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Pete Batard 352a796eff [core] only allow removable drives to be listed
* Our detection code, which is based on the HPUSBFW utility, allows fixed
  drives such as USB HDDs to be listed
* Since Rufus lacks extra precautions for fixed disks, this may result in
  people mistakenly formatting and HDD instead of a flash drive
* Until we have added HDD specific features (support for repartitioning or
  existing partitions, >32GB FAT32, etc.) we prefer playing it safe by
  not listing fixed disks.
* We will re-enable fixed disks when we feel enough safeties are in place
* Also fix an issue where ISO selection could crash if Rufus
  was compiled for Vista and later and update version to rufus-next
2012-02-24 18:46:55 +00:00

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Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
Features:
- Formats USB flash drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/exFAT
- Creates DOS bootable USB drives, with no external files required
- Creates bootable USB drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
- Twice as fast as Microsoft's USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin, on ISO->USB (1)
- Bad blocks check
- Modern UI, with UAC elevation for Windows Vista and later
- Very small footprint, no installation required
- 100% Free Source Software (GPL v3)
Compilation:
Use either Visual Studio 2010, WDK (Windows Driver Kit) or MinGW and then
invoke the .sln, wdk_build.cmd or configure/make respectively.
You can change the project options (FreeDOS support, etc) by editing the top-level
ms-config.h (Visual Studio, WDK) or running "./configure --help" (MinGW).
Additional information:
Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing through the Windows
debug facility. This info can be accessed with an application such as DebugView.
More info:
http://rufus.akeo.ie
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