Rufus 3.0 released

[Wolfie]

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[Grizzly]

RUFUS 3.11.1678 released
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a little late but not too late

• Version 3.11 (2020.06.18)
  • Add Rock Ridge deep directory support
  • Add an option to write small ISOs to an ESP (GPT only)
  • Add a cheat mode (Ctrl-SELECT) to extract content from an additional zip archive on top of the ISO
  • Add a cheat mode (Alt-G) to disable Virtual Hard Disk listing
  • Add a cheat mode (Alt-P) to toggle a GPT ESP to Basic Data (Windows 10 only)
  • Fix improper x86 32-bit NTFS driver being used for UEFI:NTFS
  • Improve UEFI:NTFS compatibility with older UEFI firmwares
  • Improve startup time by running the ISO download feature check in the background
  • Remove Ubuntu's splash screen for persistent UEFI drives
  • Enable ASLR for the Rufus executable​

System Requirements:
Windows 7 or later, 32 or 64 bit doesn't matter. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.

Rufus - The Official Website (Download, New Releases)

Rufus is a small application that creates bootable USB drives, which can then be used to install or run Microsoft Windows, Linux or DOS. In just a few minutes, and with very few clicks, Rufus can help you run a new Operating System on your computer...

rufus.ie

 

[Grizzly]

RUFUS 3.13.1730 released​

Version 3.13 (2020.11.20)

• Add a cheat mode (Alt-M) to accept disk images without a Boot Marker
• Add marquee operation progress to the taskbar icon
• Add zeroing/image writing progress to the log
• Switch to using 0x55 and 0xAA instead of 0x00 and 0xFF for low pass badblock check
• Switch to using fake/manufacturer units when computing the default label
• Fix overnumerous write retries on error when writing a disk image
• Work around Windows' abysmal handling of removable drives that contain an ESP
• Improve mounting/unmounting of volumes
• Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to version 1.7
• Other internal fixes and improvements (VDS, error reporting, etc.)
  
  System Requirements:
  Windows 7 or later, 32 or 64 bit doesn't matter. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.
  
  

  Rufus - The Official Website (Download, New Releases)

  Rufus is a small application that creates bootable USB drives, which can then be used to install or run Microsoft Windows, Linux or DOS. In just a few minutes, and with very few clicks, Rufus can help you run a new Operating System on your computer...

  rufus.ie

 

[Grizzly]

RUFUS 3.14.1788 released
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• Version 3.14 (2021.04.30)
  
  • Improve DD write speed (uncompressed images only)
  • Improve checksum computation speed
  • Improve network connectivity detection
  • Only prompt for additional GRUB/Syslinux downloads when not writing in DD mode
  • Fix potential "loss" of disk after writing Ubuntu 20.10 in DD mode
  • Fix GRUB compatibility issue with Ubuntu 21.04
  • Fix Rufus MBR not being selected by default for Windows ISOs
  • Fix drag and drop being enabled during drive creation
  • Add more "exceptions" for forced DD image writing
    
    System Requirements:
    Windows 7 or later, 32 or 64 bit doesn't matter. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.
    
    

    Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

    Rufus: Create bootable USB drives the easy way

    rufus.ie

 

[Jurek]

Create bootable USB drives the easy way

Download here: http://rufus.akeo.ie/

Changelog

• Version 3.0(2018.05.29)
  • UI redesign to follow the flow of user operations (with thanks to Fahad Al-Riyami for the concept)
  • Drop Windows XP and Windows Vista platform support
  • Switch all downloads to SSL and use https://rufus.ie as the new base URL
  • Add ARM64 support for UEFI:NTFS
  • Fix delays when querying floppy drives during device enumeration
  • Improve support of efi.img files on Linux ISOs
  • Improve support for non-ISO9660 compliant openSUSE Leap ISOs
  • Improve translation support and remove manual positioning
  • Internal fixes and improvements
  • NOTE: THIS VERSION IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS VISTA.

Downloaded rufus and confirm that it is super easy to set up and run. HOWEVER! - I have a DELL Optiplex 7050 and this beast will simply NOT accept any change in boot order - seems to be a well-complained about 'feature'. Shame really.

 

[Grizzly]

RUFUS 3.15.1812 released ​

• Version 3.15 (2021.08.03)
  • Update GRUB to version 2.06
  • Add support for .vtsi files (Ventoy Sparse Image, courtesy of longpanda/ventoy)
  • Add workaround for openSUSE Live ISOs
  • Move default app directory to %LocalAppData%\Rufus\ and always save a log there on exit
  • Fix AppStore version of Rufus not being able to store downloaded files
  • Fix failure to open Syslinux/GRUB files when Rufus is located at the root of a drive
  • Prevent the creation of System Volume Information on ESPs written in DD mode
  • Prevent drive letter assignation to the UEFI:NTFS partition
  • Prevent persistent partition creation errors due to size
  • Wnhance safety checks before running the Fido ISO download script
  • Other internal fixes and improvements
    
    

    System Requirements:​

    Windows 7 or later, 32 or 64 bit doesn't matter. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.
    
    

    Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

    Rufus: Create bootable USB drives the easy way

    rufus.ie

 

[jonemark]

thanks, I'll update my version now

 

[AdamNAS]

I use the last version, it us supper easy

 

[Grizzly]

RUFUS 3.16.1836 released​

• Version 3.16 (2021.10.13)
  
  • Fix ISO mode support for Red Hat 8.2+ and derivatives
  • Fix BIOS boot support for Arch derivatives
  • Fix removal of some boot entries for Ubuntu derivatives
  • Fix log not being saved on exit
  • Add Windows 11 "Extended" installation support (Disables TPM/Secure Boot/RAM requirements)
  • Add UEFI Shell ISO downloads
  • Add support for Intel NUC card readers
  • Improve Windows 11 support
  • Improve Windows version reporting
  • Speed up clearing of MBR/GPT
    
    System Requirements:
    Windows 7 or later, 32 or 64 bit doesn't matter. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.
    
    
    

    Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

    Rufus: Create bootable USB drives the easy way

    rufus.ie