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o Version 4.5 (2024.05.??)
Add a new advanced option, that adds runtime UEFI media validation to 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
o Version 4.4 (2024.01.17)
Add workaround for distros that use broken symbolic links as their UEFI bootloaders (such as Mint 21.3)
Add support for GRUB 2.12
Fix a crash when saving .ffu images
Fix UEFI:NTFS partition not being added, in MBR mode, for some Linux ISOs
Prevent Microsoft Dev Drives from being listed
Improve support for SDXC card readers
Improve Large FAT32 formatting by aligning start of data regions to 1 MB (courtesy of Fred)
o Version 4.3 (2023.10.19)
Add support for Rock Ridge symbolic links preservation when NTFS is used
Add an exception to enforce NTFS for Linux Mint's LMDE
Add an expert feature to restrict a Windows installation to S Mode
Fix persistence support for Debian 12 when booted in BIOS mode
Fix a regression that prevented the opening of .vhd images
Update UEFI:NTFS to report a more explicit error on bootmgr security issues
Improve the search for conflicting processes by running it in a background thread
Improve support for Slax Linux
o Version 4.2 (2023.07.26)
Add detection and warning for UEFI revoked bootloaders (including ones revoked through SkuSiPolicy.p7b)
Add ZIP64 support, to extract .zip images that are larger than 4 GB
Add saving and restoring current drive to/from compressed VHDX image
Add saving and restoring current drive to/from compressed FFU (Full Flash Update) image [EXPERIMENTAL]
Fix a crash when trying to open Windows ISOs, with the MinGW compiled x86 32-bit version
Fix an issue where ISOs that contain a boot image with an 'EFI' label are not detected as bootable
Increase the ISO → ESP limit for Debian 12 netinst images
Ensure that the main partition size is aligned to the cluster size
o Version 4.1 (2023.05.31)
Add timeouts on enumeration queries that may stall on some systems
Restore MS-DOS drive creation through the download of binaries from Microsoft
Update the log button icon
Fix UEFI:NTFS incompatibility with Windows Dev Kit 2023 platform
Fix more GRUB 'out of range pointer' errors with Ubuntu/Fedora when booting in BIOS mode
o Version 4.0 (2023.04.26)
Fix persistent partition not working with Ubuntu 23.04
Fix out of range pointer error with Ubuntu 23.04 when booting in BIOS mode
Fix boot freeze with Ubuntu Studio when Secure Boot is enabled
Fix incorrect architecture detection when checking for updates
Fix a Windows Store application crash when processing GRUB bootloaders
Fix a Windows Store application crash when enumerating processes that contain a % sign
Fix a Windows Store application crash when using German localization
Note that the major version was bumped on account of:
- New versions of Rufus requiring Windows 8 or later
- New versions of Rufus defaulting to a 64-bit executable
- Old versions of Rufus potentially not being able to update properly
o Version 3.22 (2023.03.25)
Add SHA-1 and SHA-256 x86 acceleration on CPUs that support it (courtesy of Jeffrey Walton)
Add an option to disable BitLocker device encryption in the Windows User Experience dialog
Add a cheat mode (Ctrl-P) to preserve the log between sessions
Fix potential media creation errors by forcing the unmount of stale WIM images
Fix potential access errors in ISO → ESP mode by forcing Large FAT32 formatting
Fix user-specified label not being preserved on error/cancel
Fix some large SSD devices being listed by default
Fix processing of Rock Ridge CE fields
Work around the use of Rock Ridge symbolic links for Linux firmware packages (Debian)
Remove the ISO download feature on Windows 7
Note: This is the last version of Rufus that can run on Windows 7
o Version 3.21 (2022.11.28)
Allow the provision of an arbitrary local account username in the Windows User Experience dialog
Improve Windows version reporting from ISO/.wim
Update UEFI:NTFS' NTFS drivers to v1.4 and exFAT drivers to v1.9
Switch to remote download for nonstandard GRUB (Fedora 37, openSUSE Live, GeckoLinux)
Fix UEFI:NTFS partition not being set in MBR mode for ISOs with a >4GB file (UwUntu)
Fix GRUB support for Arch and derivatives, when a non FAT compliant label is used
Fix incorrect detection of GRUB with nonstandard prefixes
Fix tab order not working on the Windows User Experience dialog
o Version 3.20 (2022.08.03)
Enable applicable Windows User Experience options for Windows 10
Remember last Windows User Experience selection between sessions
Add automatic local account creation and regional options duplication
(NB: This is limited to creating an account with the same name as the current user and
with an empty password that the user will be prompted to change after first reboot)
Add a workaround for ISOs that have a 'syslinux' symbolic link to '/isolinux/' (Knoppix)
Revert to offline insertion of registry keys for the TPM/SB/RAM bypass where possible
Remove storage bypass, since this is a bogus bypass that doesn't do anything
Improve BIOS compatibility when displaying the "UEFI boot only" alert message
Fix Windows User Experience dialog appearing twice for Windows To Go
Fix Windows User Experience options not being applied for ARM64
Fix Microsoft Account bypass not being applied unless TPM/SB/RAM bypass is selected
Fix overeager detection of GRUB2 bootloaders with nonstandard prefixes
o Version 3.19 (2022.07.01)
Add a new selection dialog for Windows 11 setup customization:
- Secure Boot and TPM bypass have now been moved to this dialog
- Also allows to bypass the mandatory requirement for a Microsoft account on Windows 11 22H2
(NB: Network *MUST* be temporarily disabled for the local account creation to be proposed)
- Also add an option to skip all collection questions (Sets all answers to "Don't allow")
- Also add an option for setting internal drives offline for Windows To Go
Note: These customization options are only proposed when using a Windows 11 image.
Add support for distros using a nonstandard GRUB 2.0 prefix directory (openSUSE Live, GeckoLinux)
Add the ability to ignore USBs (See https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/blob/master/res/rufus.ini)
Change drive listing to always list in increasing order of size
Update exceptions needed by Red Hat and derivatives for the 9.x releases
Update UEFI:NTFS drivers to latest
Reassign a letter for drives written in DD mode that don't have an ESP (e.g. CoreELEC)
Fix Windows refusing to mount Linux MBR partitions on FIXED drives
Fix support for multiextent files when Joliet is in use
o Version 3.18 (2022.03.11)
Fix DLL sideloading vulnerabilities
Fix ISO → ESP creation when running on Windows 11
Fix an issue when detecting network connectivity when the DHCP service is disabled
Update FreeDOS to version 1.3
Add bypass of Windows 11 restrictions for in-place upgrades
Add Miracle Linux 8 to the list of Red Hat exceptions
Other internal fixes and improvements
o Version 3.17 (2021.10.23) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
Fix MBR not being properly cleared
Fix commandline hogger not being deleted on exit
Improve ReFS handling for platforms that support it
Update UEFI:NTFS to latest and remove Secure Boot notice since this version is Secure Boot signed
Update Grub4DOS to latest
o 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 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
o 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
Enhance safety checks before running the Fido ISO download script
Other internal fixes and improvements
o 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
o 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.)
o Version 3.12 (2020.10.14)
Add optional SHA-512 digest algorithm (Alt-H)
Add a cheat mode (Alt +/-) to increase/decrease application priority
Enable direct provision of install.wim/install.esd for Windows To Go
Move Windows To Go ESP to the beginning of the drive, on systems that allow it
Enforce a minimum volume size of 256 MB for ext2/ext3 partitions
Speed up the scanning of ISOs with lots of Rock Ridge deep directory entries
Fix detection of GRUB version and update embedded GRUB for Ubuntu 20.10 support
Fix user interface labels for accessibility
Work around a Windows bug where the wrong drive letter may be returned
o 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
o Version 3.10 (2020.04.22)
Improve support for Ubuntu 20.04
Improve detection of FIXED drives with no mounted partitions
Improve extfs formatting (courtesy of Marcos Mello)
Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to v1.5
Fix progress not being updated when using the German localization
Fix primary GPT being overwritten when adding the protective MBR message
Fix a regression with lousy security solutions that prevent the creation of an 'autorun.inf'
Fix an assert during FreeDOS drive creation when the Windows system locale is set to UTF-8
Fix invalid label errors when using a non-Western locale
o Version 3.9 (2020.02.29)
Add exFAT support when creating blank UEFI:NTFS drives [EXPERIMENTAL]
Fix ext2/ext3 corruption for partitions larger than 4 GB
Fix early boot files not being usable on compressed NTFS partitions
Fix writing of compressed streams that don't end on sector boundary
Fix percent not being displayed on slow format
Improve file preallocation and speed up ISO extraction (courtesy of Mattiwatti)
Improve ext2/ext3 formatting speed
Improve protective MBR message for GPT partitioned drives
Improve reporting of Syslinux/GRUB download errors
Improve reporting of partition types and of Windows' version
Report the usage of UDF symbolic links
Update embedded Syslinux to 6.04-pre1
o Version 3.8 (2019.09.16) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
Fix regression where some ISOs (Debian) would produce a Syslinux error when booted in BIOS mode
Fix potential 0xC0030057 errors when trying to create a persistent partitions on a non-FIXED drive
o Version 3.7 (2019.09.09)
Finalize persistent partition support for Debian and Ubuntu [EXPERIMENTAL]:
- Debian with persistence should work out of the box with any recent "Debian Live" ISO.
- Ubuntu with persistence should also work *IF* using a post 2019.08.01 ISO. Note that,
because of bug #1489855, trying to use persistence with Ubuntu ISOs that were released
before August 2019 will only result in rescue mode during boot - You have been warned!
- Other distros may work with persistence as long as they use a Debian-like or Ubuntu-like
method, and, in the case of Ubuntu-like, if they use casper with the #1489855 bugfix.
- Persistence and ext formatting support should still be considered EXPERIMENTAL at this stage.
Add cheat mode (<Alt>) to switch between percent/speed/ETA on *some* operations [EXPERIMENTAL]
Report SuperSpeed+ devices in the log (Come on USB-IF, just add "Ludicrous Speed" already!)
Fix UI checkboxes (Extended label, Fixes for old BIOSes) being cleared on START
Fix "Can't mount GUID volume" regression when creating Windows To Go drives
Fix "Volume label is invalid" error with empty labels on Windows 7
Fix stale progress bar during standalone ext2/ext3 formatting
Fix an extraction failure with R-Drive Image bootable ISOs
Disable ISO mode for Pop_OS
Other cosmetic and internal improvements
o Version 3.6 (2019.07.18)
Add support for persistent partitions [EXPERIMENTAL]
(Note: The above won't work with Ubuntu until Ubuntu bug #1489855 is properly fixed)
Add a mode to use VDS when partitioning/formatting (Alt-V) [EXPERIMENTAL]
Add full extraction support for efi.img (Solus)
Fix listing of potentially blocking processes
Fix NTFS not being selectable when using Grub4DOS
Fix download script not being launched when the user name contains a space
Fix translated messages potentially being truncated (e.g. Thai)
Fix progress bar report for screen readers (Accessibility issue)
Fix a regression where Windows format prompts would not be suppressed
Improve(?) Windows To Go support by following Microsoft's recommended partition order
Don't enumerate Windows Sandbox VHDs
Disable ISO mode when Manjaro ISOHybrids are being used
Update embedded GRUB to version 2.04
o Version 3.5 (2019.03.28)
Add a feature to download official retail Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 ISOs
(Note: 'Check for updates' must be enabled for the above to be active)
Add Windows To Go support for MCT generated Windows ISOs
Add a notice about the 'WppRecorder.sys' Microsoft bug for Windows 10 1809 ISOs
Add a notice about trying to format a drive larger than 2 TB in MBR mode
Add a notice about Legacy boot when trying to boot UEFI-only media in Legacy mode
Report the full PID and command line of potentially blocking processes in the log
Fix a potential silent abort when the drive is in use
Fix 'Quick Format' option always being activated
Fix potential change of the selected file system after an ISO has been loaded
Fix Win7 x64 EFI bootloader not being extracted in dual BIOS+UEFI mode (Alt-E)
o Version 3.4 (2018.12.05)
Set the default image selection directory to Downloads\ instead of My Documents\
Add ARM/ARM64 automatic update support
Improve UEFI:NTFS compatibility
Improve access issues by using VDS to delete all partitions
Update the .appx to include all architectures as well as request elevation
Fix broken detection of some EFI based images
Fix broken update check due to server switch
UI and accessibility fixes and improvements
o Version 3.3 (2018.09.17) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
Fix a regression when processing uncompressed bootable DD images
Fix Windows To Go drive creation for ARM64 Windows ISOs
o Version 3.2 (2018.09.11)
Add RSA-2048 signature validation on all the server downloads
Add "Fast zeroing" cheat mode (courtesy of René van der Zee)
Add support for XP/Server 2003 x64 ISOs (courtesy of Mattiwatti)
Improve ISO extraction performance by preallocating files (courtesy of Mattiwatti)
Improve bad blocks check algorithm (from suggestions by AL.Skywalker)
Fix progress not being displayed for Syslinux or GRUB downloads
Fix unwanted application close when cancelling an image scan
Fix an issue where FAT32 could still be selected for ISOs containing a >4GB file
o Version 3.1 (2018.06.19)
Fix extraction of ISO content for GRUB based ISOs (Manjaro, Kaspersky, etc.)
Fix text being truncated on some dialogs (mostly Russian and Thai)
Add detection & warning about the 'Controlled Folder Access' Windows 10 feature
Improve retry attempts for transient errors
Increase size of the ESP to 300MB, for Windows To Go drives partitioned as GPT
Update GRUB 2.0 and Grub4DOS to latest
Update libcdio to latest
o 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 XP and 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
o Version 2.18 (2017.11.07)
Ensure that the same drive is reselected on device refresh
Add a cheat mode to cycle the USB port of currently selected device
Make lookup for updatable .cfg file more generic (e.g. ESET SysRescue)
Fix handling of multiextent ISOs (e.g. BlackArch Linux)
Fix propagation of image decompression errors
Update grub4dos to latest
IMPORTANT: THIS IS THE LAST RELEASE TO SUPPORT WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS VISTA
SUBSEQUENT RUFUS RELEASES ARE *NO LONGER* COMPATIBLE WITH THESE PLATFORMS
o Version 2.17 (2017.09.12)
Add support for Debian 9 live ISOs in UEFI mode
Add support for Super Floppy Disk "partitioning" mode
Add support for more non-USB card readers
Strengthen download update checks, to prevent attack scenarios that leverage user unawareness
Fix an issue with Spanish translation prompts not displaying properly
Fix an issue with Windows To Go support on some non-official Windows ISOs
Fix an issue with log autoscrolling
Fix an issue when using A: or B: as drive letters
o Version 2.16 (2017.07.31)
Add an audiovisual cue on completion/error
Add a workaround for ISOs using nonstandard Rock Ridge extensions (looking at you Kali Linux!)
Notify user when an ISO is broken or truncated
Notify user if other processes are accessing the drive before format
List processes that are locking a drive on failure
Improve verbosity of the Windows To Go process
Other fixes and improvements
o Version 2.15 (2017.05.17)
Fix non-listing of drives that are opened for write access by another process
Report external processes that may be preventing disk access (in the log)
Improve Windows To Go support for Windows 10 Creators Update
Don't report an error on checkdisk failure
Update GRUB 2.0 and Grub4DOS to latest
Other fixes and improvements
o Version 2.14 (2017.04.10) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
Fix inability to create BIOS-bootable drives, in some circumstances, due to write sharing permissions
o Version 2.13 (2017.04.06)
Preserve 'GPT for UEFI' option if the user changed it before selecting an ISO
Fix unwanted notification sound when closing with the X button (#893)
Fix inability to restore the minimized application after a popup is displayed (#896)
Fix an issue when trying to install Syslinux/NTFS twice in a row (#904)
Work around Microsoft's inconsistent casing of device IDs during device enumeration
Work around Microsoft's aggressive locking of partitions in Windows 10 Creators Update (#883)
Restrict write sharing permissions when accessing a device
Update libcdio and GRUB 2.0 to latest
o Version 2.12 (2017.01.27)
Add Hebrew translation, courtesy of NSBuilder and פלוני אלמוני
Add a cheat mode (Alt-O) to create an ISO from the first optical media found
Enable target system selection for Windows To Go
Enable NTFS selection for Syslinux 6.x (EXPERIMENTAL)
Fix an issue that allowed BIOS target selection with pure UEFI images
Fix license display for RTL languages
Update Grub4DOS and FreeDOS to latest
Additional fixes and improvements
o Version 2.11 (2016.09.08)
Do not download BIOS related files unless BIOS boot is selected
Improve support for Arch Linux derivatives
Add a cheat mode to disable drive indexing (Alt-Q) on format
Fix handling of 'Super Floppy Disk' formatted drives
Fix handling of misleading short write reports, for drives larger than 1 TB
Fix an issue that enabled FAT32 file system selection on some Windows images
Fix broken UI font for XP users
Fix sanitizing of exFAT labels
o Version 2.10 (2016.07.20)
Add SHA-256 validation for downloaded files. You will now see an ✓ or ✗ in the log for relevant content
Add support for O2Micro PCI-E card readers
Add compressed NTFS support for UEFI:NTFS
Improve automatic closure of the Windows default format prompt
Improve support for Ubuntu (silence a benign warning), Springdale (use the actual label) and Antergos (Syslinux version detection)
Work around a Windows bug that can render a GPT disk inaccessible after cleanup (e.g. ChromeOS image)
Fix hash computation for content that isn't a multiple of 64 bytes (NB: This did not affect ISOs)
Fix Syslinux installation on some media, with huge thanks to 424778940z for the tests
Fix a corner case where settings could be altered after Start had been pressed, if a hotplug event also occurred
Additional fixes and improvements
o Version 2.9 (2016.05.17)
Add ARM support for UEFI:NTFS
Fix UEFI:NTFS support for HP and Gigabyte firmwares (with thanks to Rod Smith and linnaea)
Fix unwanted listing of some internal removable drives
Fix the resurgence of a possible Syslinux installation crash
Fix missing default cluster size default on exFAT for >32GB drives
Fix the non-removal of the commandline hogger in some corner cases
Use "modern" file selection dialog on Vista or later (if you can spot the difference, good for you...)
o Version 2.8 (2016.03.22)
Enable listing of non-USB card readers (EXPERIMENTAL)
Major speed improvement for checksum computation
Fix UI flicker during progress actualization
Fix computation of FAT size for Large FAT32 (with thanks to Ady)
Syslinux improvements
Update GRUB to 2.02~beta3
o Version 2.7 (2016.02.14)
Add Thai translation, courtesy of Sippapas Wangsri
Add Drag and Drop support, courtesy of SeymourApps
Add a retry for most write operations
Update UEFI:NTFS, ms-sys and Grub4DOS to latest
Dual sign Rufus with both SHA-1 and SHA-256
Fix 2nd line of SHA-256 being hidden on some platforms
Fix shutdown prevention issues
Additional fixes & translation updates
o Version 2.6 (2015.12.22)
Add Serbian (Latin) translation, courtesy of Ivan Strugar
Add a cheat mode to zero a device (Alt-Z)
Fix dual BIOS/UEFI mode not being disabled once enabled (Alt-E)
Fix a crash when Syslinux downloaded files are modified by a firewall
Fix FAT32 not being disabled for Windows ISOs in BIOS/CSM mode
Additional translation updates
o Version 2.5 (2015.10.26)
Add SHA-256 checksum verification
Add a cheat mode to disable exclusive USB drive locking (Alt-,)
Add digital signature check on update downloads
Add Azerbaijani translation, courtesy of Elvin Məlikov
Add Persian translation, courtesy of Seyed Zia Azimi (ziaa)
Fix an issue where the update settings dialog may not display properly
Report Windows build number in the log (Windows 8 or later)
Many localization improvements and fixes, especially for right-to-left languages
Additional translation updates
o Version 2.4 (2015.09.27)
Allow some settings and cheat modes to be persisted between sessions
Fix multiple issues with flash drive detection
Fix listing of drives that contain no media
Fix cheat mode to save the current USB to *uncompressed* VHD (Alt-V)
Fix an UI scaling issue with high DPI displays for non English languages
Update most of the translations
Additional cosmetic improvements
o Version 2.3 (2015.08.28)
Detect ISOHybrid images and ask users how they should be written
Add MD5/SHA1 checksum verification ('#' button on the status bar)
Add Zip decompression support for DD Images
Add a cheat mode to save the current USB to *uncompressed* VHD (Alt-V)
Add a cheat mode for ISO timestamp preservation (Alt-T)
Add a cheat mode for USB enumeration debugging (Alt-.)
Disable MS-DOS creation for Windows 10 or later (FreeDOS is still available)
Fix Windows To Go creation issues, and enable access to internal disks
Fix UEFI support for Fedora ISOs
Fix some USB enumeration issues
Other improvements and fixes, including translation updates
o Version 2.2 (2015.05.31)
Modernize the language selection button, courtesy of David Warner
Add keyboard accessibility, courtesy of David Warner
Add a clear indication of when UEFI-CSM is to be used
Fix an USB detection issue and add support for ASUS UASP "Turbo Mode"
Fix prevention of Windows shutdown when Rufus is idle
Improve UI on high DPI monitors
Update Grub4DOS to 0.4.6a [2015.05.18]
Other UI improvements and fixes, including translation updates
o Version 2.1 (2015.03.23)
Add 32 bit support to UEFI:NTFS boot
Add standalone UEFI:NTFS boot installation, in advanced mode
Add Vietnamese translation, courtesy of thanhtai2009
Disable support for ISOs that don't report their GRUB version (looking at you Kaspersky!)
Fix broken Windows UEFI installation when using GPT/NTFS
Fix creation of 32 bit UEFI Windows 10 installation flash drives
Other improvements
o Version 2.0 (2015.03.03)
Major UI improvements (improved font, new info field, no separate progress dialog, etc.)
Add support for Windows To Go (if Rufus is running on Windows 8 or later)
Add support for Grub4DOS and GRUB 2 based images (e.g. FreeNAS)
Add portable application support, through a 'rufus.ini' file
Add native decompression support for DD images (.Z, .gz, .lzma, .bz2 and .xz)
Add seamless UEFI boot of NTFS partitions, for Windows ISOs with large files (>4GB)
Add support for Windows multipart 'install.swm'
Add support for non Microsoft VHD drivers
Add Norwegian translation, courtesy of JED
Fix a crash on image selection when no device is present
Fix broken VHD support for non-English version of Windows
Fix write error for DD images that are not a multiple of the sector size
Fix broken Unicode support
Update embedded Syslinux to 6.03
Other improvements and fixes
o Version 1.4.12 (2014.11.09) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
Fix support for Red Hat 7 and CentOS 7
Fix support for Debian 7.x
Fix default listing of Mushkin Ventura Ultra USB 3.0 drives
Fix Czech translation, courtesy of Jakub Moc
Update Windows version listing for Windows 10
o Version 1.4.11 (2014.11.04)
Add Czech translation, courtesy of Richard Kahl
Add Ukrainian translation, courtesy of VKS
Fix formatting of drives with a large sector size (2K, 4K)
Fix UEFI boot for Tails and other Syslinux/EFI based ISOs
Fix listing of devices when all 26 drive letters are in use
Add a minimize button and minor UI changes
Other improvements
o Version 1.4.10 (2014.08.15)
Fix a crash when scanning disk images with no USB drive plugged
Fix default detection of some OCZ flash drives
Improve Syslinux 6.x support (for Tails 1.x and other ISOs)
Improve disk image handling (refresh partitions, remount drive, etc.)
Other fixes and improvements
o Version 1.4.9 (2014.06.08) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
Fix listing of drives for Windows XP and Windows Vista (reported by Alex Andrews)
o Version 1.4.8 (2014.06.03)
Add KolibriOS ISO support
Add Arabic translation, courtesy of عمر الصمد
Add Croatian translation, courtesy of Dario Komar
Add Danish translation, courtesy of Jens Hansen
Add Latvian translation, courtesy of Aldis Tutins
Add Portuguese Brazilian translation, courtesy of Chateaubriand Vieira Moura
Allow the use of VHDs as DD image source (fixed disk/uncompressed only)
Report the detected USB speed in the log
Fix a long standing issue when launching Rufus using Far Manager
Fix support for pure UEFI bootable disk images
Fix detection for some Buffalo, Lacie, Samsung, Toshiba and Verbatim drives
Various other fixes and improvements
o Version 1.4.7 (2014.04.22)
Add VHD support as a target, courtesy of Scott
Add ReFS support (only for Windows 8.1 or later and only for fixed drives)
Add a cheat mode to force the use of DD image writing for dual ISOs
Add Japanese translation, courtesy of Chantella Jackson
Add Slovak translation, courtesy of martinco78
Add Swedish translation, courtesy of Sopor
Improve the display of filesizes when copying content
Fix FAT32 cluster transitions
Fix unpartitioned drives not always being listed
Fix bad blocks report
o Version 1.4.6 (2014.03.17)
Display USB size in the dropdown list
Add Bulgarian translation, courtesy of Krasimir Nevenov
Improve checkbox handling in the UI and fix UDF/exFAT formatting issues
Fix replacement of obsolete vesamenu.c32 (reported by Liang)
Fix an issue that could prevent the download of files from the Rufus website
Fix untimely libcdio messages when processing Rock-Ridge ISOs (such as Ubuntu)
Other fixes
o Version 1.4.5 (2014.02.27) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
Fix detection of fixed drives (reported by dominiquesb)
o Version 1.4.4 (2014.02.26)
Add *uncompressed* Disk Image support (FreeBSD, FreeNAS, etc.)
Add right-to-left language support
Add an alert when multiple partitions are about to be erased
Add (unofficial) NTFS Compression support
Add Finnish translation, courtesy of Riku Brander
Ignore failure on ISO autorun.inf creation, to keep dumb security applications happy
Improve hotplug detection
Improve Syslinux v5+ support (requires an internet connection to download extra files)
Fix support for latest gparted, ArchLinux, and other Syslinux v5+ based ISOs
Fix detection for Toshiba drives (again)
Fix UDF Unicode support
o Version 1.4.3 (2014.01.21) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
Fix format operation not starting on Windows XP (reported by ank91)
o Version 1.4.2 (2014.01.18)
Add USB Attached SCSI (UAS) support
Add ReactOS support
Add NTFS UEFI support, for targets that can support it
Add insertion detection for USB memory card readers
Add retry when writing ISO files... again
Add Chinese (Simplified) translation, courtesy of 佚名
Add Indonesian translation, courtesy of Abe Akatsuki
Add Malay translation, courtesy of Muhammad Aman
Add Portuguese (Portugal) translation, courtesy of Fernando Baptista
Speed up boot record cleanup, for slow drives
Improve initial locale detection
Save user selected locale between sessions
Always use English locale in the log, where possible
Fix detection for some SanDisk, Kingston, HP and Toshiba drives
Fix a potential issue with drive letter assignation
Various other fixes and improvements
o Version 1.4.1 (2013.12.05) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
Fix broken Syslinux support (reported by ank91)
Add Slovenian support, courtesy of Matej Horvat
o Version 1.4.0 (2013.12.02)
Add localization support, with native integration for the following languages:
- Chinese (Traditional), courtesy of 佚
- Dutch, courtesy of Roberto Pino
- French, courtesy of myself ("Je vais me gêner !")
- German, courtesy of Thilo Langbein
- Greek, courtesy of Konstantinos and Nikolaos Margaritis
- Hungarian, courtesy of georg1136
- Italian, courtesy of bovirus
- Korean, courtesy of 나두야간다
- Lithuanian, courtesy of Gintaras Venslovas
- Polish, courtesy of Piotr Halama
- Romanian, courtesy of Gîrlea Alexandru
- Russian, courtesy of Кирилл Иванов
- Spanish, courtesy of José Pineda
- Turkish, courtesy of Mehmetali Kuran
- More to come, more wanted! See http://rufus.akeo.ie/translations
Add "smart" detection of USB HDD vs USB Flash Drive
Add retry when writing ISO files
Add detection and display of VID:PID for the target device (in the log)
Updated Syslinux to v4.0.7
Fixed some issues with DOS localization
Fixed FAT32 formatting for large and GPT disks
Fixed support for Ubuntu, Scientific Linux, unofficial Windows and other ISOs
Various other fixes and improvements
o Version 1.3.4 (2013.07.15)
Syslinux v5 support (NEW)
UDF formatting support (NEW - Vista and later only)
More drive handling improvements, to avoid "Could not open media" errors
Fixed support for ISOs containing files larger than 4GB
Fixed elevation request for unprivileged users
Fixed download of c32 files into the application directory
Better compression algorithm for the executable
Other bug fixes and improvements (spelling, UI, etc.)
o Version 1.3.3 (2013.06.10)
Drive handling and hotplug detection overhaul
Add support for raw/unpartitioned drives
Add (limited) commandline support, to specify the ISO image to open
Add option to list fixed/unpartitioned drives, in the advanced options
Fix broken detection of unsupported ISO images
Don't assume C: to be the drive letter for DOS
Various other fixes and improvements
o Version 1.3.2 (2013.01.27)
Fix support for newer ArchLinux ISOs, that was removed in 1.3.1
Add support for UEFI boot, as well as GPT. What this means is that Rufus can
now produce UEFI bootable UFDs from EFI compatible ISOs, such as Windows 7 x64,
Windows 8, ArchLinux, etc.
The first partition is now always aligned to 1MB (unless advanced options are used)
Internal refactoring and fixes
o Version 1.3.1 (2013.01.09)
Fix Windows XP ISO support, that was broken in 1.3.0
Drop support for newer ArchLinux ISOs - this will be fixed in 1.3.2
Indicate which of FAT32 or Large FAT32 will be used as well as Partition Scheme
Various internal fixes
o Version 1.3.0 (2012.12.16)
FAT32 format support for >32GB drives
Based on fat32format from Ridgecrop Consultants Ltd:
http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
Automated update check
Relax ISO9660 compliance for Arch Linux images
Add support for VMWare ESXi 5.1 ISO images
Update Syslinux to v4.0.6 and libcdio to v0.90
Miscellaneous UI improvements and fixes
o Version 1.2.0 (2012.06.04)
Single version of Rufus, that includes FreeDOS support always
Add a toggleable advanced options panel
Add bare Syslinux installation for (FAT partitions only)
Add taskbar progress (Windows 7 or later)
Integrate logging output in the application
Fixes unavailable boot option when an empty card reader is plugged (reported by TheHive)
Works around the use of non-ISO compliant LiveXP images (reported by TheHive)
Various other bugfixes and improvements
o Version 1.1.7 (2012.04.06):
Fixes wrong bootable disk ID introduced in 1.1.6 (reported by Jeff Byers)
Fixes support for minint WinPE 1.x images
o Version 1.1.6 (2012.03.27):
Add ISO support for Windows XP (SP2 or later), Windows 2003 and BartPE
o Version 1.1.5 (2012.03.12):
Fixes detection of devices without friendly name (reported by rschiang)
Fixes support of WinPE/AIK ISO images (reported by Dmitry Sokolov)
Fixes no disk at launch with empty card readers (reported by ChrisR
Add download of vesamenu.c32 for ISOs that need it
o Version 1.1.4 (2012.03.03):
Fixes ISO support for directories with extended characters (reported by ChrisR)
Fixes bad blocks test issues (reported by steve6375)
Read extended labels from autorun.inf when present
Update FreeDOS files to latest versions
o Version 1.1.3 (2012.02.24):
Fixes an issue on XP when using Windows ISOs (reported by wimb)
Disable listing of fixed drives (eg. HDDs)
Add 'fake' USB drive detection during bad blocks check
o Version 1.1.2 (2012.02.22):
Fixes ISO support for Fedora, openSUSE and Hiren's Boot CD
Add icon and extended/international label support
o Version 1.1.1 (2012.02.16):
ISO image support (syslinux) - targeted at Linux installation ISOs
ISO fixes and UI improvements
o Version 1.1.0 (2012.02.08):
ISO image support (NTFS, bootmgr only - targeted at Windows installation ISOs)
o Version 1.0.7 (2012.02.02):
Fixes a detection issue on platforms with multiple optical drives (with thanks to ElGaton)
Add number of passes for bad blocks check
Improved locale selection for FreeDOS
o Version 1.0.6 (2012.01.03):
Log report when bad blocks are found
o Version 1.0.5 (2011.12.25):
Keyboard layout detection & support
o Version 1.0.4 (2011.12.16):
FreeDOS support
o Version 1.0.3 (2011.12.12):
First public release
Progress status improvements
Filtering of invalid cluster sizes
Disable Autoplay on Vista and later while the application is running
o Version 1.0.2 (2011.12.06):
Beta release
Support for bad blocks check
o Version 1.0.1 (2011.12.04):
Alpha release