
Rufus is a small, lightweight utility that can be used to format and create a bootable USB Flash drive (flash, memory stick, etc.). By Rufus we can use for various things, such as:
Want to install the operating system of either Windows or Linux USB
Want to work with devices such as hard drive no operating system is its
To flash the BIOS or firmware update from DOS
To run software that requires access to low level, such as low-level format
Some Advantages of RufusMost of the fatherly make Bootable USB software only for Windows and some are also limited to Windows Vista / 7 only. Another case with Rufus, this software is not just for windows installation alone but more than that. Although the small size, Rufus has several advantages, including:
The process of creating a bootable USB relatively quickly (even compared to software like UNetbootin to create a bootable Windows 7 is almost 2 times faster)
There are options that include a FreeDOS, so useful for example to upgrade the BIOS or DOS utility other
Size is very small (only 146 KB and 407 KB without FreeDOS with FreeDOS) and portable (no install)
The existence of the feature to check the existence of "bad blocks"
Can be used to create a bootable USB variety of operating systems (Windows and Linux) and recovery utility. Learn to see the description below
Various systems are supported Rufus enough of them: Arch Linux, Archbang, CentOS, Damn Small Linux, Fedora, FreeDOS, Gentoo, gNewSense, Hiren's Boot CD, Knoppix, Kubuntu, NT Password Registry Editor, OpenSUSE, Slackware, Tails, Ubuntu, Ultimate Boot CD, Windows 7, Windows 8 Developer Preview, Windows Vista, and others.
Use
Use of this software is very easy, after the USB is attached, run Rufus. It will appear as it does when going to format in Windows, with some additional features, such as USB Flash drive information, file system, cluster size pillihan, Creating a new label, check the bad block, quick format, add your own label and icon and the file selection ISO.