In the old times, CD/DVD was popular for operating system installation. The operating system images were burned into CD or DVD then the installation was started via CD or DVD. Currently, USB or Flash Drives are popular to install new operating systems like Ubuntu, Windows, Mint, etc. Rufus is a simple tool that is used to burn the operating system images into the USB or Flash Drives.

在过去，CD / DVD在操作系统安装中很流行。 操作系统映像已刻录到CD或DVD中，然后通过CD或DVD开始安装。 当前，USB或闪存驱动器在安装新的操作系统(如Ubuntu，Windows，Mint等)方面很流行Rufus是一个简单的工具，用于将操作系统映像刻录到USB或闪存驱动器中。

Rufus is a simple tool but provides a lot of useful features to create bootable USB/Flash Drive. Here are some of the popular features of Rufus.

Rufus是一个简单的工具，但提供了许多有用的功能来创建可启动的USB /闪存驱动器。 这是Rufus的一些流行功能。

Rufus is provided for different platforms and operating system. Rufus mainly used for windows operating system. Rufus can be downloaded from the following link.

提供了针对不同平台和操作系统的Rufus。 Rufus主要用于Windows操作系统。 可以从以下链接下载Rufus。

https://rufus.ie/

https://rufus.ie/

If we want to download for ARM, Beta or different versions we can navigate to the Other versions where all download types are provided.

如果要下载ARM，Beta或其他版本，可以导航到提供所有下载类型的Other versions 。

We will run the downloaded Rufus executable which will ask us Administrative rights. Because burning a USB/Flash disk requires some low-level functions which are only accessible with Administrative privileges. We will click Yes like below to provide.

我们将运行下载的Rufus可执行文件，这将询问我们管理权限。 因为刻录USB /闪存盘需要一些低级功能，这些功能只能通过“管理”权限访问。 我们将单击“ Yes如下所示。

For the first start, Rufus will ask us if we want to check updates from the internet. We will click to Yes in order to check updates regularly.

首先，Rufus将询问我们是否要检查来自互联网的更新。 我们将单击“ Yes ”以定期检查更新。

Rufus is a simple tool with a single screen. All configuration and operation are done via following the single screen. Let’s explain the configuration.

Rufus是具有单个屏幕的简单工具。 所有配置和操作均通过以下单个屏幕完成。 让我们解释一下配置。

Drive Properties is a section which contains source and destination drive related options

Drive Properties是包含源和目标驱动器相关选项的部分

Device is the destination device which is a USB Flash Drive we will burn the iso

Device是目标设备，它是USB闪存盘，我们将刻录iso

Boot selection is the type of boot style which should stay default

Boot selection是引导样式的类型，应保留默认设置

SELECT is the button which is used to select ISO image

SELECT是用于选择ISO映像的按钮

Persistent partition size is the size which will persistent during boots via USB

Persistent partition size是在通过USB启动时将永久保留的大小

Partition scheme is the partition scheme which is MBR by default

Partition scheme是默认情况下为MBR的分区方案

Target system is the type of BIOS

Target system是BIOS的类型

Show advanced drive properties will provide some detailed option

Show advanced drive properties将提供一些详细的选项

Drive Properties is a section which contains source and destination drive related options

Drive Properties是包含源和目标驱动器相关选项的部分

Format Options is a section which contains the name, file system related options

Format Options是包含名称，文件系统相关选项的部分

Volume label will be used to set the name for the created installation media

Volume label将用于设置创建的安装媒体的名称

File system will be used to set the file system of the USB Flash Drive

File system将用于设置USB闪存盘的文件系统

Cluster size will be used to set the size of the cluster of the USB Flash Drive

Cluster size将用于设置USB闪存驱动器的群集大小

Format Options is a section which contains the name, file system related options

Format Options是包含名称，文件系统相关选项的部分

Status will print the progress of USB Flash media creation

Status将打印USB闪存介质创建的进度

In this tutorial, we will create an Ubuntu Bootable Installation USB/Flash Disk.  So we will download the Ubuntu ISO image. Ubuntu ISO images can be download in various ways. In this case, we will download from the Ubuntu web page as below. We will select the latest version 19.04.

在本教程中，我们将创建一个Ubuntu可启动安装USB /闪存盘。 因此，我们将下载Ubuntu ISO映像。 Ubuntu ISO映像可以通过多种方式下载。 在这种情况下，我们将如下所示从Ubuntu页面下载。 我们将选择最新版本19.04 。

https://ubuntu.com/#download

https://ubuntu.com/#download

The downloaded Ubuntu ISO image has name ubuntu-19.04-desktop-amd64.iso.

下载的Ubuntu ISO映像的名称为ubuntu-19.04-desktop-amd64.iso 。

Before starting the USB Ubuntu installation media we have to plug the USB Flash media drive to the system. It will be automatically recognized by the Rufus. Then we will provide the ISO file from the SELECT button of the Rufus like below.

在启动USB Ubuntu安装介质之前，我们必须将USB Flash介质驱动器插入系统。 Rufus将自动识别它。 然后，我们将通过Rufus的SELECT按钮提供ISO文件，如下所示。

We will see the following screen where we will select the Ubuntu ISO image file and then click to the Open.

我们将看到以下屏幕，我们将在其中选择Ubuntu ISO映像文件，然后单击“ Open 。

We can check provided ISO file validity by calculating hash values. Rufus provides MD5,SHA1 and SHA256 hashes of the given ISO files. We will click on the following check button.

我们可以通过计算哈希值来检查提供的ISO文件的有效性。 Rufus提供给定ISO文件的MD5 ， SHA1和SHA256哈希。 我们将单击以下检查按钮。

Calculated hash values will be printed with the following message box.

计算出的哈希值将显示在以下消息框中。

We will start the burning provides by clicking the Start button like below. There will be some questions related to the USB Flash Drive creation.

我们将通过单击如下所示的Start按钮来Start刻录提供的内容。 将会有一些有关USB闪存驱动器创建的问题。

As new Ubuntu ISO images provide different burning options we have two options ISO Mode or DD Mode. By default, we will select the ISO Mode.

由于新的Ubuntu ISO映像提供了不同的刻录选项，因此我们有两个选项： ISO Mode或DD Mode 。 默认情况下，我们将选择ISO模式。

For the last warning, all data stored in the plugged USB media will be deleted. So please take a backup of the USB flash drive. We will click OK to continue.

对于最后的警告，存储在插入的USB介质中的所有数据将被删除。 因此，请备份USB闪存驱动器。 我们将单击“ OK继续。

We will see that the progress will be shown in the Status part of Rufus. There are different phases during a USB installation media creation.

我们将看到进度将显示在Rufus的“ Status部分中。 USB安装介质创建期间有不同的阶段。

When the burning process is completed we will the Status part as Ready in green color like below.

刻录过程完成后，我们将Status部分Ready为绿色，如下所示。

Rufus is the most useful and stable USB Flash Disk Installation Media creator there are also some alternatives which provide different features.

Rufus是最有用和最稳定的USB闪存盘安装介质创建器，还有一些提供不同功能的替代方法。

Live Linux is mainly developed to create Linux USB installation media. It provides a lot of different Linux distributions automatically without any explicit download. It can also add some virtual box software to run the Linux distributions on Windows without a reboot.

Live Linux主要用于创建Linux USB安装介质。 它会自动提供许多不同Linux发行版，而无需任何明确的下载。 它还可以添加一些虚拟机软件，以在Windows上运行Linux发行版而无需重新启动。

Unetbootin is a cross-platform USB Flash Disk installation media creator where it supports Windows, Linux, MacOS. It can also automatically download some Linux distributions.

Unetbootin是跨平台的USB闪存盘安装媒体创建器，它支持Windows，Linux和MacOS。 它还可以自动下载一些Linux发行版。

Universal USB Installer is another tool alternative to Rufus. It is a bit outdated and provided by the Pendrivelinux community.

通用USB安装程序是Rufus的另一种替代工具。 Pendrivelinux社区提供了一些过时的功能。

As its name contains download but it can also burn Windows 7 Images into the USB Flash Drive.

由于其名称包含下载内容，但它也可以将Windows 7映像刻录到USB闪存驱动器中。

Windows Media Creation Tool is created for Windows 10 USB Flask Drive. It can also download Windows 10 Images. More details and usage information can be found in the following link.

Windows Media创建工具是为Windows 10 USB Flask驱动器创建的。 它还可以下载Windows 10映像。 可以在以下链接中找到更多详细信息和使用信息。

How To Download and Use Windows 10 Media Creation Tool To Create Windows 10 USB or DVD?

如何下载和使用Windows 10 Media Creation Tool创建Windows 10 USB或DVD？

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