rufus
by pbatard · GitHub
The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
# bios# boot# bootable-drives# freedos
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2011
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The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
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What is rufus?
The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
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rufus is an open-source project. It is released under the GPL-3.0 license.
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