Rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility


Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives.
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Features​

  • Format USB, flash card and virtual drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT/ReFS/ext2/ext3
  • Create DOS bootable USB drives, using FreeDOS or MS-DOS (Windows 8.1 or earlier)
  • 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 11 installation drives for PCs that don't have TPM or Secure Boot
  • Create Windows To Go drives
  • Create persistent Linux partitions
  • Create VHD/DD images of a drive
  • Compute MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256 and SHA-512 checksums of the selected image
  • Improve Windows installation experience by automatically setting up OOBE parameters (local account, privacy options, etc.)
  • Perform bad blocks checks, including detection of "fake" flash drives
  • Download official Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 or Windows 11 retail ISOs
  • Download UEFI Shell ISOs
  • Modern and familiar UI, with 38 languages natively supported
  • Small footprint. No installation required.
  • Portable. Secure Boot compatible.
  • 100% Free Software (GPL v3)
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GitHub: GitHub - pbatard/rufus: The Reliable USB Formatting Utility

Official website: Rufus - The Official Website (Download, New Releases)

Latest stable release: Release Rufus 4.3 · pbatard/rufus

Latest Beta release: Release Rufus 4.3 BETA · pbatard/rufus

Changelog:

Rufus 4.3​

  • Add support for symbolic link preservation when NTFS is used
  • Add an exception to enforce NTFS for Linux Mint's LMDE
  • Add an expert feature to restrict a Windows installation to S Mode
  • Fix persistence support for Debian 12 in BIOS mode
  • Fix a regression that prevented the opening of .vhd images (#2309)
  • Update UEFI:NTFS to report a more explicit error on bootmgr security issues
  • Improve the search for conflicting processes, by running it in a background thread
  • Improve support for Slax Linux (#2336)
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Rufus 4.3 BETA​

  • Add support for symlink preservation when NTFS is used
  • Add an exception to enforce NTFS for Linux Mint's LMDE
  • Add an expert feature to restrict a Windows installation to S Mode
  • Fix persistence support for Debian 12 in BIOS mode
  • Fix a regression that prevented the opening of .vhd images (#2309)
  • Update UEFI:NTFS to report a more explicit error on bootmgr security issues
  • Improve the search for conflicting processes, by running it in a background thread
  • Improve support for Slax Linux (#2336)
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when you do windows to go on RUFUS on an external usb hard drive is there an option to put the internal hard drive of laptop/pc online so that when you go to 'this pc' when windows to go loaded you can see internal hdd and its files? - i cannot see in options .
i have been using AOMEI and giving the internal drive a letter and doing it that way but it would be handy if RUFUS had a option to keep internal disk online and show up when windows to go is used.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
    Manufacturer/Model
    LENOVO Thinkpad 330-141GM

Rufus 4.8 2025.06.11​

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Changelog​


  • Version 4.8(2025.06.11)
    • Switch to wimlib for all WIM image processing:
      • Greatly speeds up image analysis when opening Windows ISOs

      • Can speed up Windows To Go drive creation (But won't do miracles if you have a crap drive)

      • Might help with Parallels limitations on Mac (But Rufus on Parallels is still unsupported)

      • Enables the splitting of >4GB files with Alt-E (But still WAY SLOWER than using UEFI:NTFS)

    • Switch to using Visual Studio binaries everywhere, due to MinGW DLL delay-loading limitations

    • Add more exceptions for Linux ISOs that restrict themselves to DD mode (Nobara, openSUSE, ...)

    • Improve reporting of UEFI bootloaders in the log, with info on the Secure Boot status

    • Fix an issue with size limitations when writing an uncompressed VHD back to the same drive

    • Fix a crash when opening the log with the 32-bit MinGW compiled version

    • Fix commandline parameters not being forwarded to original Windows setup.exe

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My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build 22631.5472
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Sin-built
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
    Memory
    32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
    Screen Resolution
    All over the place
    Hard Drives
    Too many to list.
    OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
    PSU
    Silverstone 1500
    Case
    NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
    Keyboard
    Corsair K95 / Logitech diNovo Edge Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech: G402 / G502 / Mx Masters / MX Air Cordless
    Internet Speed
    1000/400Mbps
    Browser
    All sorts
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky Premium
    Other Info
    I’m on a horse.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build: 22631.4249
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    LENOVO Yoga 7i EVO OLED 14" Touchscreen i5 12 Core 16GB/512GB
    CPU
    Intel Core 12th Gen i5-1240P Processor (1.7 - 4.4GHz)
    Memory
    16GB LPDDR5 RAM
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Iris Xe Graphics Processor
    Sound Card
    Optimized with Dolby Atmos®
    Screen Resolution
    QHD 2880 x 1800 OLED
    Hard Drives
    M.2 512GB
    Antivirus
    Defender / Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    …still on a horse.
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