Rufus is a free and open-source tool that helps you create bootable USB drives, which can be used to install operating systems or run other tools from your computer.

A detailed guide on how to use Rufus to create a bootable USB with images for reference is given at this link .

How to install Rufus in Linux?

As of March 2024, Rufus does not support Linux, so you cannot use it to install Linux or install Rufus in this OS.

Which partition scheme to select in Rufus?

You can check what is your partition scheme by going into Disk Management > Properties of the Disk > Volumes > Partition Style . Once you know which partition scheme your HDD or SSD uses, then you can select GPT if you're running a UEFI system , and MBR if you're on an older BIOS system .

Rufus 4.4
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How to install Rufus?

1. Double-click on the downloaded Rufus file.

2. Follow the steps on the screen to install Rufus.

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Rufus Latest Version 4.4 Update

Add workaround for distros that use broken symbolic links as their UEFI bootloaders (such as Mint 21.3)
Add support for GRUB 2.12
Fix a crash when saving .ffu images
Fix UEFI:NTFS partition not being added, in MBR mode, for some Linux ISOs
Prevent Microsoft Dev Drives from being listed
Improve support for SDXC card readers
Improve Large FAT32 formatting by aligning start of data regions to 1 MB (courtesy of Fred)