Version history for Rufus
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Changes for v3.8 - v3.9 Beta
- Add exFAT support when creating blank UEFI:NTFS drives [EXPERIMENTAL]
- Fix ext2/ext3 corruption for partitions larger than 4 GB
- Fix early boot files not being usable on compressed NTFS partitions
- Fix writing of compressed streams that don't end on sector boundary
- Fix percent not being displayed on slow format
- Improve file preallocation and speed up ISO extraction (courtesy of Mattiwatti)
- Improve ex2/ext3 formatting speed
- Improve protective MBR message for GPT partitioned drives
- Improve reporting on Syslinux/GRUB download errors
- Improve reporting of partition types and of Windows' version
- Report the usage of UDF symbolic links
- Update embedded Syslinux to 6.04-pre1
Changes for v2.17 - v2.18
- Ensure that the same drive is reselected on device refresh
- Add a cheat mode to cycle the USB port of currently selected device
- Make lookup for updatable .cfg file more generic (e.g. ESET SysRescue)
- Fix handling of multiextent ISOs (e.g. BlackArch Linux)
- Fix propagation of image decompression errors
- Update grub4dos to latest
Changes for v2.9 - v2.10 Beta
- Add SHA-256 validation for downloaded files. You will now see an ? or ? in the log for relevant content
- Add support for O2Micro PCI-E card readers
- Improve automatic closure of the Windows default format prompt
- Improve support for Ubuntu (silence a benign warning), Springdale (use the actual label) and Antergos (Syslinux version detection)
- Work around a Windows bug that can render a GPT disk inaccessible after cleanup (e.g. ChromeOS image)
- Fix hash computation for content that isn't a multiple of 64 bytes (NB: This did not affect ISOs)
- Fix Syslinux installation on some media, with huge thanks to 424778940z for the tests
- Fix a corner case where settings could be altered after Start had been pressed, if a hotplug event also occurred
- Additional fixes and improvements
Changes for v2.4 - v2.7
- Add Thai translation, courtesy of Sippapas Wangsri
- Add Drag and Drop support, courtesy of SeymourApps
- Add a retry for most write operations
- Update UEFI:NTFS, ms-sys and Grub4DOS to latest
- Dual sign Rufus with both SHA-1 and SHA-256
- Fix 2nd line of SHA-256 being hidden on some platforms
- Fix shutdown prevention issues
- Additional fixes & translation updates
Changes for v2.3 - v2.4
- Allow some settings and cheat modes to be persisted between sessions
- Fix multiple issues with flash drive detection
- Fix listing of drives that contain no media
- Fix cheat mode to save the current USB to uncompressed VHD (Alt-V)
- Fix an UI scaling issue with high DPI displays for non English languages
- Update most of the translations
- Additional cosmetic improvements
Changes for v2.2 - v2.3
- Detect ISOHybrid images and ask users how they should be written
- Add MD5/SHA-1 image checksum verification (# button on the status bar)
- Add Zip decompression support for DD Images
- Add a cheat mode for ISO timestamp preservation (Alt-T)
- Add a cheat mode for USB enumeration debugging (Alt-.)
- Disable MS-DOS creation for Windows 10 or later (FreeDOS is still available)
- Fix Windows To Go creation issues, and enable access to internal disks
- Fix UEFI support for Fedora ISOs
- Fix some USB enumeration issues
- Other improvements and fixes, including translation updates
Changes for v2.1 - v2.2
- Modernize the language selection button, courtesy of David Warner
- Add keyboard accessibility, courtesy of David Warner
- Add a clear indication of when UEFI-CSM is to be used
- Fix an USB detection issue and add support for ASUS UASP "Turbo Mode"
- Fix prevention of Windows shutdown when Rufus is idle
- Improve UI on high DPI monitors
- Update Grub4DOS to 0.4.6a [2015.05.18]
- Other UI improvements and fixes, including translation updates
Changes for v1.4.7 - v1.4.9
- Fix listing of drives on Windows XP and Windows Vista (reported by Alex Andrews)
- Add KolibriOS ISO support (NEW)
- Add Arabic translation, courtesy of عمر الصمد
- Add Brazilian Portuguese translation, courtesy of Chateaubriand Vieira Moura
- Add Croatian translation, courtesy of Dario Komar
- Add Danish translation, courtesy of Jens Hansen
- Add Latvian translation, courtesy of Aldis Tutins
- Allow the use of VHDs as DD image source (fixed disk/uncompressed only)
- Report the detected USB speed in the log
- Fix detection for some Buffalo, Lacie, Samsung, Toshiba and Verbatim drives
- Fix a long standing issue when launching Rufus using Far Manager
- Fix support for pure EFI bootable disk images
- Various other fixes and improvements
Changes for v1.4.6 - v1.4.7
- Add VHD support as a target, courtesy of Scott (NEW)
- Add ReFS support (only for Windows 8.1 or later and only for fixed drives) (NEW)
- Add Japanese translation, courtesy of Chantella Jackson
- Add Slovak translation, courtesy of martinco78
- Add Swedish translation, courtesy of Sopor
- Improve the display of filesizes when copying content
- Fix FAT32 cluster transitions
- Fix unpartitioned drives not always being listed
- Fix bad blocks report
- Other minor fixes and improvements
Changes for v1.4.5 - v1.4.6
- Display USB size in the dropdown list (NEW)
- Add Bulgarian translation, courtesy of Krasimir Nevenov
- Improve checkbox handling in the UI and fix UDF/exFAT formatting issues
- Fix replacement of obsolete vesamenu.c32 (reported by Liang)
- Fix an issue that could prevent the download of files from the Rufus website
- Fix untimely libcdio messages when processing Rock-Ridge ISOs (such as Ubuntu)
- Other minor fixes
Changes for v1.3.0 - v1.4.3
- Fix format operation not starting on Windows XP (reported by ank91)
