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Rufus 4.3 BETA Pre-release

• Add support for symlink 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 in BIOS mode
• Fix a regression that prevented the opening of .vhd images (#2309)
• 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 (#2336)

If you believe you found an issue or regression with this BETA, please report it in the issue tracker

Download: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/download/v4.3_BETA/rufus-4.3_BETA.exe

Release Rufus 4.3 BETA · pbatard/rufus

Add support for symlink 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 supp...

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Notable improvements in Rufus 4.3 include the ability to enforce Windows installation in S Mode (the long-forgotten mode that limited app installation to the Microsoft Store), NTFS enforcing for Linux Mint LMDE, a fix for the bug preventing opening VHD images, and more.

Rufus 4.3 Beta is out with Windows in S mode installation, NTFS enforce for Linux, and more

Rufus 4.3 Beta is now available for download from GitHub. The latest pre-release version contains several changes, such as restricting Windows installation to S mode, NTFS enforce for Linux, and more.

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Rufus 4.3 released as stable version:

• Add support for symbolic link 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 in BIOS mode
• Fix a regression that prevented the opening of .vhd images (#2309)
• 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 (#2336)

Release Rufus 4.3 · pbatard/rufus

Add support for symbolic link 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 persistenc...

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Rufus 4.4​

• 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 [#2395]
• Improve support for SDXC card readers
• Improve Large FAT32 formatting by aligning start of data regions to 1 MB (courtesy of Fred) [#2387]

Release Rufus 4.4 · pbatard/rufus

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 bei...

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Rufus 4.4 is out with GRUB 2.12, fixes for Dev Drives, better card reader support, and more

Rufus, one of the best apps for creating bootable media, has been updated to version 4.4. The latest release brings fixes for Dev Drives, better support for SDXC card readers, and more.

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Rufus 4.5 BETA​

• 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 (#2468)
• 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 (#2451)

Release Rufus 4.5 BETA · pbatard/rufus

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 ima...

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Version 4.5 beta is now available on GitHub with runtime UEFI media validation and various fixes and improvements, such as an increased buffer size for copying ISO files and security patches. With the latest beta release, Rufus can perform MD5 hash verification on each boot. More information about MD5 checksum UEFI validation is available on this GitHub page.

Rufus 4.5 beta is out with UEFI media validation and various improvements

The Beta version of Rufus, a popular app for making bootable USB media, was updated to version 4.5. The most notable changes include runtime UEFI media validation, increased buffer size, and more.

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Rufus 4.5 released as stable version now:

Release Rufus 4.5 · pbatard/rufus

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 image...

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Download: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/download/v4.5/rufus-4.5.exe

New Rufus 4.5 has Windows and Linux improvements, for UEFI, NTFS, MBR, ISO, GRUB

Rufus, one of the most popular unofficial third-party software used for creating bootable media has been updated today. The new version has improvements related to UEFI, NTFS, ISO, VHDX, GRUB.

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Update, October 7 2024: Rufus developer has again reiterated that the upcoming version of the utility will make it much easier to bypass Windows 11 24H2 requirements for in-place upgrades. An alpha version of the software has also been released for those who don't to wait for the upcoming version.

Rufus posts unsupported CPU bypass for Windows 11 24H2 in-place upgrade but not for everyone

Popular USB media utility Rufus has provided a workaround to run Windows 11 24H2 on unsupported hardware via an in-place upgrade.

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Note that, with the next release of Rufus, you'll simply be able to double click on setup.exe to perform in-place upgrades, as Rufus will create a setup.exe wrapper that applies the registry bypasses before running the original Microsoft setup.

If you are in a hurry to test this, you can just simply extract an ALPHA release of the upcoming Rufus from the MinGW artifacts available at [wue] add setup wrapper to add bypasses for in-place upgrades of Wind… · pbatard/rufus@c800448.

Issue performing in-place upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 · Issue #2568 · pbatard/rufus

Checklist I have been made aware that if my problem can be summarized as "I've created or tried to create a media using Rufus, and ...", and I am not including a log, this issue will be summarily c...

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Rufus 4.6 BETA​

• Add a new setup.exe wrapper to bypass Windows 11 24H2 in-place upgrade restrictions (#2568)
• Add TimeZone to regional options replication (#2499)
• Set local account passwords to not expire by default
• Fix an error when trying to write compressed VHD images (#2468)
• Fix an error when invoking Rufus from the PowerShell commandline (#2556)
• Improve revoked UEFI bootloaders check to support Linux SBAT, Windows SVN and cert DBX

If you think you found an issue with the BETA, please report it HERE

Release Rufus 4.6 BETA · pbatard/rufus

Add a new setup.exe wrapper to bypass Windows 11 24H2 in-place upgrade restrictions (#2568) Add TimeZone to regional options replication (#2499) Set local account passwords to not expire by default...

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Keep in mind though that Windows 11 24H2 is different from its predecessors since Microsoft has added a new CPU instruction set requirement with PopCnt and SSE4.2. Thus, very old PCs with CPUs that lack the required ISA (instruction set architecture) won't be able to bypass the requirement even with the latest version of Rufus.

Rufus author Pete Batard has also reiterated that such a bypass is not going to come to his app. He writes:

I'm not planning to. If the official bypasses that Microsoft allows don't work, it's Microsoft's problem not mine. Rufus is working within Microsoft's framework, with bypasses that Microsoft included for the installer, and, therefore, as has been the case ever since the release of Windows 11, I expect that the bypasses that Microsoft allows to not render a machine inoperative, and I also expect Microsoft to filter bypasses that will, like PopCount/SSE4.2.

Rufus adds Windows 11 24H2 unsupported PC bypass for in-place upgrades, local account fix

The latest release of Rufus brings Windows 11 24H2 bypass for unsupported PCs, a local account-related fix, and more.

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Issue performing in-place upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 · Issue #2568 · pbatard/rufus

Checklist I have been made aware that if my problem can be summarized as "I've created or tried to create a media using Rufus, and ...", and I am not including a log, this issue will be summarily c...

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Rufus 4.6​

• Add a new setup.exe wrapper to bypass Windows 11 24H2 in-place upgrade restrictions (#2568)
• Add TimeZone to regional options replication (#2499)
• Set local account passwords to not expire by default
• Fix an error when trying to write compressed VHD images (#2468)
• Fix an error when invoking Rufus from the PowerShell commandline (#2556)
• Improve revoked UEFI bootloaders check to support Linux SBAT, Windows SVN and cert DBX
• Improve support for ReactOS boot media (#2589)

Release Rufus 4.6 · pbatard/rufus

Add a new setup.exe wrapper to bypass Windows 11 24H2 in-place upgrade restrictions (#2568) Add TimeZone to regional options replication (#2499) Set local account passwords to not expire by default...

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Rufus 4.6 gets Windows 11 24H2 unsupported PC bypass, ReactOS boot fix

Rufus final version 4.6 has been released which brings Windows 11 24H2 in-place upgrade bypass fix, and more improvements.

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