Rufus is a popular tool for creating Windows (or other operating system) installation media, and the latest release of 3.22 Beta is now available for download from GitHub, with several notable changes and improvements.
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.
