Convert an Iso to a Bootable USB Using Rufus

⚛️ Rufus allows you to easily create a bootable USB thumb drive from an ISO image.

⚛️ Creating a bootable thumb drive from an ISO
Use Rufus to “burn” an ISO onto a USB thumb drive so it can boot. Just copying the ISO won’t work — Rufus sets up the thumb drive with the structure needed to boot. Download Rufus, select your thumb drive, pick the ISO, and click START. Beware: all data on the thumb drive will be erased.

Chapters
0:00 Bootable USB
0:20 You can’t just copy
2:00 Download and run Rufus
3:00 Select your ISO
4:30 Customize the ISO
6:18 Start the burn
7:00 Check your files

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[misplacedmodifier]

Thank you - this tutorial was excellent - watched several before finding your channel - my 79 year old brain needed your diligent, concise delivery

[joeharney]

Thank you from an old retired MIS/IT guy

[InTheVoidNO]

I actually just copy paste the iso into my USB stick. Format and install Ventoy on the stick, now it lets you just drag and drop :)

[drescherjm]

I switched to Ventoy a few years back. It seems to work with most ISOs I have tried and comes with a nice menu that allows you to chose what ISO to load during boot. After you install the bootable part on your stick you just dump each iso file you would want to boot into a the root folder of the stick. On windows it creates 2 drive letters for your stick 1 for the boot code and a second for your files and ISOs.

[presidentspilot]

WOW!! Your site is FANTASTIC!! What a superb, and valuable tutorial!! I thank you, Leon!! God Bless!

[Bluejohn]

Excellent explanation. Very clear and simple. Thankyou.

[jerseyshoredroneservices]

Best tutorial I've found so far. I wish I'd found this one 1st.
Thank you!

[diabolicarrott]

thankyou so much Leo! This video really helped me a lot! I've been struggling to switch my N21 ChromeOS to Linux OS. Looking forward for the next video!

[James-fczk]

Thank you very much Leo, very clear instructions and made easy for me

[baronvontollbooth]

Great video! I used Rufus to copy Linux Mint to an old laptop and it worked very well. Thank you!

[Chatsworth]

Wow didn’t know about those Win11 options. Unfortunately that tempts me to try installing it on an old Lenovo desktop with a sixth gen Intel i3 chip. 😮 nahhhh. 😅 love how you explain things.

[denuk]

Thank you for this information. It inspired me to Subscribe. I would suggest that, as the 'watch next' video could be crucial for some viewers, then either recommend it in the current video and/or have a popup link near the end.

[JoshuaMattingly]

Great information. Keep up the good work. Rufus is a great tool. Use it all the time. It also supports drag and drop ISO optional method in addition to the "Select" drop down menu option.

[ifodaniell]

Nice instructive video for those who care about installing Windows. I've moved to Linux 5 years ago and only use Windows at work only because that is what they use. My personal machine and VMs in that machine are Linux. I've had zero need to run any Windows apps. Linux has replacements.

[ronz]

I'm still having problems selecting the download file location and applying it without the dummy notes but I'll just stumble through it. Thanks for trying. 🎉

[johnhpalmer]

I just built a new PC but did not have a retail copy of 11, just an OEM from the PC I'm replacing (a refurbished Dell Optiplex with Windows 11 Pro) A brief consult, found out that my retail copy of Windows 10's key will work just fine for 11, so went to MS and had them generate the ISO and convert it to a bootable drive on a 32GB thumb drive. Et voila, I now have Windows 11 24h2 on my new box. Yes, Windows 11 Pro.

Still have some tweaking to do but it's up and running as I type this comment.

[IssacBerry-ndpt]

there are many times these softwares dont work (rufus alongside ventoy), so my best bet is still use a zalman 3000VE? device.

[DaleKammerer]

I use rufus to create my win 11 24h2 installation media before you create the installation media .I check the do not create microsoft account..and check disable bitlocker

[gjoseph]

If we download the Windows ISO file for a particular computer model, can we then use Rufus to make this installable Windows?

[gjoseph]

If we could create an ISO file for our currently-running Windows on our computer's hard disk, can we then use Rufus to make this into an installable windows as a way to recover our current Windows system?