This tool was written in 'C' language by Pete Batard of Akeo Consulting. It is a free and open-source portable application for Microsoft Windows that can be used to format and create bootable USB flash drives or Live USBs. Today we will learn how to create a Windows 10 bootable USB device using the Rufus USB maker.Ĭreate Windows 10 Bootable USB Using Rufusīefore starting with the process, let me give some inputs about the Rufus Tool. We have already covered few tools in the past, like Microsoft USB Tool, WinUSB Maker, and Zotac WinUSB Maker. There are many software tools available online, which will help you to create a bootable USB device that you can use to install Windows 10. Today, we will learn how to create Windows 10 bootable device using Rufus. But if your USB hard drives already contain some data, then you should not use Rufus and prepare external USB hard drives as mentioned in how to install Windows 10 from an external hard drive.How many times has this happened to you that you need a bootable USB device to boot into your PC and/or to do a fresh installation? You can easily get an ISO/DVD image of the Windows 10 installer but to use this you are required to create a bootable USB/DVD device.Įarlier we have covered many articles building bootable drives with many tools.

Since external USB drives are way faster than any USB pendrive, they are ideal for using as the bootable installation media for installing Windows or Linux on any computer. After a few minutes (depending on the ISO file size), your external hard drive is ready for installing operating system.If you want to continue, click on the OK button. You will be shown a warning that it is going to destroy all the data on the target storage drive.Select your USB hard drive, select an ISO image (Windows or Linux) and click on the Start button.Launch Rufus and select the option List USB Hard Drives.Download latest version of Rufus portable from.If you want a non-destructive method (without erasing files that already exist on the external hard drive) to create bootable external USB hard drive for installing Windows from, then you can read our article – how to install Windows 10 from an external hard drive.

Note: Rufus destroys the contents of USB hard drives to prepare them.

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