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2022-05-16
BalenaEtcher
Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
From <https://www.balena.io/etcher/>
ImageUSB
Rufus
Windows32DiskImager: https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
See Also: http://marcushall.net/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=software:linux:bootableusb&s[]=usb&s[]=image
LinuxLive USB Creator Powerful yet easy-to-use
From: https://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/home
Also: https://www.pendrivelinux.com/
Also portable VirtualBox LinuxLive USB Creator is a free and open-source software for Windows. It will help you in your journey of discovery with Linux. For you, LiLi creates portable, bootable and virtualized USB stick running Linux.
EasyBCD
From: https://neosmart.net/wiki/easybcd/
EasyBCD is a powerful bootloader-modification tool that has a wide-range of applications and usages. It can perform a variety of tasks ranging in complexity and application from the most basic to advanced and highly-customizable features.
Windows 8 and 10 sources
Installation media reinstallation reinstall scratch
From: http://marcushall.net/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=software:microsoft:windows:imagedownload&s[]=heidoc
From: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
From: https://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/18309-windows-8-windows-8-1-iso-download-create.html
From: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-create-installation-media
From: https://www.eightforums.com/windows-8-news/56837-official-microsoft-iso-media-creation-tool.html
From: http://www.howtogeek.com/186775/how-to-download-windows-7-8-and-8.1-installation-media-legally/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7
From: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
From: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8
From: http://www.top-windows-tutorials.com/reinstall-windows-8-or-10-with-the-media-creation-tool/
From: http://lifehacker.com/how-to-create-a-windows-8-installation-dvd-or-usb-drive-505769939
create image of usb drive
From: http://www.osforensics.com/tools/write-usb-images.html
imageusb passmark
ISO to USB (bootable) ImageUSB is a free utility which lets you write an image concurrently to multiple USB Flash Drives. Capable of creating exact bit-level copies of USB Flash Drive (UFDs), ImageUSB is an extremely effective tool for the mass duplication of UFDs. ImageUSB also supports writing of an ISO file byte by byte directly to an USB drive (*). ImageUSB can also be used to install OSFClone to a USB Drive for use with PassMark OSForensics™.
From: http://www.alexpage.de/usb-image-tool/
USB Image Tool
USB Image Tool can create images of USB flash drives and MP3 players, that are mounted as USB drives. It allows you switch between images with different music styles on your MP3 Player or to make an exact backup image of your USB Stick.
Rufus
From: https://rufus.akeo.ie/
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: to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.) to work on a system that doesn't have an OS installed to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS to run a low-level utility For UEFI based systems If your computer is UEFI based, these are normally systems that come pre-loaded with Windows 8 or later, you will need to prepare the ISO file for such a configuration or you will receive an error message during setup. The thumbdrive needs to be formatted as FAT32 and use the GPT partitioning scheme. To do this, you need to use Rufus, a small tool you can download for free. Select GPT partitioning for UEFI firmware as the Partition scheme
YUMI – Multiboot USB Creator
From: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
Also: https://www.pendrivelinux.com/
It can be used to create a Multiboot USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools, and more. Basic Essentials to create a MultiSystem Bootable USB Drive Fat32 or *NTFS Formatted USB Flash or USB Hard Drive PC that can boot from USB Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 or Ubuntu/Debian for the Linux version of YUMI to create the Bootable USB YUMI-2.0.2.1.exe Your selection of ISO Files
Win32 Disk Imager
From: https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
Writes img file to USB This program is designed to write a raw disk image to a removable device or backup a removable device to a raw image file. For ISO to bootable USB tool use ImageUSB.
Windows USB/DVD Download Tool
From: http://wudt.codeplex.com/
The Windows USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7/8 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. Once this is done, you can install Windows 7 or Windows 8 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD.
Also: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool
How to create a Windows Vista / 7 / 8 installation disc (bootable) using ImgBurn
From: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=11194
This guide will take you through the steps in burning a pre-prepared Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 installation source directory to a disc. Note: Instructions wise, Windows 2008 should be basically the same as Windows Vista, Windows 2008 R2 should be basically the same as Windows 7 and Windows 2012 should be basically the same as Windows 8.
How to Create Bootable USB Drives and SD Cards For Every Operating System
Use Win32 Disk Imager to write an IMG file to a USB drive or SD card. Provide a downloaded IMG file and the tool will write it directly to your drive, erasing its current contents. You can also use this tool to create IMG files from USB drives and SD cards.
boot from-a usb-drive even if your-bios-wont-let-you
From: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16822/boot-from-a-usb-drive-even-if-your-bios-wont-let-you/
Plop Boot Manager: https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html
A piece of freeware called PLoP Boot Manager solves this problem, offering an image that can burned to a CD or put on a floppy disk, and enables you to boot to a variety of devices, including USB drives.
The rEFInd Boot Manager
From: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/index.html
This page describes rEFInd, my fork of the rEFIt boot manager for computers based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI). Like rEFIt, rEFInd is a boot manager, meaning that it presents a menu of options to the user when the computer first starts up, as shown below. rEFInd is not a boot loader, which is a program that loads an OS kernel and hands off control to it.
bootable-usb
From: http://www.intowindows.com/bootable-usb/
DISKPART and hit enter. LIST DISK and hit enter. Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk number of your USB drive. In the below image my USB drive disk no is Disk 1. Step 4: In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter. As these commands are self explanatory, you can easily guess what these commands do. SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1 with your disk number) CLEAN CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SELECT PARTITION 1 ACTIVE FORMAT FS=NTFS (Format process may take few seconds) ASSIGN EXIT D:/BOOT/BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 U: Copy all iso files to usb
From: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/usb-installation-disk-windows-7-extra-software/
From: http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7-rc-on-acer-aspire-one-netbook/
How to create a Windows Vista / 7 / 8 installation disc (bootable) using ImgBurn
windows 8 download
From: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=11194
This guide will take you through the steps in burning a pre-prepared Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 installation source directory to a disc. Note: Instructions wise, Windows 2008 should be basically the same as Windows Vista, Windows 2008 R2 should be basically the same as Windows 7 and Windows 2012 should be basically the same as Windows 8.
Burn img to USB in Windows OS
Win32 Disk Imager
From: http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/?source=typ_redirect
Use Win32 Disk Imager to write an IMG file to a USB drive or SD card. Provide a downloaded IMG file and the tool will write it directly to your drive, erasing its current contents. You can also use this tool to create IMG files from USB drives and SD cards. Menu: Image Writer
Burn img to USB
Win32 Disk Imager
From: http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/?source=typ_redirect
Use Win32 Disk Imager to write an IMG file to a USB drive or SD card. Provide a downloaded IMG file and the tool will write it directly to your drive, erasing its current contents. You can also use this tool to create IMG files from USB drives and SD cards. Menu: Image Writer