Does Rufus Still Work ?

glasskuter said:

Here's your step by step to create media. Follow it EXACTLY to comply with your partition table.

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Exactly the same as my instructions. Fair point about MBR though.

Hazel123 said:

I just tick the first two.

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Me also Hazel, except I block Bitlocker

Del 80 said:

.it won't recognise the W11 ISO file on the flash drive

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YOU DON"T PUT THE ISO ON THE FLASH DRIVE (And yes, I am intentionally shouting)

- download the ISO from Microsoft website to your computer
- download Rufus to your computer (v4.9.226)
- connect the boot USB to be created
- run Rufus (everything on the USB will be lost, it's wiped clean ... which is why it's not working if you've got the ISO on it!!!!)
- the USB drive name should appear in "Device"
- "Boot Selection" should auto show "Disk or ISO etc"
- click Select (the word Select, DO NOT USE THE PULL DOWN MENU. Again, obviously the Download option is not working for you fopr whatever reason, so why continue to try and use it)
- navigate to where the ISO is stored on your device
- select the ISO file
- START Rufus

Failsafe. Foolproof

antspants said:

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Hazel123 said:

I just tick the first two.

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No, click the lot.

Given the OPs predicament, there should be no room for misinterpretation and/or confusion (somewhere in this thread the OP mentioned not being able to bypass restrictions. As with all of the OPs post, that one also was devoid of specific detail, just the mention that it happened)

The only variation I'd allow/suggest, remove the actual user name (but leave local account option ticked). That allows the installer/user to create their own name account, just in case it won't be the same

I use this for EVERY device, compliant of Microsoft's ersatz attempt at security, or not

Added the tutorial to find what partition table is used for your drive (Tutorial Post 36)

And format the usb drive again before you start all the above, if you downloaded the ISO onto the usb A downloaded ISO looks like this on your computer it'll probably be saved in "Documents" folder. Except it'll probably just say "Windows 11" - I renamed mine below for my own benefit.



If you're not sure about MBR and GPT - try GPT first and see if the usb boots. If it doesn't, reformat the usb, start again and try mbr.

Here - I've made a short video to show you exactly what to do - you'll see the ISO in the list where it's selected. Sorry it's a bit wobbly - was holding phone in one hand and clicking with the other. Also you might need to go full screen to actually see it properly.

Hazel123 said:

And format the usb drive again before you start all the above

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RUFUS formats the USB before creating the media. Totally wipes it, kills whatever is on it.

RUFUS is actually also widely used as a USB Format utility.

steveg said:

Not tried for W11 but Clonezilla was the only thing I could get to work for cloning a linux handheld game emulator sd boot card. Everything else failed to boot.

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Just boot any linux live distro and simply use dd !!!

i.e sudo dd if=<input file, partition or /dev/ source device> of=<output file, partition or /dev/target device> bs=4096M status=progress.

Works for ANY file system as this just copies physical data blocks -- doesn't care how the file system is organised -- but it "copies" empty space too - so you won't get fast times for large files unlike say cloning with things like macrium -- but it WORKS every time regardless of the file system or even the encryption.

Cheers
jimbo