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Developer Pete Batard released the Rufus 4.3 version update today. This update does not introduce major new functions/features, but it improves many bugs in previous versions and optimizes running performance.

The updated content of the Rufus 4.3 stable version is as follows:

• Dead 4 Returns Add support for saving Rock Ridge symbolic links when using NTFS
• Add exception to enforce NTFS for Linux Mint’s LMDE
• Add Expert functionality to restrict Windows installations to S mode
• Fix persistence support for Debian 12 when booting in BIOS mode
• Fixed regression that prevented opening .vhd images
• Update UEFI: NTFS to more clearly report bugs on bootmgr security issues
• Improved search for conflicting processes by running in a background thread
• Improved support for Slax Linux

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The Rufus 4.2 stable version mainly supports ZIP64, which allows extracting images larger than 4GB; in addition, it also supports VHDX and FFU image formats to backup and restore the current disk.

Attached are the Rufus 4.2 stable version update content as follows:

 Add detection and warning for revoked UEFI bootLoaders (including revoked bootloaders via SkuSiPolicy.p7b)

 Add support for ZIP64, which can decompress .zip images larger than 4GB

 Supports backup and restore of current disk in VHDX image format

 Supports image backup and restore of current disk in compressed FFU (Full Flash Update) format

 Fix crash when opening Windows ISO when compiling x86 32-bit version with MinGW

 Fix for bootable ISO images containing EFI labels not being detected as bootable

 Increase ISO → ESP limit for Debian 12 netinst images

 Make sure to align primary partition size with cluster size

Rufus is a tool that can help format and create a bootable U disk, and can make a startup disk for Windows, Linux, Android-x86 and other operating systems. The latest release, version 4.2, is now available for download from GitHub.

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This update also adds detection and warnings for bootloaders with revoked UEFI.

This update blocks dangerous UEFI executables based on the Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database, as well as Microsoft’s Secure Boot DBX blacklist.

The new version also adds support for ZIP64, which means users can now extract .zip images larger than 4GB. It is also now possible to add or restore disks as compressed Virtual Hard Disk v2 (VHDX) images, as well as experimental support for Full Flash Update (FFU) images.

FFU is sector-based, as opposed to file-based WIM (Windows Image File Format), which means that FFU can be deployed faster, although you end up with larger file sizes.

Rufus is a tool that helps format and create bootable USB drives for Windows, Linux, Android-x86 and other operating systems.

Rufus 4.2.4070 Beta download address: official website | GitHub

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Rufus 3.22 introduces the ability to disable automatic BitLocker encryption in the Windows user experience dialog, along with existing installation options to personalize the Windows 11 installation medium, such as removing the requirement for 4GB of RAM, secure boot, TPM 2.0, and online Microsoft accounts.

Other changes in Rufus 3.22 include support for SHA-1 and SHA-256 x86 acceleration on processors and the ability to save logs between sessions. SSD issues have also been fixed. However, with Rufus 3.22, Windows 7 users can no longer use the application to download ISO image files.

The full Rufus 3.22 changelog:

• Added SHA-1 and SHA-256 x86 acceleration on CPUs that support it
• Added option to disable BitLocker device encryption in Windows user experience dialog
• Added cheat mode (Ctrl-P) to keep logs between sessions
• Fix potential media creation errors by forcing uninstallation of obsolete .wim images
• Fix potential access errors in ISO → ESP mode by forcing FAT32 format
• Fix user-specified tags not retained on error/cancellation
• Fix default listing of some SSD devices
• Fix handling of Rock Ridge CE fields
• Fix issue with Linux firmware packages (Debian) using Rock Ridge symbolic links
• Remove the ISO download feature on Windows 7

As a reminder, this is the last version of Rufus that will work on Windows 7. Users can download Rufus 3.22 from the application’s GitHub repository.

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Rufus 3.22 introduces the ability to disable automatic BitLocker encryption in the Windows user experience dialog, along with existing installation options to personalize Windows 11 installation media, such as removing requirements for 4GB of memory, secure boot, TPM, and online Microsoft accounts.

Other changes in Rufus 3.22 Beta include support for on-processor SHA-1 and SHA-256 x86 acceleration and the ability to save logs between sessions. However, with Rufus 3.22, Windows 7 users can no longer use the application to download ISO image files.

Attached is the complete changelog of Rufus 3.22 Beta:

Added SHA-1 and SHA-256 x86 acceleration on CPUs that support it

Added option to disable BitLocker device encryption in the Windows User Experience dialog

Added cheat mode (Ctrl-P) to keep logs between sessions

Fix potential media creation errors by forcefully unmounting stale .wim images

Fix potential access errors in ISO → ESP mode by forcing FAT32 format

Fix bug / user-specified tags not preserved on cancel

Fix some SSD devices listed by default

Fix handling of Rock Ridge CE fields

Resolve issues with Linux firmware packages (Debian) using Rock Ridge symlinks

Remove ISO download feature on Windows 7

Users can download Rufus 3.22 Beta from the app’s GitHub repository.

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