rufus/README.txt

Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility

Features:
- Formats USB flash drives as well as VHD images to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS
- Creates DOS bootable USB drives, using FreeDOS or MS-DOS with no external files required
- Creates MBR or GPT/UEFI bootable drives, including UEFI bootable NTFS
- Creates bootable drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
- Creates bootbale drives from disk images, including compressed ones
- Creates Windows To Go drives
- Twice as fast as Microsoft's USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin, on ISO->USB (1)
- Can perform bad blocks check, with fake drive detection
- Modern and familiar UI, with more than 30 languages natively supported (2)
- Small footprint, no installation required
- 100% Free Software (GPL v3)

Compilation:
  Use either Visual Studio 2013, WDK 7.1 (Windows Driver Kit) or MinGW and then
  invoke the .sln, wdk_build.cmd or configure/make respectively.

  Note that, since Rufus is an OSI compliant Open Source project, you are entitled to
  download and use the *freely available* Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition to
  build, run or develop for Rufus. As per the Visual Studio Community Edition license
  this applies regardless of whether you are an individual or a corporate user.
  For details, see http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs
  or http://pete.akeo.ie/2014/11/visual-studio-2013-has-now-become.html

Additional information:
  Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, either through
  its easily accessible log, or through the Windows debug facility.

More info:
  http://rufus.akeo.ie
  http://rufus.akeo.ie/FAQ

Enhancements/Bugs
  https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues


(1) Tests carried out with a 16 GB USB 3.0 ADATA pen drive on a
    Core 2 duo/4 GB RAM platform running Windows 7 x64.
    ISO: en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso
    - Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool v1.0.30:  8 mins 10s
    - UNetbootin v1.1.1.1:                      6 mins 20s
    - Rufus v1.1.0:                             3 mins 25s

(2) http://rufus.akeo.ie/translations
[misc] added README/TODO * also renamed Allocation Unit to Cluster 2011-12-05 12:41:55 +00:00			`Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility`

			`Features:`
v1.4.7 (build 455) 2014-04-22 11:28:41 +00:00			`- Formats USB flash drives as well as VHD images to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS`
[misc] improve Windows version detection * Also update README.txt * Closes #220 2013-11-05 02:16:49 +00:00			`- Creates DOS bootable USB drives, using FreeDOS or MS-DOS with no external files required`
[core] enable the installation of a bare UEFI:NTFS in advanced mode * Closes #468 * Also prevent drives with UEFI:NTFS from being listed as multi-partitions * Also add a label for the UEFI:NTFS FAT partition * Also fix internal chver script 2015-03-18 21:34:28 +00:00			`- Creates MBR or GPT/UEFI bootable drives, including UEFI bootable NTFS`
v1.4.7 (build 455) 2014-04-22 11:28:41 +00:00			`- Creates bootable drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)`
[misc] pocketful of enhancement and fixes - part 5 * Check compressed DD images for boot capability * Add DisableLGP setting * Silence libcdio errors when scanning non ISO images * Ensure UI displays "No image selected" when relevant * Also update Bled to latest 2015-02-11 23:22:18 +00:00			`- Creates bootbale drives from disk images, including compressed ones`
			`- Creates Windows To Go drives`
[misc] more pre 1.1.0 improvements 2012-02-07 23:16:15 +00:00			`- Twice as fast as Microsoft's USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin, on ISO->USB (1)`
v1.3.3 (build 250) 2013-06-10 20:50:42 +00:00			`- Can perform bad blocks check, with fake drive detection`
v1.4.11 (build 530) 2014-11-04 20:16:59 +00:00			`- Modern and familiar UI, with more than 30 languages natively supported (2)`
[freedos] Embed FreeDOS always in a single version of rufus.c * also bump version to rufus-next * also change build prefix from '#' to 'b' in tags 2012-03-28 18:50:21 +00:00			`- Small footprint, no installation required`
v1.4.0 (build 340) 2013-12-02 18:54:47 +00:00			`- 100% Free Software (GPL v3)`
[misc] added README/TODO * also renamed Allocation Unit to Cluster 2011-12-05 12:41:55 +00:00
			`Compilation:`
[grub] add Grub4DOS support * Also adds some stubs for Grub 2.0 * Also add a note about VS2013 CE in the readme * Addresses the first part of #340 2014-11-14 23:40:00 +00:00			`Use either Visual Studio 2013, WDK 7.1 (Windows Driver Kit) or MinGW and then`
[misc] added README/TODO * also renamed Allocation Unit to Cluster 2011-12-05 12:41:55 +00:00			`invoke the .sln, wdk_build.cmd or configure/make respectively.`
[grub] add Grub4DOS support * Also adds some stubs for Grub 2.0 * Also add a note about VS2013 CE in the readme * Addresses the first part of #340 2014-11-14 23:40:00 +00:00
[grub] add Grub 2.0 support * Also moves secondary Grub boot record as a resource * Also fix a typo in README.txt and update signtool path * Closes #340 2014-11-17 23:41:46 +00:00			`Note that, since Rufus is an OSI compliant Open Source project, you are entitled to`
[grub] add Grub4DOS support * Also adds some stubs for Grub 2.0 * Also add a note about VS2013 CE in the readme * Addresses the first part of #340 2014-11-14 23:40:00 +00:00			`download and use the freely available Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition to`
			`build, run or develop for Rufus. As per the Visual Studio Community Edition license`
			`this applies regardless of whether you are an individual or a corporate user.`
			`For details, see http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs`
			`or http://pete.akeo.ie/2014/11/visual-studio-2013-has-now-become.html`

[msvc] move FreeDOS config option to a header file * use toplevel ms-config.h for options, rather than duplicate project files * applies for MSVC and WDK 2012-01-11 11:09:40 +00:00			`Additional information:`
v1.3.3 (build 250) 2013-06-10 20:50:42 +00:00			`Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, either through`
			`its easily accessible log, or through the Windows debug facility.`
[misc] added README/TODO * also renamed Allocation Unit to Cluster 2011-12-05 12:41:55 +00:00
			`More info:`
[fat] use ms-sys' partition_info source to correct Disk Drive ID * Disk Drive ID fixup for FAT32 was already available in ms-sys with option -p * modified code to add FAT16 as well as FAT32 support as well as minor fixes * reverts previous patch write_fat_32_br() and write_fat_16_br() 2011-12-14 20:48:20 +00:00			`http://rufus.akeo.ie`
v1.4.0 (build 340) 2013-12-02 18:54:47 +00:00			`http://rufus.akeo.ie/FAQ`
[misc] added README/TODO * also renamed Allocation Unit to Cluster 2011-12-05 12:41:55 +00:00
			`Enhancements/Bugs`
			`https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues`
[misc] more pre 1.1.0 improvements 2012-02-07 23:16:15 +00:00

			`(1) Tests carried out with a 16 GB USB 3.0 ADATA pen drive on a`
			`Core 2 duo/4 GB RAM platform running Windows 7 x64.`
			`ISO: en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_618240.iso`
			`- Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool v1.0.30: 8 mins 10s`
			`- UNetbootin v1.1.1.1: 6 mins 20s`
			`- Rufus v1.1.0: 3 mins 25s`
v1.4.0 (build 340) 2013-12-02 18:54:47 +00:00
			`(2) http://rufus.akeo.ie/translations`