Overview of Rufus
Rufus is a lightweight and efficient utility designed to format and create bootable USB flash drives, including USB keys, pen drives, and memory sticks. Despite its small footprint, Rufus delivers comprehensive functionality, making it a preferred choice among users. Notably, this tool stands out for its speed, often outperforming other utilities such as UNetbootin and Universal USB Installer. For instance, when creating a Windows 7 USB installation drive from an ISO, Rufus is typically about twice as fast as its competitors. It also demonstrates improved performance for Linux bootable USBs sourced from ISOs. A detailed, non-exhaustive list of supported ISOs can be found here.
Key Use Cases for Rufus
Rufus is particularly beneficial in several scenarios, including:
- Creating USB installation media from various bootable ISOs, encompassing Windows, Linux, UEFI, and more.
- Operating systems installations on machines lacking an existing OS.
- Flashing BIOS or firmware from a DOS environment.
- Running low-level utility tools for system maintenance and recovery.
What’s New in Rufus 4.11.2285
The latest update, Rufus 4.11.2285, introduces several enhancements and fixes:
- A new cheat mode (Ctrl-Alt-D) allows users to switch between Light and Dark mode easily (#2814).
- Improvements to the WUE option text concerning the CA 2023 feature.
- Updated Linux SBAT and Microsoft SVN Secure Boot revocation values to the most current standards.
- Resolved issues with GRUB/Syslinux download dialogs, which previously only displayed a ‘Close’ button (#2813).
- Fixed an assertion issue triggered by using the WUE CA 2023 option independently (#2815, #2818).
- Addressed application crashes on systems with malfunctioning dynamic disks (#2794).
Download Links
You can download the latest version of Rufus, version 4.11, from the following links:
- Rufus 4.11 | ~2.0 MB (Open Source)
- Portable Version
- Rufus 32-bit
- Rufus ARM64
Additional Resources
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