Rufus 3.0 released

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RUFUS 4.5.2180 released​

• Version 4.5 (2024.05.22)
  • Add new advanced option to perform runtime UEFI media validation of suitable images (Windows, most Linux)
  • Move the Use Rufus MBR advanced option to a cheat mode (Alt-A)
  • Fix truncation of VHDX images, as well as a benign error message when writing VHD/VHDX
  • Fix support for Linux persistence in some configurations (Mint, Ubuntu 24.04)
  • Fix multiple potential vulnerabilities (with thanks to Mansour Gashasbi)
  • Update internal GRUB to version 2.12
  • Update UEFI:NTFS to latest (now always uses the ntfs-3g driver, rather than the buggy AMI NTFS one)
  • Increase buffer size when copying ISO files, in an attempt to minimize the AMI NTFS UEFI driver bug
  • Improve partition creation handling
  • Don't display the WUE dialog when a conflicting unattend.xml already exists

• System Requirements:​

• Windows 8 or later. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.​

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RUFUS 4.6.2208 released​

• Version 4.6 (2024.10.21)
  • Add a new setup.exe wrapper to bypass Windows 11 24H2 in-place upgrade restrictions
  • Add TimeZone to regional options replication
  • Set local account passwords to not expire by default
  • Fix an error when trying to write compressed VHD images
  • Fix an error when invoking Rufus from the PowerShell command line
  • Improve revoked UEFI bootloaders check to support Linux SBAT, Windows SVN and cert DBX
  • Improve support for ReactOS boot media

• System Requirements:
  

  Windows 8 or later. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.
  

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RUFUS 4.10.2279 released
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Ok, I have not updated here in a while, sorry

• Version 4.10(2025.09.24)
  
  • Add Dark Mode support (courtesy of @ozone10).
  • Add support for creating Windows CA 2023 compatible media (requires a Windows 11 25H2 ISO). For more on this, see this Rufus FAQ entry.
  • Add support for saving an existing drive to ISO (UDF only).
  • Improve error reporting when saving to VHD/VHDX (with thanks to @Kazkans).
  • Improve persistence support for Linux Mint.
  • Fix UEFI DBX updates being reported in some timezones, even when there are none.
  • Fix a situation where no file system can be selected in ISO mode.
  • Fix a crash when trying to process Windows ISOs with very long paths.
    
    System Requirements:
    Windows 8 or later. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.
    
    

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RUFUS 4.11.2285 released
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Version 4.11 (2025.10.02)

• Add a cheat mode to toggle between Light and Dark mode.
• Improve WUE option text relating to the CA 2023 option.
  For more info on CA 2023, see this Rufus FAQ entry.
• Update Linux SBAT / Microsoft SVN Secure Boot revocation values to latest.
• Fix some GRUB/Syslinux download dialogs showing only the 'Close' button.
• Fix an assert being triggered when using the WUE CA 2023 option on its own.
• Fix an application crash on systems that have a failed dynamic disk.
  
  

  System Requirements:​

  Windows 8 or later. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use.

Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

Rufus: Create bootable USB drives the easy way

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