Its users Rufus μπορούν να δοκιμάσουν μια νέα version beta 4.5 as it is now available on GitHub.
Η new edition contains various fixes and improvements, such as increased buffer size for the copy files ISO and patches security. With the latest beta version, Rufus can perform MD5 hash verification on every boot.
Here's what's new in Rufus 4.5 beta:
- Add a new advanced option, that adds runtime UEFI media validation to suitable images (Windows, most Linux)
- Move the Use Rufus MBR advanced option to a cheat Fashion (Alt-A)
- Fix truncation of VHDX images, as well as a benign error message when writing VHD/VHDX
- Fix support for Linux persistence in some configurations (Mint, Ubuntu 24.04)
- Fix multiple potential vulnerabilities (with thanks to Mansour Gashasbi)
- Update internal GRUB to version 2.12
- Update UEFI:NTFS to latest (now always uses the ntfs-3g driver, rather than the buggy AMI NTFS one)
- Increase buffer size when copying ISO files, in an attempt to minimize the AMI NTFS UEFI driver bug
- Improve partition creation handling
- Don't display the WUE dialog when a conflicting unattend.xml already exists
You can download Rufus 4.5 beta from the GitHub repository on the “Releases” page . The stable versions (installable and portable) are also available on the official website.
While most users prefer the official media creation tool, Rufus is a great choice for installation των Windows 11 σε μη υποστηριζόμενο material or fixing the operating system and its quirks, such as:
- automatic drive encryption without any warning (happens to insiders so far) during installation process,
- hardware requirements or the need to use a Microsoft account during installation.
Just keep in mind that Rufus won't help you run Windows 11 version 24H2 on some very old x86 processors and some Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM chips.
