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Pete Batard 258a4f7ca0 [core] work around a Windows bug that may render a disk inaccessible on cleanup 
* The root of the issue is that Windows IOCTL_DISK_CREATE_DISK does not properly
  zero all of the MBR/GPT/PBR structure with PARTITION_STYLE_RAW (which is what
  diskpart uses to clean a disk), and leaves plenty of partition artefacts behind.
* This means that, when an image with complex partitioning has been applied, such
  as Chromium/ChromeOS, you may end up with a drive that can not be repartitioned
  or reformatted in Windows (and this is completely independent of whether Rufus
  was used to perform these operations - For instance you will get the same issue
  if you use Win32DiskImager and diskpart + clean).
* The only option left for users then is to reset/repartition their drives in Linux
  or some other OS, as Windows' VDS becomes incapacitated to handle the drive, as
  the problem persists independently of reset/re-plug/Windows platform being used.
* To work around this, we ensure that we zero the MBR/GPT/PBR sectors BEFORE calling
  IOCTL_DISK_CREATE_DISK.
* Also move zeroing of the drive before partition reset.
* Closes #759
2016-05-21 16:34:34 +01:00
res [loc] update Greek translation to latest 2016-05-17 09:57:35 +01:00
src [core] work around a Windows bug that may render a disk inaccessible on cleanup 2016-05-21 16:34:34 +01:00
.amend.cmd [misc] fix getopt build path for Visual Studio 2015-06-16 19:04:43 +01:00
.gitattributes [misc] ensure 'missing' is checked out as LF 2015-11-18 00:21:56 +00:00
.gitignore [cmp] add decompression support 2014-12-29 20:34:41 +00:00
_chver.sh [core] enable the installation of a bare UEFI:NTFS in advanced mode 2015-03-18 21:34:28 +00:00
_coverity.cmd [misc] fix Coverity warnings 2016-03-25 16:38:01 +00:00
_post-commit.sh [freedos] Embed FreeDOS always in a single version of rufus.c 2012-03-28 19:50:21 +01:00
_pre-commit.sh [misc] drop the micro from the version 2015-02-08 22:59:09 +00:00
_release.sh [misc] update to VS2015 and fix VS code analysis issues 2015-08-10 23:30:23 +01:00
_set_git_hooks.sh [misc] fix getopt build path for Visual Studio 2015-06-16 19:04:43 +01:00
_sign.cmd [core] update UEFI:NTFS to latest 2016-02-05 10:29:14 +00:00
aclocal.m4 [misc] update MinGW build chain for msys2 2014-12-15 18:42:21 +00:00
bootstrap.sh [misc] update MinGW build chain for msys2 2014-12-15 18:42:21 +00:00
ChangeLog.txt v2.9 (build 934) 2016-05-17 10:46:18 +01:00
compile [misc] update MinGW build chain for msys2 2014-12-15 18:42:21 +00:00
configure update UEFI:NTFS to latest 2016-04-24 14:19:19 +02:00
configure.ac update UEFI:NTFS to latest 2016-04-24 14:19:19 +02:00
install-sh [internal] update app URL as well as scripts 2011-12-09 22:47:44 +00:00
LICENSE.txt [misc] refactoring and cleanup - part 2 2013-01-25 01:56:28 +00:00
Makefile.am [misc] update to VS2015 and fix VS code analysis issues 2015-08-10 23:30:23 +01:00
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missing [misc] update MinGW build chain for msys2 2014-12-15 18:42:21 +00:00
README.md v2.9 (build 934) 2016-05-17 10:46:18 +01:00
rufus.sln [syslinux] update Syslinux to better align with its official source 2016-02-23 20:52:06 +00:00
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README.md

Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility

Rufus logo

Features

  • Format USB and Virtual HD drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS
  • Create DOS bootable USB drives, using FreeDOS or MS-DOS
  • Create BIOS or UEFI bootable drives, including UEFI bootable NTFS
  • Create bootable drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
  • Create bootable drives from bootable disk images, including compressed ones
  • Create Windows To Go drives
  • Twice as fast as Microsoft's USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin, on ISO -> USB creation (1)
  • Perform bad blocks checks, including detection of "fake" flash drives
  • Modern and familiar UI, with more than 35 languages natively supported
  • Small footprint. No installation required.
  • Portable
  • 100% Free Software (GPL v3)

Compilation

Use either Visual Studio 2015, WDK 7.1 (Windows Driver Kit) or MinGW and then invoke the .sln, wdk_build.cmd or configure/make respectively.

Visual Studio

Note that, since Rufus is an OSI compliant Open Source project, you are entitled to download and use the freely available [Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition] (http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs) 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 this.

Additional information

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

Enhancements/Bugs

Please use the GitHub issue tracker for reporting problems or suggesting new features.

(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

Name of tool Version Time
Windows 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