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List of tools to create bootable USBThis is a list of utilities for creating a live USB. Only those listed on Wikipedia are included.
Rufus (The R eliable U SB F ormatting U tility, with S ource [5]) is a free and open-source portable application for Microsoft Windows that can be used to format and create bootable USB flash drives or Live USBs.
In USB 3.0 Type‑A (and usually also Type-B) connectors the visible inside insulators are often blue, to distinguish them from USB 2.0 connectors, as recommended by the specification, [3]: §5.3.1.4 and by the initials SS. [4] USB 3.1, released in July 2013, is the successor specification that fully replaces the USB 3.0 specification.
U3 was a joint venture between SanDisk and M-Systems, [1] producing a proprietary method of launching Windows software from special USB flash drives. Flash drives adhering to the U3 specification are termed " U3 smart drives ". U3 smart drives come preinstalled with the U3 Launchpad. Applications that comply with U3 specifications are allowed to write files or registry information to the host ...
A USB flash drive (UFD) (also thumb drive, memory stick, and pen drive) [1][note 1] is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface.
Flashrom is a software utility published under an open source license that can detect, read, verify, erase, or write EEPROMs using interfaces such as the Low Pin Count (LPC), FWH, parallel, and Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). It can be used to flash firmware images such as BIOS or coreboot, or to backup existing firmware.
When the system or device needs to read data from or write data to the flash memory, it will communicate with the flash memory controller. Simpler devices like SD cards and USB flash drives typically have a small number of flash memory die connected simultaneously. Operations are limited to the speed of the individual flash memory die.
A live USB or bootable USB is a portable USB -attached external data storage device containing a full operating system that can be booted from. The term is reminiscent of USB flash drives but may encompass an external hard disk drive or solid-state drive, though they may be referred to as "live HDD" and "live SSD" respectively. They are the evolutionary next step after live CDs, but with the ...