Questions tagged [rufus]
For questions about using the Rufus Windows application that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives of Windows and many Linux distributions.
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Linux Mint will not boot up on my computer
I have a Razer Blade 2016 edition computer. I downloaded a Linux Mint ISO file, and used Rufus to make it a live file system on a USB. I load my computer's boot options by clicking F12 while the ...
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Replace Windows' drive format tool with Rufus
I recently came across the Super User question How do I place a bootable ISO on a USB drive? in my endeavour to find the easiest way to write the contents of an ISO image to a flash drive.
However, ...
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Windows XP installation from USB giving "Cannot find EULA" error
I have an old Pavilion zv5200. A few years ago, the hard drive died, and I got rid of it. I also have an external HDD. I want to install Windows XP on it using the original CD for the laptop, and run ...
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Making a Windows USB Boot Drive on Mac, can you select a partition Style?
I need to install Windows using my USB Stick. In Rufus, different partition types (UEFI with MBR, GPT etc.) are selectable. The problem is, I have only a Macbook and none of the soft, that I used, ...
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My USB disk is running very slow
I was writing the Windows ISO file to my USB drive with Rufus but then I had to cancel the process. After canceling the process, the speed of my USB disk slowed down a lot. I tried every way I found ...
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I think I might have bricked my USB using Rufus
Less than 3 months ago, I bought a 64 GB USB 3.1 drive made by Samsung for the sole purpose of either creating a Windows 10 to Go drive or running a portable Arch Linux (or other Linux distro) drive. ...
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Rufus says that device is in use by Windows but it isn't listed in any Windows utilities
So, I was creating a bootable drive of Windows 10 using Rufus when I got some error like "Device is being used by windows blah blah blah" and the process failed.
The device was not listed in ...
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Windows 10 Won't recognise My bootable USB
I recently created a bootable flash drive with Rufus to install Win 7 on a separate computer. It worked perfectly. However, when I put the same drive back into my laptop with Win 10 the system won't ...
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Cant boot from ubuntu install media
I have a Surface Pro 7, currently running Windows 11 and want to install Ubuntu as a second OS. I can not get the install media, which I created using rufus on Windows 11, to boot. With the same ...
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Rufus failed. Now USB error message: "No Medium."
I have a new notebook and wanted to reinstall Ubuntu (in GPT, since the hard drive also has GPT) using Rufus. But Rufus failed. Now I get the USB error message: "No Medium."
I have already ...
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ChipsBank Flash Disk - No Media (0 bytes of 0 bytes) after installing Arch Linux on Rufus
It's a portable USB flash drive. I was trying to choose my USB flash drive as a bootable thing in BIOS settings, but did something wrong, and thought would be good idea to click in the BIOS "load ...
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Rufus stuck on same method, creating file system
I tried to install 64-bit windows 7 enterprise k on 16GB usb , but I had cancelled it and repluged.
I tried to make my usb formatting, but now it has stuck on “creating file system… (1/12 completed)”, ...
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Rufus boot USB disk
I am using Windows 11 Home version. Wanted to create Boot disk using Rufus 4.2. It is asking for MS Dos or Freedos. I am confused. Which one to select? Their merit and demerits.
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Rufus doesn't support HDAT2
I want to install HDAT2 and create a bootable pendrive using Rufus. However, I always receive a message saying: 'This ISO image is either not bootable, or uses a compression or boot method not ...
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Install Windows 11 on an Unsupported PC. Rufus secure boot settings?
Making bootable Windows 11 installer.
I have old Dell 7010 optiplex (Intel Core i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz)
with UEFI/ secureboot, but not TMP 2.0.
What happens to secureboot in bios or windows, if i tick ...
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How can I make an UEFI USB tools stick?
In the past I had an BIOS (MBR) USB tool stick with a few ISO tools on it, which could be used as an emergency tool stick.
But how can I make such a USB stick with more ISOs on it for UEFI (GPT)? I do ...
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Rufus Freedos doesnt work
Yo guys im trying to create a FreeDOS USB from Rufus. But when i do it it seems to not creating the full FreeDOS OS. No config.sys can be found and none of the DOS commands work except ''dir''. I have ...
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Alpine Linux ISO put on USB Harddisk with rufus just boots through to installed OS
I am experimenting with replacing a USB-pen with a USB-harddisk as the boot media when installing Alpine Linux to get faster response time while developing an automated installer for older legacy PCs ...
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Create a bootable USB drive without using the entire drive
I'm trying to create a bootable USB drive using Rufus. My USB drive is a 64GB Sandisk that has around 40GB of files that I cannot transfer elsewhere. Can I somehow create a bootable USB using only the ...
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How do I make a bootable USB flash drive from a floppy disk image, and still make use of the full 32 GB?
When I format the flash drive with a image of MS-DOS and Windows 1.01, which is 1.44 MB, in Rufus 2.18 portable, the USB drive shows as 1.44 MB to match the floppy disk image. I am planning to add ...
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Windows XP Pro x64 will not complete installation via USB (can't find NT5INF.CAT)
I'm trying to install Windows XP Pro 64-bit to and older HP desktop where oddly, the AMD CPU isn't supported by Windows 7 x64 (and apparently, later versions of Windows Vista). I was using the Rufus ...
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Partitioning nightmare with USB Windows installation
Finally able to boot from external USB using Rufus but only after I had formatted it using MBR-NFTS.
However, now when I boot the .iso from my usb and try to install Windows I get an error saying &...
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How do I disable the "You need to format drive Z" popup on Windows 7?
I'm trying to use Rufus to create a bootable Windows 10 USB but every time it deletes the partitions Windows will popup with the You need to format drive Z:.
This causes Rufus to fail as another ...
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USB 3 stick very slow after creating a bootable usb with Rufus
I created a bootable windows 10 usb with Rufus and when I didn't need windows on the usb anymore I reformated it back to defaults so I can use it as a normal usb like before, but now when copying ...
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cancel disk while extracting in rufus
recently i want to make a bootable disk for my flashdisk. I've done this ton of times, but today while doing so my flashdisk is ejecting by it self. Rufus is stuck at extracting so i cancel the ...
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Do software for creating Live Medias work whatever the CPU architecture of the target is?
So say with a software, you're flashing an image of Linux distro in a certain CPU architecture (say x86-32) to a USB drive & it's been know to work quite well. Then with the image of the same ...
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Rufus crashes after deleting partitions when creating ubuntu boot disk
I have followed the guide from the Ubuntu website on creating a bootable USB from a Windows machine https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#5 . Whenever i click ...
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Rufus Damaged my Pendrive
I was using Rufus (on Windows 10, Laptop) to create a bootable Windows 7 USB installer. Then bootable process has been completed successfully. But when I tried to boot it on another PC (Desktop) it ...
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How to update an ISO installed with Rufus?
I've installed an Ubuntu 17.04 ISO on my external hard drive with Rufus to make it bootable.
After that, I've saved some data (pictures for example) on my drive as well.
Now, can I override that ...
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Blank screen with blinking cursor while trying live usb install of Win 10
I had my laptop running on Windows 10 set for update and restart. While updating the system crashed and the blue screen waiting for restart came. When restarted the system goes to Windows automatic ...
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Create bootable SD card with Rufus
When create bootable SD card with Rufus utility, should be always selected formatting card (by checking "Quick format" box), or it's possible write linux OS image (.img) without formatting SD card? ...
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Creating bootable Debian with Rufus: Unsupported image error
I want to make a bootable Debian flash drive.
Seemed straightforward, something I did before with different distros and specialized tools.
I grabbed the armhf image from here: https://cdimage....
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GPT option is not available in Rufus
I am trying to install Windows 7 x64 via USB stick but the option of GPT partition scheme isn't there!
I have only MBR option. I am using Windows XP SP3 cause it's the only one available for setup the ...
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"'Windows To Go' can only be installed on a GPT partitioned drive if it has the FIXED attribute set" when flashing Windows To Go on drive with Rufus
When I try to flash Windows 11 To Go (technically it's not actually Windows To Go, it's like a pseudo-Windows 11 To Go (it's still Windows 11, but it's not actually Windows To Go, rather something ...
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rufus 4.3 damage USB
I just got rufus 4.3 and I am 0-4 and all 4 USB drives seem to be bricked. They are recognized but have no file format, which ok then I can format, but then it is unable to determine capacity for the ...
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