Releases · pbatard/rufus

Add a cheat mode (Alt-M) to accept disk images without a Boot Marker
Add marquee operation progress to the taskbar icon
Add zeroing/image writing progress to the log
Switch to using 0x55 and 0xAA instead of 0x00 and 0xFF for low pass badblock check
Switch to using fake/manufacturer units when computing the default label
Fix overnumerous write retries on error when writing a disk image
Work around Windows' abysmal handling of removable drives that contain an ESP [#1637]
Improve mounting/unmounting of volumes [#1640]
Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to version 1.7
Other internal fixes and improvements (VDS, error reporting, etc.)

Add optional SHA-512 digest algorithm (Alt-H)
Add a cheat mode (Alt-+/-) to increase/decrease application priority
Enable direct provision of install.wim/install.esd for Windows To Go
Move Windows To Go ESP to the beginning of the drive, on systems that allow it
Enforce a minimum volume size of 256 MB for ext2/ext3 partitions [#1576]
Speed up the scanning of ISOs with lots of Rock Ridge deep directory entries [#1575]
Fix detection of GRUB version and update embedded GRUB for Ubuntu 20.10 support [#1573, #1616]
Fix user interface labels for accessibility [#1467]
Work around a Windows bug where the wrong drive letter may be returned

Add Rock Ridge deep directory support [#1526]
Add an option to write small ISOs to an ESP (GPT only)
Add a cheat mode (Ctrl-SELECT) to extract content from an additional zip archive on top of the ISO
Add a cheat mode (Alt-G) to disable Virtual Hard Disk listing
Add a cheat mode (Alt-P) to toggle a GPT ESP to Basic Data (Windows 10 only)
Fix improper x86 32-bit NTFS driver being used for UEFI:NTFS
Improve UEFI:NTFS compatibility with older UEFI firmwares [#1213]
Improve startup time by running the ISO download feature check in the background
Remove Ubuntu's splash screen for persistent UEFI drives
Enable ASLR for the Rufus executable

Improve support for Ubuntu 20.04 [#1499]
Improve detection of FIXED drives with no mounted partitions
Improve extfs formatting (courtesy of Marcos Mello) [#1516]
Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to v1.5
Fix progress not being updated when using the German localization
Fix primary GPT being overwritten when adding the protective MBR message [#1507]
Fix a regression with lousy security solutions that prevent the creation of an autorun.inf [#1496]
Fix an assert during FreeDOS drive creation when the Windows system locale is set to UTF-8 [#1468]
Fix invalid label errors when using a non-Western locale [#1506]

Add exFAT support when creating blank UEFI:NTFS drives [EXPERIMENTAL]
Fix ext2/ext3 corruption for partitions larger than 4 GB [#1396]
Fix early boot files not being usable on compressed NTFS partitions [#1381]
Fix writing of compressed streams that don't end on sector boundary [#1422]
Fix percent not being displayed on slow format
Improve file preallocation and speed up ISO extraction (courtesy of Mattiwatti) [#1445]
Improve ext2/ext3 formatting speed
Improve protective MBR message for GPT partitioned drives
Improve reporting of Syslinux/GRUB download errors
Improve reporting of partition types and of Windows' version
Report the usage of UDF symbolic links [#1446]
Update embedded Syslinux to 6.04-pre1

Fix a regression where some ISOs (e.g. Debian) would produce a Syslinux error when booted in BIOS mode [#1375]
Fix a potential 0xC0030057 error when trying to create a persistent partitions on a non-FIXED drive (Windows 10 1703 or earlier) [#1374]

Finalize persistent partition support for Debian and Ubuntu:
- Debian with persistence should work out of the box with any recent Debian Live ISO.
- Ubuntu with persistence should also work IF using a post 2019.08.01 ISO (such as daily-live)
  Note that, because of bug #1489855, trying to use persistence with Ubuntu ISOs that were released before August 2019 will only result in rescue mode during boot - You have been warned!
- Other distros may work with persistence as long as they use a Debian-like or Ubuntu-like method, and, in the case of Ubuntu-like, if they use casper with the #1489855 bugfix.
Add cheat mode (Alt) to switch between percent completed/transfer rate/time remaining on some operations [EXPERIMENTAL]
Report SuperSpeed+ devices in the log (Come on USB-IF, just add "Ludicrous Speed" already!)
Fix UI checkboxes (Extended label, Fixes for old BIOSes) being cleared on START
Fix Can't mount GUID volume regression when creating Windows To Go drives [#1351]
Fix Volume label is invalid error with empty labels on Windows 7 [#1352]
Fix stale progress bar during standalone ext2/ext3 formatting
Fix an extraction failure with R-Drive Image bootable ISOs
Disable ISO mode for Pop_OS
Other cosmetic and internal improvements

Add support for persistent partitions [EXPERIMENTAL]
(Note: The above won't work with Ubuntu until Ubuntu bug #1489855 is properly fixed)
Add a mode to use VDS when partitioning/formatting (Alt-V) [EXPERIMENTAL]
Add full extraction support for efi.img (Solus)
Fix listing of potentially blocking processes
Fix NTFS not being selectable when using Grub4DOS
Fix download script not being launched when the user name contains a space
Fix translated messages potentially being truncated (e.g. Thai)
Fix progress bar report for screen readers (Accessibility issue)
Fix a regression where Windows format prompts would not be suppressed
Improve(?) Windows To Go support by following Microsoft's recommended partition order
Don't enumerate Windows Sandbox VHDs
Disable ISO mode when Manjaro ISOHybrids are being used
Update embedded GRUB to version 2.04

Add a feature to download official retail Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 ISOs (Note: Check for updates must be enabled for this feature to be active)
Add Windows To Go support for MCT generated Windows ISOs
Add a notice about the WppRecorder.sys Microsoft bug for Windows 10 1809 ISOs
Add a notice about trying to format a drive larger than 2 TB in MBR mode
Add a notice about Legacy boot when trying to boot UEFI-only media in Legacy mode
Report the full PID and command line of potentially blocking processes in the log
Fix a potential silent abort when the drive is in use
Fix Quick Format option always being activated
Fix potential change of the selected file system after an ISO has been loaded
Fix Win7 x64 EFI bootloader not being extracted in dual BIOS+UEFI mode (Alt-E)

Releases: pbatard/rufus