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 () 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