How to Create UEFI Bootable USB Media Easily :Dec-2015
There are some cases when you need to
create UEFI enabled bootable USB media for installing new windows like
while installing windows on laptops that come preinstalled with windows.
Often changing the UEFI mode to Legacy mode helps but not always where
you may get stuck facing error like Windows cannot be installed to this
disk. The selected disk is of GPT partition style. while in the middle
of installing windows therefore to resolve such errors you need to have a
UEFI enabled bootable USB media. So read below instructions on how to
create bootable usb for ubuntu or how to create bootable media for
windows.
How to Make UEFI Bootable USB Flash
drive for Installing Windows : Usually it has been observed that most of
the users try to follow the Command prompt method to create bootable
USB pen drives for installing Windows on their systems but its not that
easy for everyone and also it doesn’t always guarantee that it will work
perfectly therefore it is recommened to follow the alternative way of
creating bootable USB media by using free third party tools unless you
are very much technically expert. These free tools not only allows you
to create bootable USB media but also offers some great features like if
you want to create UEFI mode or LEGACY mode type of bootable media then
it is easier to create them via these tools rather than following the
command prompt method. Here also I am going to tell creation of UEFI
Bootable USB media via using third party tools.
How to Create UEFI Bootable USB for Ubuntu, Windows using Rufus : Steps to Follow
I am here going to use Rufus one of the
most reliable USB formatting utility tool that not only helps in
formatting the USB pen drives but also helps in creation of bootable USB
medias for installing Windows. Some of the key features of Rufus are is
its extremely low size and amazingly high speed that can create
bootable media twice as fast as compared to other USB bootable media
tools. So just follow the below given simple instructions on how to
create UEFI bootable USB pendrive using Rufus.
- First of all you need to download Rufus on your system which would take not less than a minute if you are having decent internet connection as it is of just 0.8MB in size
- After downloading simply install it on your system like you install other software’s and Run Rufus after installation though it would be opened automatically after installation.
- Here Under Partition scheme and target system type, select GPT partition scheme for UEFI Computer and Under File system, select FAT32 as shown below in the screen shot.

- After this just select your Windows ISO file by clicking the browse icon button besides Create a bootable disk using ISO image option.
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