFUS does not require installation and, as a rule, is very easy to configure. For example, it will automatically determine your USB drive, so you may not have to choose it. The start of work can be as simple as viewing your image of ISO. and pressing the "Start" button: the program will then hold you through everything that he needs to know. However, if you need more control, you can configure a method for formatting a USB disk (file system, cluster size, etc.). Currently supports support for UEFI and GPT. And the program even includes some extended formatting parameters that can help recognize your disk on old PCs, although it is usually not necessary. And if this is the task you need to perform often, then you will be pleased to hear that Rufus is fast enough.


RUFUS - How to use?

Let's start with the fact that you can download free Rufus in Russian here. After you download a free program, run it. In the window that you will see several options. Select your device where you want to record a new operating system. Then select the section and type scheme system interfaceDepending on what system you want to write. File system, default always FAT, but you can choose the one you need. For example, for Windows files The system will be NTFS. Cluster size put "by default". It is worth mentioning that you can also select the type of boot disk, such as Freedos, MS-DOS or ISO Image. Do not forget to choose the ISO file itself operating systemWe want to record on USB. All other options, you can leave not touched, that is, by default. Now you can press the "Start" button and wait until RUFUS writes all files on a USB drive. As soon as the entry ends you can use your

After you downloaded the free Rufus, created a boot USB drive, now you can safely hold your operating system even in your pocket. It is very convenient, since you can enable your operating system when you want if you have access to any computer or laptop. Creating a bootable USB is very easy as you can see, literally created in several clicks with programs RUFUS..

We will tell you about the most fast way make a loading flash drive with almost anyone operating system.

Spent time: 37min.Flashka S. uSB interface 2.0 shows not very high speed. With USB 3.0 would be at least twice as fast. Form Windows 10 x86-x64.iso weight 6,62GB downloaded in advance.

Rufus. Wemit 945 KBBut despite your weight is a very useful program intended for:

  • create boot USB disk From the boot ISO image (Windows, Linux, UEFI, LiveCD, etc.)
  • firmware from under DOS., for example Bios.,
  • launch of low-level utilities such as MemtestVictoria.etc.

For the correct operation of RUFUS, you will need a Windows XP or later version of Windows. Also, the program does not require installation, after launching the application is ready to work.

An incomplete list of ISO images, with which Rufus can work.

Arch Linux Knoppix. Trinity Rescue Kit.
Archbang Kolibrios. Ubuntu.
Bartpe / Pebuilder. Kubuntu. Ultimate Boot CD
CentOS. Linux Mint. Windows XP (SP2 +)
Damn Small Linux NT Password Registry Editor Windows Vista.
Debian. Parted Magic. Windows Server 2008.
Fedora. Partition Wizard Windows 7.
Freedos. Raspbian. Windows 8.
Freenas. Reactos. Windows 8.1.
Gentoo. Red Hat. Windows Server 2012.
Gparted. refind. Windows 10.
gnewSense. Slackware. Windows Server 2016.
Hiren "S BOOT CD Super Grub2 Disk
Livexp. Tails

Where can I download?

On the this moment actual version - 2.18 .

Or from the official site -> http://rufus.akeo.ie/ (Fig.1)

Fig.1 - Official site RUFUS. Download Rufus.

We downloaded the usual version on the first link, not Portable. I used both the other version and I can say that the differences except the appearance of the configuration file - rufus.ini in portable version and inclusion automatic check updates NOT!

Creating a bootable flash drive with Windows 10 x86-x64.

Run the downloaded executable file rUFUS-2.18.EXE.

We are invited to choose your USB-accumulate from which we want to make a loading flash drive. At the bottom of the window written the number of detected devices. (Fig.2)

Fig.2 - Overview RUFUS. Connected USB drives.

Click on the disk icon (Fig. 3) and choose boot imagein our case it is Windows 10 x86-x64.iso.

Fig.3 - Overview RUFUS. Select ISO image.

Rufus. Automatically set the recommended parameters, I personally changed only toma Tag from "ESD-ISO"on the "Windows 10 x86-x64", hdo not forget what is stored on this flash drive. (Fig.4)

And so flash drive and ISO image are chosen, press " Start " .

Fig.4 - Overview RUFUS. Select ISO image. Automatic selection of parameters.

Rufus. We warn us about the destruction of all data from our flash drive. Click "OK ". (Fig. 5)


Fig.5 - Warning to destroy all data from our flash drive.

Fixed the process of creating a loading flash drive. Green line - image loading progress. Under it describes the procedure currently performed. In the lower right corner you can see the time spent. (Fig.6)

Fig.6 - Rufus. The process of creating a loading flash drive.

Creating a boot flash drive completed. Pull out the USB flash drive, you can use. (Fig.7)

Fig.7 - Rufus. The process of creating a boot flash drive is completed.

You can also open a magazine, here you can see what actions pass in the process. For example, if the creation of a flash drive is completed with an error, you can track the problem and maybe if you are more advanced user, solve it. (Fig. 8)


Fig.8 - Rufus magazine.

Matched overview of the parameters.

Sometimes before downloading the program, you want to be sure that it possesses the functions that we need. Quickly go through key parameters that can be changed manually.

"Device" -Select connected USB devices.

"Scheme of the section and type of system interface"- We are invited to choose one of the three items. (Fig. 9)

  • MBR for computers with BIOS or UEFI (option for most computers with BIOS or UEFI interface)
  • MBR for computers with UEFI (option for computers with UEFI interface. When windows installation XP C access to USB)
  • GTP for computers with UEFI (option for computers with UEFI interface. When installing Windows XP without access to USB)

Fig.9 - Overview RUFUS. Connected USB drives and partition circuits and system interface types

"File system" - Select the necessary file system. It is proposed to select one of the four items. (Fig.10)

  • FAT32 (default)
  • NTFS
  • exFat.

"Cluster Size" -Select the minimum size of the cluster that takes each data block. (Fig.10)

  • 2048 byte
  • 4096 byte (default)
  • 8192 byte
  • 16 KB
  • 32 KB
  • 64 KB

Fig.10 - Overview RUFUS. Selecting a file system and select the cluster size.

"New Tom Tag" -We give a flash drive.

Available Chekboxes and lists in the "Formatting Settings" section.(Fig.11)

"Check on bad blocks" + "Select the number of passes from 1 to 4 - Checking the device for the presence of poor (damaged) blocks using the byte table.

"Fast formatting" -Fast / full formatting.

"Create a boot disk" + List of Download Method- Apparently you can squeeze checkbox and remove the function " Boot disk"... Why? Break some ...

  • List of "Download Method"
  • ISO-thought
  • DD-image
  • SYSLINUX 4.07
  • SYSLINUX 6.03.
  • Reactos.
  • Grub 2.02
  • Grub4dos 0.4.6A
  • UEFI: NTFS

"Create an extended label and device icon" -Allow the display of labels with international characters and set the device icon. (Created autorun.inf.)

Available checkboxes and lists in the "Advanced Parameters" section.

Extra options You can open by clicking on the arrow down to the right of Formatting parameters.

"Show external USB drives"- I do not understand why this is a function, I do not see where they are shown.

"Add corrections for old Bios." - Add extra hidden section and align the borders of the sections. This will help improve the loader detection in old BIOS versions.

"Use MBR with BIOS ID" + "Identifier List" -Use the MBR that allows the loader selection and can be masked under the identifier of the device in the BIOS. Try to disguise the first boot USB disk (usually 0x80) as another disk. This is necessary to install only Windows XP. - Personally, I never came across it.


Fig.11 - Available Chekboxes and lists.

Overview is over! I can say that in 99.9% of cases, you hardly come in handy what is described in Meticulous review, rufusfor all popular Systems Automatically select the desired parameters.

A small program for creating boot USB drives. Supports work with BIOS and UEFI loading methods. Compatible with MBR and GPT partition structures.

Description of the program RUFUS.

RUFUS is one of the most popular software solutions To format a USB drive with the creation of the boot area. The program is widely used to create loading flash drives of the operating system using the ISO format file.

The main advantages of the program is high speed and stability of work, as well as simple intuitive understandable interfacethat combined in one window selection of all options.

Creating a bootable USB carrier Windows

After starting the program, you must select need usb-drive. In addition to ordinary flash drives in the program supported external hard USB interface discs. (For the preparation of bootable external HDD or SSD, it is required in the "Advanced Disk Options" section Enable the "USB Disk List" option).

Next, depending on the objectives of your boot USB device, you must specify the "boot method". For example, "MS-DOS" and "Freedos" are used to prepare the boot device in order to update on the motherboard or to work console applications. To create a Windows / Linux installation USB disk using a DVD, CD or file image ISO format. (Image of original windows editions You can easily download from the Microsoft server using the Utility "Windows ISO Download Tool").

Then you specify in the "Target System" section of the download type of your system on which you plan to use the boot-generated USB device. Outdated "BIOS" or a modern UEFI mechanism.

The next step is to choose the type of file system of your boot external disk or flash drive. If you wish, you can specify the volume label for the prepared USB device. The remaining options are purely individual, and usually remain default. Clicking on the "Start" button will begin the formatting process with subsequent copying (if necessary) files to form your boot flash drive or USB-HDD.

The RUFUS utility has a minimum of its own parameters. They are responsible for the rules automatic update programs.

Program Developer (PETE BATARD) Each new RUFUS release provides an additional portable version of "Portable".

In today's article, we will look at how to use RUFUS. This program Designed to create bootable flash drives with Windows. With it, we will be able to record the downloaded ISO image of the operating system on the USB flash drive and after installing the system on the computer, restore it after serious failures or use to solve other tasks. RUFUS program supports work in all windows versions Starting with Windows XP. The main plus of this program on the developer application is that it can create a bootable flash drive with Windows or Linux faster than its other analogues at the same time the program is free.

Since Rufus is completely free utility, I recommend downloading it from the official site of developers.

How to assure creators, the program will be useful to us in the following cases when

  • need from the installation ISO image (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.);
  • it is necessary to work on a computer that does not have an installed operating system;
  • you must perform the BIOS firmware;
  • you need to run a low-level utility.

As you can see, the developers themselves pushes us to get in their arsenal such a wonderful program. I also want to pay attention to the fact that the program has a very small weight, less than 1 MB, thereby it will not occupy a place on any carrier.

There are two versions of the RUFUS program:

  • the usual version requires installation on a computer;
  • Portable version, i.e. portable, it does not need to be installed, but it will be enough to start the downloaded distribution.

In order to download the program you can go to the official website: http://rufus.akeo.ie

In the browser window that opens, click the page below and under the "Download" field click on the link and download your favorite version.

Another plus is that the site developers is completely in Russian. So we do not need to look for the transfer of the page.

How to use RUFUS? Setup before launch!

After the program distribution has downloaded, let's figure it out how to use RUFUS. To do this, run the utility, if you see that the program has English interface language, then we press the icon of the globe, which is in the upper right corner and choose Russian.

In order to start setting up the program, you need to connect a USB USB flash drive. As soon as it is installed in the system, the program will immediately detect it.

Note! If several is connected to the computer removable drives, Select the one to which the image will be recorded. Otherwise, you can lose the data from the flash drive if you are wrong.

After dealt with the carrier, you can go to the ISO image recording settings.

The following options are available to us in the section "Scheme of the section and type of system interface":

As you can see, the RUFUS program supports the creation of a bootable flash drive for different motherboards With Bios and UEFI.

If you do not know what option to stay, choose the first item - "MBR for computers with BIOS or UEFI", as it will fit in most cases for almost all computers.

The next item that can be configured in the program is "File System Type", which will be on.

Note! If the downloaded ISO image of Windows is more than 4 GB, then you need to select the NTFS file system.

In general, the following types of file system for the drive are available:

  • FAT32;
  • NTFS;
  • eXFAT.

This item can be left by default, then the program will make changes if it is necessary, independently. Also, we also leave the "cluster size" item.

In the "New Tom Mark" field, you can register the name that will be assigned to the created loading flash drive. It is advisable to specify a clear name.

In conclusion, you need to specify the system that we will record the ISO image and pressing the button in the form of a disk, specify the path to the image.

If you do not have the actual image of Windows 10, then read the article from the official site.

In order to start the process of writing the image of the flash drive, press the "Start" button.

Record on USB Windows to GO program RUFUS.

If you are using the RUFUS program on Windows 10 or 8, you may not pay attention to the "Windows to Go" item. Noting this item, you can write to the Windows Enterprise - Windows to Go flash drive, such an image can be started directly from the flash drive.

Note! For this purpose you will need USB drive Large capacity: from 32 GB and higher. And not all flash drives are suitable, but only those recommended by Microsoft. If you need this version of the operating system. Rufus will help you in its creation.

The process of writing the image in RUFUS.

Since we disassembled a bit, how to use RUFUS, let's consider the image recording process itself. After we completed all the program settings and are ready to start the process, press the "Start" button.

The program will give a message warning that all data on the flash drive will be deleted. Accordingly, if there is nothing important on it, then we click the "OK" button, otherwise we cancel the process.

After the start, the process of recording an ISO image to the media will begin. You will only wait for a while. By the way the timer, which counts the remaining time, is located in the lower right corner.

After the entry is completed, close the program window and opening "My Computer" look that we have a disk from Windows 10. Such an image recorded on my flash drive, you may have a different name. This is our created loading flash drive.
Now you can insert it into any computer and reinstall the system. By the way,

Probably many people related to the creation boot media, I heard about such a program as RUFUS. The instruction for its use is quite simple. Nevertheless, there are several key moments and nuances that should be said separately. For the program RUFUS 2.7, the instructions for use and will be considered (although today it is this modification is not relevant).

Why do you need a RUFUS program?

The application is a universal means for fast creation The loading media, which protrude USB devices. For the RUFUS application, the application instruction directly indicates that conventional flash drives, external USB hard drives and even removable memory cards can act as media (their file system is supported).

We immediately note that this program is focused exclusively on USB devices, so you create a bootable carrier in the form of optical disk or other hard disk will not work.

The main features of the application

For RUFUS instruction manual indicates one interesting point associated with some non-standard application capabilities.

The program itself is designed to work in Windows, Linux operating systems, Linux, etc. (for Windows installed support for XP modifications to 10). But the most surprising thing is that the application is able to create firmware for BIOS and UEFI or write the images of the system to work on computers, on which there is no OS.

IN support bios. Also you will not refuse. For the RUFUS application, the instruction indicates that the outdated versions are supported, and the newest UEFI.

The scope of the program is quite wide. You can create a bootable medium not only for cases when installing the operating system from zero (or re-installation). It is actively used to restore OS and passwords. In addition, when writing to the media, the application may find failed or problem sectors, formatting or restoring USB drives.

Produced version

To date, there are two main modifications of the program: stationary and portable. Places both versions occupy a little, and the difference is that all settings for stationary modifications are prescribed in the keys system registryand for portable used specifically file created Settings.

RUFUS program: instruction. Beginning of work

Without a difference, I launched a user portable or stationary version, in the first step, you should make an initial setting.

The default application interface is configured to use of English language. Therefore, to start you need to click on the icon of the globe, located at the top on the right, and select Russian from the menu that appears.

Note, the program interface (for RUFUS, the instruction directly indicates this, and the user will be able to verify the viewer) contains only one window in which all actions will be made. Due to this, it is completely eliminated by pressing not the button or selecting an incorrect parameter.

Selecting the section section

So, the program is running (while the flash drive is not inserted, the main fields will be empty). As soon as the user inserts the device application defines the drive and fills all the fields automatically!

If multiple devices are connected, you can choose from the list. For an uninitiated person, it's just a find, because in most cases the parameters installed in the main fields are not needed. The exception is only the recording method, but this is later. But if there is still a change in the changes, consider each parameter separately.

At the initial stage, you need to select the type of section. There are three options here:

  • MBR ( boot record) for BIOS or UEFI;
  • MBR only for UEFI;
  • GPT for UEFI.

What of this all choose? The first option is universal. The second is designed for computers exclusively with uEFI systems. The third option must be chosen only if computer system Used hDD Capacity more than 2 GB.

File System Definition

For RUFUS, the instruction in the next step implies the choice of file system. Usually, the default NTFS is offered.

But in principle, if the loading distribution (image) of the installed system is less than 4 GB, FAT32 can be installed. The cluster size exhibited by the default program itself can be left unchanged.

Tom label and formatting parameters

Next, you will need to specify the volume label (but it is not required) and proceed to the formatting parameters. To save time, you can leave fast formatting, however, if there is doubt that the carrier could be damaged, you can use complete. At the same time, it is necessary to leave the label in the creation of the bootable media.

Now the most important thing. From the drop-down menu, in most cases, you should select the creation of a disk from an ISO image, after which, using the overview button, you will need to specify the path to the source in the form of a predetermined or saved image of the future system.

Activation of recording

Finally, all preliminary actions are completed. Just in case, check the installed parameters again, simply press the start button and agree with the notification that all data on the device in the formatting process will be destroyed.

Next will only wait for the end of the recording process. According to the developers themselves, the process, for example, for the image of Windows 7, may take about 5-10 minutes, no more. As it is believed, this indicator is minimal among all programs with which you can create bootable USB media.

RUFUS: Instruction (Windows 10). Using Windows To Go

The version of the 2.0 and higher version used in windows systems 8 and 10. When used in its main window, you can see a special windows string To go, which is required to use instead standard installation Systems.

What it is? It turns out that this method of creating a bootable media is designed to record in such a way that when booting from it, you can run the full Windows Enterprise OS and work with it, as with a regular OS!

However, in the process of recording you need to observe some important conditions. First of all, it is necessary to use exclusively USB drives recommended by Microsoft (if Windows is needed as a working OS). The second condition is that the drive must have a volume of at least 32 GB. Otherwise, the whole process is completely identical to the steps above. The only thing to pay attention to is to install as a file system of the NTFS standard (in no case Fat).

Conclusion

As a certain embarking, it remains to say that the program really looks very convenient and fast. This is confirmed not only by many users, but also by professional experts. In addition, it is not easy to deal with the application, even a person who has never been engaged in the creation of bootable media and is going to do this for the first time. The presence of just one window ( workspace) And almost complete automation speaks only in favor of this application. It is not surprising that it deserves so much flattering reviews.

By the way, the speed of recording is particularly marked. Even the portable version works so smartly that many similar heavy packages have not dreamed. And if you consider that you can use the USB 3.0 standard, the recording speed increases incredibly. In addition, the creation of a carrier with a full-fledged working system Generally causes genuine admiration.