Rufus fans can try the new version 4.8.2250 released on GitHub.
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The new version contains various fixes and improvements, such as an increased buffer size for copying ISO files and security patches. With the latest beta version, Rufus can perform MD5 hash verification on every boot.
See what's new in Rufus 4.8:
- switch to wimlib for all WIM image processing:
- Greatly speeds up image analysis when opening Windows ISOs
- Can speed up Windows To Go drive creation (But won't do miracles if you have a crap drive)
- Might help with Parallels limitations on Mac (But Rufus on Parallels is still unsupported)
- Enables the splitting of >4GB files with Alt E (But still WAY SLOWER than using UEFI: NTFS)
- Switch to using Visual Studio binaries everywhere, due to MinGW DLL delay-loading limitations
- Add more exceptions for Linux ISOs that restrict themselves to DD mode (Nobara, openSUSE, …)
- Improve reporting of UEFI bootloaders in the log, with info on the Secure Boot status
- Fix an issue with size limitations when writing an uncompressed VHD back to the same drive
- Fix a crash when opening the log with the 32-bit MinGW compiled version
You can download Rufus 4.8 from the link below.
While most users prefer the official media creation tool, Rufus is a great option for installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware or repairing 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.
Download: Rufus 4.8 | 2.0 MB (Open Source)
Links: Rufus Home Page | GitHub
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