Rufus, a popular tool for creating Windows (or other operating systems) installation media, has been updated with a new preview version. Version 4.1 final is available for download with several notable changes and improvements.
Rufus 4.1 brings SHA-1 and SHA-256 x86 acceleration on supported processors and the ability to save logs between sessions.
- Add timeouts on enumeration queries that may stall on some systems
- Restore MS-DOS drive creation through the download of binaries from Microsoft
- Update the log button icon
- Fix UEFI: NTFS incompatibility with Windows Dev Kit 2023 platform
- Fix more GRUB out of range pointer errors with Ubuntu/Fedora when booting in BIOS mode