Rufus, distributed under a free license, is a universal tool for creating installation media, supporting work with distributions of various operating systems. Our experts tell you how to use it to make a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7.
We connect a removable medium with a volume of at least 8 GB to the computer and open Rufus. The USB stick is detected automatically and displayed in the field marked with a unit. Press the button marked with the number '2' to open the Explorer window.
Select the directory containing the ISO file with the distribution kit Windows 7. Select it with the mouse and click on the 'Open' button indicated by the two.
The name of the image is displayed in the area marked with a unit. The program determines the rest of the parameters automatically. In the fields marked with a '2', the scheme of the boot partition is selected. For 64-bit systems, GPT is used by default, and for 32-bit systems, MBR is used. The type of file system for the flash drive is also selected depending on the bit depth. FAT32 for x64 and NTFS for x86. Press the 'Start' button to start recording the media.
The program has two areas for additional settings. The first one is in the block 'Disk properties'. When choosing an MBR scheme, the user has the option to specify additional options for compatibility with legacy B versions IOS.
The second additional area is hidden in the 'Formatting options' block. Here you can enable check for bad blocks, which can be useful if the flash drive has been used before.
The process of creating bootable media is accompanied by filling the progress bar marked with a unit. When the message 'Ready' appears in it, press the 'Close' button. The bootable USB stick is ready to use.
Finally
By following the step-by-step instructions given by our experts, you can easily create an installation disc with Windows 7, even if you have not faced such a task before.
