How to Make USB Bootable Using Rufus.

 

What is a Bootable USB?

A bootable USB is a regular USB storage device that has an ISO image of an operating system saved on it. 

An ISO image is an archive file that contains all the information found on an optical disc, such as a CD or DVD. This could, for example, be a Windows installation CD, DVD, etc.

Normally, whenever you start up your computer, it boots from the operating system stored on your internal hard drive. By running the bootable USB however, you can boot up your computer using the USB’s ISO image instead. 

This can be useful if you ever need to repair, or install an operating system on your computer.

Rufus is one among several programs that allow you to make an ISO image on a USB stick. To create a bootable USB using Rufus, all you would like is:

Your ISO of choice, e.g. Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7

A spare USB stick (an 8GB USB should be plenty for Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 but confirm you've got one that’s large enough for the ISO you’re using)

Once you’ve got these ready, just follow these steps to form your own bootable USB:

Step 1: Open up Rufus and plug your clean USB stick into your computer.

Step 2: Rufus will automatically detect your USB. Click on Device and choose the USB you would like to use from the menu.

Step 3: confirm the Boot Selection option is about to Disk or ISO image then click Select. Rufus will open a file explorer browser window; locate the ISO image you would like to burn onto the USB and choose it.

Step 4: You’ll generally want to make a typical Windows installation, and Rufus will automatically detect the right Partition Scheme supported by your device, so keep the default settings as they're. However, you'll also change these if you would like.

Step 5: Give the quantity label a reputation of your choice, or leave it because it is, and once more leave the default settings for filing system and Cluster size. Now click Start

Step 6: You’ll get a warning saying that any data on the USB are going to be destroyed (this is normal). Click OK and Rufus will start creating the ISO image on the USB.

Step 7: Once Rufus has finished creating the ISO image on the USB, you'll close it and your bootable USB is prepared to go!

System requirements

• Processor. 1 gigahertz (GHz)* or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2

• RAM. 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)

• Hard disk space. 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

• Graphics card. Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

If you're running Windows 8 you can get a free update to Windows 8.1. Just tap or click the Windows Store tile on your Start screen. Once you've moved up to Windows 8.1 you should get the update automatically. If you don't, follow these steps to get it manually using Windows Update.

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