<s>
Rufus	B-Application
(	O
The	O
Reliable	O
USB	O
Formatting	O
Utility	O
,	O
with	O
Source	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
portable	B-Application
application	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
format	O
and	O
create	O
bootable	O
USB	O
flash	O
drives	O
or	O
Live	O
USBs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rufus	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
modern	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
replacement	O
for	O
the	O
HP	O
USB	O
Disk	O
Storage	O
Format	O
Tool	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
primarily	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
DOS	O
bootable	O
USB	O
flash	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
Rufus	B-Application
,	O
version	O
1.0.3	O
(	O
earlier	O
versions	O
were	O
internal/alpha	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
04	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
originally	O
only	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0.4	O
introduced	O
FreeDOS	B-Application
support	O
and	O
version	O
1.1.0	O
introduced	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
1.2.0	O
,	O
two	O
separate	O
versions	O
were	O
provided	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
one	O
for	O
FreeDOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
UEFI	B-Architecture
boot	O
support	O
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
version	O
1.3.2	O
,	O
localization	B-General_Concept
with	O
1.4.0	O
and	O
Windows	O
To	O
Go	O
with	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
Vista	B-Application
is	O
2.18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rufus	B-Application
supports	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
bootable	O
.iso	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
various	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
and	O
Windows	O
installation	O
.iso	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
raw	O
disk	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
files	O
(	O
including	O
compressed	O
ones	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
needed	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
install	O
a	O
bootloader	O
such	O
as	O
SYSLINUX	B-Application
or	O
GRUB	B-Application
onto	O
the	O
flash	O
drive	O
to	O
render	O
it	O
bootable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
allows	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
or	O
FreeDOS	B-Application
onto	O
a	O
flash	O
drive	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Windows	O
To	O
Go	O
bootable	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
formatting	O
flash	O
drives	O
using	O
FAT	B-Application
,	O
FAT32	B-Application
,	O
NTFS	B-Application
,	O
exFAT	B-Application
,	O
UDF	O
and	O
ReFS	B-Application
filesystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rufus	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
compute	O
the	O
MD5	B-Algorithm
,	O
SHA-1	B-Algorithm
and	O
SHA-256	B-Algorithm
hashes	O
of	O
the	O
currently	O
selected	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rufus	B-Application
is	O
capable	O
of	O
downloading	O
retail	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
DVD	O
images	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
8.1	I-Device
,	O
various	O
builds	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
11	I-Application
directly	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
ISO	B-General_Concept
download	O
feature	O
is	O
available	O
only	O
if	O
PowerShell	B-Application
3.0	O
or	O
later	O
is	O
installed	O
,	O
and	O
'	O
Check	O
for	O
updates	O
 '	O
is	O
enabled	O
in	O
the	O
program	O
's	O
settings	O
(	O
on	O
first	O
usage	O
,	O
Rufus	B-Application
prompts	O
the	O
user	O
whether	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
enable	O
the	O
update	O
check	O
or	O
not	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
