o Version 4.6 (2024.10.??)

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 commandline

Improve revoked UEFI bootloaders check to support Linux SBAT, Windows SVN and cert DBX

o 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

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