How to Create a Bootable USB Device with Rufus

By zibaadmin / March 12, 2025

Rufus is a system utility tool that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives. This includes memory sticks, USB keys/pen-drives. This guide will assist you on how to create a bootable USB stick on Microsoft Windows using the Rufus tool.

Rufus is useful when;

you need to operate on a system that doesn’t have an OS installed
you require to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
you are required to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
you want to run a low-level utility

Installation Steps to Using Rufus

1. Download Rufus

- Visit www.teamziba.com to Download Rufus.
- Rufus is a made-easy application, hence no installation procedure. Just run the downloaded executable file.

2. Get Ready Your USB Drive

- Slot your USB flash drive into a USB port on your PC.
- Make sure the drive has no vital information, this will format the drive in the process

3. Launch Rufus

Locate and start Rufus by double-clicking the executable file.
Rufus will automatically start and locate your USB drive inserted on the computer.

4. Select Bootable ISO

In the “Boot selection” category, click the “Select” button, choose the ISO file (operating system) you want to use.
Locate the ISO file and select it.

5. Configure Rufus Settings

Partition Scheme: Choose “MBR” for BIOS or UEFI or “GPT” for UEFI only.
File System: On default NTFS is mostly recommended for Windows installations, while FAT32 is used for other operating systems.
Rufus has been designed to automatically adjust the settings which is based on the selected ISO file.

6. Start the Process

Click the “Start” button to begin the file creation process of the bootable USB drive.
Rufus will warn you with the prompt “All data on the USB drive will be deleted”. Confirm to proceed the process.
Kindly, hold for Rufus for the process complete. Please, note this will take some minutes for completion.