Instructions for creating UEFI standard USB boot using Rufus software

UEFI or Legacy, MBR or GPT is always something that confuses many people during the process of creating a USB to install Windows. That's why the Rufus tool was born to help you create a UEFI standard USB boot using Rufus or Legacy without having to worry about what it is because your goal of creating a Windows installation USB has definitely been achieved. How to use Rufus is very simple, this tool is quite compact and TipsMake is sure that you only need to spend 1 minute reading the instructions below to master Rufus.

Instructions for creating UEFI standard USB boot using Rufus

Preparation:
- A USB with a minimum capacity of 8 GB.
- Rufus USB boot creation software, download Rufus here.

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Step 1: After downloading Rufus according to the instructions above, to create a standard UEFI USB boot with Rufus, we must open this software first by right-clicking > selecting Run as administrator .

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Step 2: The Rufus interface appears, here you just need to click Select to select the ISO file to be able to create a UEFI standard USB boot with Rufus.

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Here we just need to choose any ISO file, you can download these ISO files on TipsMake depending on whether you want to use USB to install Windows 7, 8 or Windows 10.

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Step 3: After selecting, the system will default to Partition scheme as GPT and Target system as UEFI . Our remaining task is just to press Start.

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Step 4: The system will ask to reformat the USB, of course all data inside will be completely erased, so we need to copy the data if there is data to retrieve.

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In addition, Rufus also warns that if you divide your USB into multiple partitions, it will also be merged into one.

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Step 5: The process of creating a UEFI standard USB boot with Rufus does not take long, because it only takes time to copy the ISO file from the computer to the device.

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Step 6: When Rufus announces Ready, creating a UEFI standard USB boot with Rufus has been completed. Click Close, remove the USB, plug it into the computer where Windows needs to be installed and install Windows as usual.

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After creation, we can install Windows. Refer to 2 more articles on how to install Windows 7 and Windows 10 if you do not know how to install.

So with just a few basic steps we can create a standard UEFI USB boot with Rufus. In addition, TipsMake also believes that if you are planning to create a Windows 10 USB Boot or any operating system, choosing to create USB Boot Win 10 with Rufus is the most reasonable choice.

Marvin Fry

Update 18 June 2024