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Revision as of 17:44, 27 August 2019

Rufus

Rufus is a portable utility that allows you to create bootable USB drives for Windows and Linux. It also allows you to check the USB device for bad blocks, using up to four passes. Rufus runs in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows. You can create bootable USB drives for the listed versions of Windows, as well as almost all popular Linux distributions. You can also use Rufus to put utilities on USB drives, such as Parted, Ultimate Boot CD, and BartPE.

Example: To create a bootable Windows 7 installer from Rufu’s settings, Choose NTFS as the file system. Then check the option for "Quick format" and "Create extended label and icon files." Now check "Create a bootable disk using" and select your ISO file.

Syslinux

Make A USB flash drive bootable.

UNetbootin

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list.

Universal USB Installer

UUI is a Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose a Live Linux Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, Click Install to have a bootable Live working Linux on the flash drive.

See also: Ubuntu Installation from a Flash Drive

Windows 7 USB download tool

  • free from Microsoft

When you purchase Windows 7 from Microsoft Store, you have the option to download an ISO file or compressed files. The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. This is an official Microsoft product.

WiNToBootic

A standalone tool that supports an ISO file, a DVD, or a folder as the boot disk source.

WinToFlash

A portable tool that allows you to create a bootable USB flash drive from a Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003, or Server 2008 installation CD or DVD.

WoeUSB

Create Bootable Windows USB drive from Linux. WoeUSB is a fork of the obsolete WinUSB. You are running linux and you need to take a MS Windows ISO image to create a bootable USB drive (for the purpose of installing Windows) then WoeUSB is a quick and easy solution. WoeUSB can create bootable USB media for Windows from Windows ISO images or DVDs.

Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04 to 17.04, Linux Mint 17.x and 18.x

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt update
sudo apt install woeusb

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