However making a bootable USB drive for an operating system install might not be your ultimate goal. Here, Windows can format the content created by Rufus.

Here, Windows assigns the typical flash drive icon to the device. It does not appear as a CD-ROM and the device is not read-only (write protected). Thank you Rufus!Īs you can see from the image below the resultant drive from Rufus is a standard read/write flash drive. With optical drives all but gone from laptops and computers and Microsoft supplying ISO files for their operating system, something needs to be done for getting the data of the ISO file copied to a flash drive, which of course must be bootable, and used in computers lacking a CD drive. Taking operating system ISO files and writing them to flash drives. A non-bootable image will display an error message saying “This image is either non-bootable, or it uses a boot or compression method that is not supported by Rufus.” If the ISO file isn’t bootable, there isn’t much Rufus can offer. With that said, there is a clear advantage for using Rufus over WinRAR.ĭoes Rufus make your USB flash drive read-only, like a CD? NO. The Rufus software will write all the files contained in an ISO file along with the boot code to make your device bootable. WinRAR will extract all the files contained in an ISO file and write them to your USB flash drive however, if the ISO is bootable, WinRAR won’t write the boot code. The resultant drive will be a USB CD-ROM flash drive.īefore we get into Disc License technology, we do need to clear up some points about WinRAR and Rufus software. Using their Drive Wizard software (free), easily write ISO files to USB. The Disc License drive is a blank USB CD-ROM flash drive. If you need to make a USB CD-ROM flash drive the best solution found so far, is the Disc License drive. There is nothing magical about Rufus when it comes to “making a CD” because Rufus doesn’t make a “CD.” Basically Rufus will extra the data on an ISO file and write it to the flash drive. The only thing Rufus does is take a bootable ISO file and write the data to a USB stick. However, there is a big misconception with Rufus… it doesn’t create USB CD-ROM drives! To obtain product specifications and warranty information, please contact the respective vendor directly.If anyone searches for “burn ISO to USB” they will get pages and pages of Rufus links. You should make your own independent evaluation before conducting business with any company. Each company listed is independent from Seagate and is not under the control of Seagate therefore, Seagate accepts no responsibility for and disclaims any liability from the actions or products of the listed companies. Seagate makes no warranty - implied or otherwise - regarding the performance or reliability of these companies or products. Seagate references third parties and third party products as an informational service only, it is not an endorsement or recommendation - implied or otherwise - of any of the listed companies.

REFERENCE TO THIRD PARTIES AND THIRD PARTY WEB SITES. This ISO image file should solely be used for the product it is dedicated for.ĭo not use the 'Copy' feature in Windows it is not capable of burning an ISO image to a CD. Once the recording process has completed, Disk Utility will verify that the image was burned correctly.A Disk Utility window will appear showing the recording progress.Make sure you have a disc inserted in your drive and then click the Burn.A Select Image to Burn window will appear.Open the folder where you have saved the ISO file.Download the ISO CD image to a folder on your computer.Hardware Prerequisite: An internal or external CD-ROM burner is required for burning the ISO image to a blank CD. This document will cover How to use a downloaded ISO image and methods for rendering an.

Besides the bootable OS, the CD will also hold the various software applications like many Seagate utilities that are downloadable in. Once the ISO file is burned as an image, then the new CD is a clone of the original and bootable. Most CD-ROM burning applications recognize this type of image file. Instead, the preferred method is to create a single file, an image of a bootable CD, called an ISO image. Just copying files to a CD will not work because the CD will need a master boot record and other hidden Startup operating system files. Just like the old boot floppy diskettes, CD or DVD-ROM discs can boot to a DOS or other operating systems.

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