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ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

October 15th, 2021, 05:25 PM

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Rufus version 3.16
Create bootable USB drives the easy way
Improve Windows 11 support
Add Windows 11 "Extended" installation support
(Disables TPM/Secure Boot/RAM requirements)
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Version 3.16 (2021.10.13)
Fix ISO mode support for Red Hat 8.2+ and derivatives
Fix BIOS boot support for Arch derivatives
Fix removal of some boot entries for Ubuntu derivatives
Fix log not being saved on exit
Add UEFI Shell ISO downloads
Add support for Intel NUC card readers
Improve Windows version reporting
Speed up clearing of MBR/GPT
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives
such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.
It can be especially useful for cases where:
you need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
you need to work on a system that doesn't have an OS installed
you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
you want to run a low-level utility
Despite its small size, Rufus provides everything you need!
https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=84484&d=1571046870
http://rufus.ie/en/ (http://rufus.ie/en/)
https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=84484&d=1571046870
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus (https://github.com/pbatard/rufus)
http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=48512&d=1318717506

Donkuz

October 16th, 2021, 08:18 AM

Hi Moonnique, Thanks for this it will help me a lot. Im a bit confused but on wich to use, what is the Difference between the 3 exe's? I dont understand arm or arm64 Which is best Mate?

ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

October 16th, 2021, 08:36 AM

Hi Moonnique, Thanks for this it will help me a lot. Im a bit confused but on wich to use, what is the Difference between the 3 exe's? I dont understand arm or arm64 Which is best Mate?
x86/x64 processors: They’re fast and powerful, but they require a lot of electricity. So, they’re used in desktop computers that can plug into the wall. All versions of Windows run on x86/x64.

ARM processors: They’re weak but low-power processors for smartphones and other devices that aren’t plugged into the wall. Mobile iOS and Android operating systems run on ARM.

The two processor architectures are mutually exclusive: a program that’s built for x86/x64 can’t run on ARM under any circumstances, and vice versa.

Since the 90s, these architectures have existed in parallel worlds: ARM for phones and small PDAs, x86/x64 for desktops and big laptops.
But in the past few years, the market’s gotten all hot and bothered for tablets that are bigger and more powerful than phones, but simpler than laptops — like the iPad or Kindle.
Tablets have to be small and light, which means tiny batteries, which means ARM processors.
But tablets have USB ports, full web browsers, and word processing and photo editing apps, which means ARM-based portables have become direct challengers to x86/x64-based desktops.

Windows has always been a desktop-only operating system, so it’s only been available for x86/x64 processors.
But Microsoft sees everyone moving to tablets, and it doesn’t want to lose all its future revenue, so it entered the mobile arena with Windows RT and the Surface.
[update 2016: Windows RT sorta failed and the Surface is becoming a brand for x86/x64 processor powered laptops, with the Surface Pro and Surfacebook]

x86/x64 processor manufacturers are potentially the most harmed by the rise of tablets.
But there’s an easy way for them to stay relevant — make an x86/x64 processor that’s low-power enough to place in tablets.
Intel’s doing that with the Atom processors, which give up processing power, x64 support, and high-speed computing features like SSE in return for super-reduced power consumption.

BUT. GET THIS. Atom processors still can consume 2x the electricity of an ARM processor, even at the same processor count/clock speed. What?

Well, it’s because of an inherent difference between the processors.
See, “ARM” stands for “Advanced RISC Machine”.
RISC stands for ‘Reduced Instruction Set Computing’, and, befitting an acronym that’s part of your entire brand name, it’s what makes ARM so low-power.

You may remember that the instruction set refers to the set of commands that the processor can execute.
Well, most code only requires a few instructions — read/write memory, do arithmetic, jump, boolean logic, not much more.
ARM processors only offer these basic instructions. Thus, a reduced instruction set.

x86/x64 processors are CISC, or ‘Complex Instruction Set Computing’.
Although almost all code can be represented by the basic instructions in RISC, certain patterns of instructions are common — for instance,
“write this byte to memory then look at the immediately following byte”.
CISC processors offer combo-instructions (previous example being STOSB)
that handle these common instruction patterns super-efficiently. However, support for these combo-instructions requires extra hardware — and that hardware costs electricity.

That difference in hardware is why ARM processors use less power than x86/x64 processors at the same clock speed.
Mind you, it also means that some programs run faster in x86/x64 processors than they do in ARM processors with the same specs
an algorithm that takes 3 cycles on an ARM processor can take 1 cycle on an x86/x64 processor if it’s been wrapped into a CISC combo-instruction.
It’s also why programs built for x86/x64 can’t run in ARM — once you compile a program for x86/x64, it’s hardcoded to use these combo-instructions, and there’s no translation to ARM from there.

Donkuz

October 16th, 2021, 09:06 AM

Thank you very much Moon, Now I know, so you learn something new everyday. I always wondered what the differences where
:Peace:Cheerz!!

ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

October 28th, 2021, 05:08 PM

https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=90646&d=1634318148

Rufus version 3.17
Create bootable USB drives the easy way

Improve Windows 11 support

Add Windows 11 "Extended" installation support
(Disables TPM/Secure Boot/RAM requirements)

Version 3.17 (2021.10.23) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
Fix MBR not being properly cleared
Fix commandline hogger not being deleted on exit
Improve ReFS handling for platforms that support it
Update UEFI:NTFS to latest and remove Secure Boot notice since this version is Secure Boot signed
Update Grub4DOS to latest
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http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=47413&d=1316585287
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http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=47413&d=1316585287
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ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

March 11th, 2022, 08:47 PM

Thread has been updated
Rufus version 3.18
https://rufus.ie/pics/rufus-128.png
Version 3.18 (2022.03.11)
Fix DLL sideloading vulnerabilities
Fix ISO → ESP creation when running on Windows 11
Fix an issue when detecting network connectivity when the DHCP service is disabled
Update FreeDOS to version 1.3
Add bypass of Windows 11 restrictions for in-place upgrades
Add Miracle Linux 8 to the list of Red Hat exceptions
Other internal fixes and improvements

ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

June 1st, 2022, 12:34 AM

ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

June 25th, 2022, 08:17 AM

Rufus 3.19 BETA Pre-release
Note: This is BETA software.
If you think you found a problem specific to this release, please REPORT IT.
Add a new selection dialog for Windows 11 setup customization:
Secure Boot and TPM bypass have now been moved to this dialog
Also allows to bypass the mandatory requirement for a Microsoft account with Windows 11 22H2
(NB: Network MUST be temporarily disabled or unplugged for the local account creation to be proposed)
Also add an option to skip all collection questions (Sets all answers to "Don't allow"/"Refuse")
Also add an option for setting internal drives offline with Windows To Go
Note: These customization options are only proposed when using a Windows 11 image.
Add support for distros using a nonstandard GRUB 2.0 prefix directory (openSUSE Live, GeckoLinux)
Add the ability to ignore USBs
Change drive listing to always list in increasing order of size
Update exceptions needed by Red Hat and derivatives for the 9.x releases
Update UEFI:NTFS drivers to latest
Reassign a letter for drives written in DD mode that don't have an ESP (e.g. CoreELEC)
Fix Windows refusing to mount Linux MBR partitions on FIXED drives
http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=63022&d=1369463232
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/tag/v3.19_BETA (https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/tag/v3.19_BETA)
http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=48512&d=1318717506

Neroon

June 25th, 2022, 03:05 PM

Interesting.

I have used Rufus 3.16 to install Win 11, and just recently, for 22H2 all working fine on a machine MS refuses to include in it's HW Requirements, another good Rufus update, cheers

ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

June 27th, 2022, 09:04 PM

Interesting.

I have used Rufus 3.16 to install Win 11, and just recently, for 22H2 all working fine on a machine MS refuses to include in it's HW Requirements, another good Rufus update, cheers
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https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=91930&d=1656019839

ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

July 2nd, 2022, 08:34 AM

Rufus 3.19 Final Version
Version 3.19 (2022.07.01)
Add a new selection dialog for Windows 11 setup customization:
Secure Boot and TPM bypass have now been moved to this dialog
Also allows to bypass the mandatory requirement for a Microsoft account on Windows 11 22H2
(NB: Network MUST be temporarily disabled for the local account creation to be proposed)
Also add an option to skip all collection questions (Sets all answers to "Don't allow")
Also add an option for setting internal drives offline for Windows To Go
Note: These customization options are only proposed when using a Windows 11 image.
Add support for distros using a nonstandard GRUB 2.0 prefix directory (openSUSE Live, GeckoLinux)
Add the ability to ignore USBs (See here)
Change drive listing to always list in increasing order of size
Update exceptions needed by Red Hat and derivatives for the 9.x releases
Update UEFI:NTFS drivers to latest
Reassign a letter for drives written in DD mode that don't have an ESP (e.g. CoreELEC)
Fix Windows refusing to mount Linux MBR partitions on FIXED drives
Fix support for multiextent files when Joliet is in use
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https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=84484&d=1571046870
http://rufus.ie/en/ (http://rufus.ie/en/)
https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=84484&d=1571046870
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus (https://github.com/pbatard/rufus)
http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=48512&d=1318717506

Neroon

July 2nd, 2022, 01:57 PM

Many thanks for the update றѳѳղղįqվદ® .

ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

July 2nd, 2022, 04:46 PM

Many thanks for the update றѳѳղղįqվદ® .
:Smile::Peace:

Neroon

July 3rd, 2022, 03:15 PM

Tested out Rufus 3.19 and i think it needs an update, would not write the fixes at 98%, gone back to 3.18 and that is working fine.

I intend to test it out more today and i will report back any findings

ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

August 17th, 2022, 01:17 PM

https://rufus.ie/pics/rufus-128.png
Rufus version 3.20
Enable applicable Windows User Experience options for Windows 10
Remember last Windows User Experience selection between sessions
Add automatic local account creation and regional options duplication
(NB: This is limited to creating an account with the same name as the current user and with an empty password that the user will be prompted to change after first reboot)
Add a workaround for ISOs that have a syslinux symbolic link to /isolinux/ (Knoppix)
Revert to offline insertion of registry keys for the TPM/SB/RAM bypass where possible
Remove storage bypass, since this is a bogus bypass that doesn't do anything
Improve BIOS compatibility when displaying the "UEFI boot only" alert message
Fix Windows User Experience dialog appearing twice for Windows To Go
Fix Windows User Experience options not being applied for ARM64
Fix Microsoft Account bypass not being applied unless TPM/SB/RAM bypass is selected
Fix overeager detection of GRUB2 bootloaders with nonstandard prefixes
[92084
https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=84484&d=1571046870 (https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=84484&d=1571046870)
http://rufus.ie/en/ (http://rufus.ie/en/)
https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=84484&d=1571046870 (https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=84484&d=1571046870)
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus (https://github.com/pbatard/rufus)
http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=48512&d=1318717506 (http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=48512&d=1318717506)

ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

November 17th, 2022, 01:09 PM

Rufus 3.21 BETA Pre-release 17.11.2022
Allow the provision of an arbitrary local account username in the Windows User Experience dialog
Improve Windows version reporting from ISO/.wim
Update UEFI:NTFS' NTFS drivers to v1.4 and exFAT drivers to v1.9
Switch to remote download for nonstandard GRUB (Fedora 37, openSUSE Live, GeckoLinux)
Fix UEFI:NTFS partition not being set in MBR mode for ISOs with a >4GB file (UwUntu)
Fix GRUB support for Arch and derivatives, when a non FAT compliant label is used (#2086)
Fix incorrect detection of GRUB with nonstandard prefixes
Fix tab order not working on the Windows User Experience dialog
https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=84484&d=1571046870
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases (https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases)
http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=48512&d=1318717506

ミறѳѳղղįզվદ彡

November 29th, 2022, 12:31 AM

Rufus 3.21 Final-release 28.11.2022
Allow the provision of an arbitrary local account username in the Windows User Experience dialog
Improve Windows version reporting from ISO/.wim
Update UEFI:NTFS' NTFS drivers to v1.4 and exFAT drivers to v1.9
Switch to remote download for nonstandard GRUB (Fedora 37, openSUSE Live, GeckoLinux)
Fix UEFI:NTFS partition not being set in MBR mode for ISOs with a >4GB file (UwUntu)
Fix GRUB support for Arch and derivatives, when a non FAT compliant label is used (#2086)
Fix incorrect detection of GRUB with nonstandard prefixes
Fix tab order not working on the Windows User Experience dialog
https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=84484&d=1571046870
https://rufus.ie/en/ (https://rufus.ie/en/)
http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=48512&d=1318717506