Rufus

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Changes in 3.13 :

• 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 [#1637]
  
• Improve mounting/unmounting of volumes [#1640]
  
• Other internal fixes and improvements (VDS, error reporting, etc.)
  

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Rufus 3.14.1788 changelog:

• 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
  

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Changes in 3.15.1812:

• Update GRUB to version 2.06
  
• Add support for 

  .vtsi

   files.
  
• 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.
  

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Rufus 3.18:

• Fix DLL sideloading vulnerabilities (#1838, #1877)
  
• Fix ISO → ESP creation when running on Windows 11 (#1855)
  
• Fix an issue when detecting network connectivity when the DHCP service is disabled (#1801)
  
• 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 (#1866)
  
• Other internal fixes and improvements
  

[harlan4096]

Rufus 3.19 now available as stable version:

• 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 with Windows 11 22H2
    (NB: Network MUST be temporarily disabled or unplugged 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 with 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 here for details)
  
• 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
  

[harlan4096]

Rufus 3.21 stable released, same changelog like before as beta version:

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 (#2086)
  
• Fix incorrect detection of GRUB with nonstandard prefixes
  
• Fix tab order not working on the Windows User Experience dialog
  

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Changes in 3.22.2009:

• 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
  

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Rufus 4.0 stable version released on GitHub:

• Fix persistent partition not working with Ubuntu 23.04 (#2231)
  
• Fix out of range pointer error with Ubuntu 23.04 when booting in BIOS mode (#2233)
  
• Fix boot freeze with Ubuntu Studio when Secure Boot is enabled (#2210)
  
• 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
    

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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 (pbatard/uefi-ntfs#37)
  
• Fix more GRUB out of range pointer errors with Ubuntu/Fedora when booting in BIOS mode
  

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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)