Are there any alternative to Rufus which would work on Windows Vista? I need to make a Windows 8.1 bootable UEFI USB and a Windows 10 bootable UEFI USB.
Thanks!
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What do you have against Rufus?– RamhoundCommented Aug 2, 2018 at 15:23
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1Format as FAT32, copy ISO contents(!) over, the end...?– Daniel BCommented Aug 2, 2018 at 15:28
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What is wrong with the Microsoft supplied too for creating Windows 8.1 media? microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows8ISO– Mokubai ♦Commented Aug 2, 2018 at 15:58
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[Ramhound] Nothing against Rufus. As written above, I have a Vista machine and Rufus will not run on a Vista machine ...– silver_arrowCommented Aug 2, 2018 at 16:43
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[Mokubai] There might be some issues running them on Vista as every ISO I burn using their tool (on my Vista machine) MAY be causing a problem (or many) when attempting to clean install Win 8.1. Or my Vista machine is the problem. I am trying other options.– silver_arrowCommented Aug 2, 2018 at 16:46
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Rufus developer here.
Yes, we have stopped supporting Vista and XP in 3.0 and newer versions. But that doesn't mean you cannot use the older 2.x versions, which are compatible with those platforms.
You can find all the versions of Rufus that were ever publicly released here. Internally, the differences between 2.18 (the last version compatible with XP and Vista) and 3.1 (latest at the time of this post) are minimal, so you should be able to achieve what you want by using 2.18.
