Interestingly, in some cases the program may refuse to immediately write the image to the drive. Optionally, you can also select the option "ISO file" . Then check the box next to "USB flash drive" .Click on el button Next in the lower right corner of the open window.
As for the latter, choose the one that is already installed on your computer. In this case, you must specify the language, version, and architecture. Let's say we decided to create a bootable media with version 8.1.
In addition, Microsoft experts have created a special tool that allows you to install on a computer or create a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7, 8 and 10. Способ 4: Windows Installation Media Creation Tool Wait until the end of this process and you can use the created USB drive to install a new operating system. After that, recording will start, that is, recording on the selected medium.When the flash drive is already listed, click the button «Start copying» .
If the program does not show it, click the update button (as an icon with arrows forming a ring).
Over time, management decided that this utility could provide recording for other operating systems. This is how a program called Windows USB / DVD Download Tool was created. Способ 3: Windows USB / DVD Download ToolĪfter the release of Windows 7, Microsoft developers decided to create a special tool that allows you to create a bootable USB flash drive with an image of this operating system. But doing all of this is completely optional. If you understand what MBR and GPT are, you can also indicate this feature of the future image under the heading "Partition scheme and system interface type" .
If they are found, the system will fix them automatically. Thanks to this, after burning, the installation flash drive will be checked for damaged parts. If you want, you can mark the item "Check bad blocks" and indicate the number of passes. It goes without saying that there are other settings and recording options in Rufus, but they can be left as they were originally. But if you downloaded the program from the official site, difficulties should not arise. If some problems occur during recording, errors appear, the problem is most likely a corrupted image. When everything is done, you can safely use the created bootable USB flash drive. It is convenient that this process can be monitored using the progress bar.
From the drop-down list, select "To open …" . Click on the item "Archive" in the upper right corner of your window.