**Rufus** is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. It can be especially useful for cases where: - you need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs ([[Windows]], [[Linux]], [[Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)|UEFI]], etc.) - you need to work on a system that doesn't have an [[operating system (OS)]] installed - you need to flash a [[Basic Input Output System (BIOS)|BIOS]] or other firmware from [[Disk Operating System (DOS)|DOS]] - you want to run a low-level utility [Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way](https://rufus.ie/en/)