Pete Batard, the creator of the Rufus app, has released a new version previews to test it before promoting it to the fixed channel. Version 4.3 is already available for download with several changes.
Notable improvements in Rufus 4.3 include the ability to force installation of Windows in S Mode (the long-forgotten mode that limited installing apps from the Microsoft Store only), NTFS for Linux Mint LMDE, a fix for the bug preventing VHD images from opening, and more. To recall, the Rufus application started supporting VHD and ZIP64 from version 4.2 released in July 2023.
You can download Rufus 4.3 Beta from app repository on GitHub. The latest stable version is available on the official website. You can use Rufus on any computer that runs with Windows 8 or a newer Microsoft operating system, including Windows on ARM.
For those who don't know, Rufus is a great free utility for creating bootable media for installing Windows, Linux or other operating system.
Changelog
- Add support for symlink preservation when NTFS is used
- Add an exception to enforce NTFS for Linux Mint's LMDE
- Add an expert feature to restrict a Windows installation to S Mode
- Fix persistence support for Debian 12 in BIOS mode
- Fix a regression that prevented the opening of .vhd images (#2309)
- Update UEFI:NTFS to report a more explicit error on bootmgr security issues
- Improve the search for conflicting processes, by running it in a background thread
- Improve support for Slax Linux (#2336)
