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Errors can occur during the download of files, even if your download manager reports none. Therefore it is very important to check that the files have not been corrupted in any way. This is the purpose of the CHECKSUM files (md5sum.txt.asc, sha1sum.txt.asc, sha256sum.txt.asc). There are a number of no-cost products available for file validation and hashing that have point and click interfaces. HashMyFiles (Free) HashMyFiles is small utility that allows you to calculate the MD5 and SHA1 hashes of one or more files in your system. You can easily copy the MD5/SHA1 hashes list into the clipboard, or save them into text/html/xml file. HashMyFiles can also be launched from the context menu of Windows Explorer, and display the MD5/SHA1 hashes of the selected file or folder. Website: https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/hash_my_files.html MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility (Free, Pro) MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility is a tool that allows you to generate CRC32, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-...

Below are the list of tools which can be used to create bootable USB flash drives or Live USBs. ------------------------ Rufus Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. It can be especially useful for cases where: you need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.) you need to work on a system that doesn't have an OS installed you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS you want to run a low-level utility Despite its small size, Rufus provides everything you need! Download: https://rufus.ie/ ------------------------ Win32 Disk Imager This program is designed to write a raw disk image to a removable device or backup a removable device to a raw image file. It is very useful for embedded development, namely Arm development projects (Android, Ubuntu on Arm, etc). Anyone is free to branch and modify this program. Patches are always wel...