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  1. o Version 3.11 (2020.06.18)
  2. Add Rock Ridge deep directory support
  3. Add an option to write small ISOs to an ESP (GPT only)
  4. Add a cheat mode (Ctrl-SELECT) to extract content from an additional zip archive on top of the ISO
  5. Add a cheat mode (Alt-G) to disable Virtual Hard Disk listing
  6. Add a cheat mode (Alt-P) to toggle a GPT ESP to Basic Data (Windows 10 only)
  7. Fix improper x86 32-bit NTFS driver being used for UEFI:NTFS
  8. Improve UEFI:NTFS compatibility with older UEFI firmwares
  9. Improve startup time by running the ISO download feature check in the background
  10. Remove Ubuntu's splash screen for persistent UEFI drives
  11. Enable ASLR for the Rufus executable
  12. o Version 3.10 (2020.04.22)
  13. Improve support for Ubuntu 20.04
  14. Improve detection of FIXED drives with no mounted partitions
  15. Improve extfs formatting (courtesy of Marcos Mello)
  16. Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to v1.5
  17. Fix progress not being updated when using the German localization
  18. Fix primary GPT being overwritten when adding the protective MBR message
  19. Fix a regression with lousy security solutions that prevent the creation of an 'autorun.inf'
  20. Fix an assert during FreeDOS drive creation when the Windows system locale is set to UTF-8
  21. Fix invalid label errors when using a non-Western locale
  22. o Version 3.9 (2020.02.29)
  23. Add exFAT support when creating blank UEFI:NTFS drives [EXPERIMENTAL]
  24. Fix ext2/ext3 corruption for partitions larger than 4 GB
  25. Fix early boot files not being usable on compressed NTFS partitions
  26. Fix writing of compressed streams that don't end on sector boundary
  27. Fix percent not being displayed on slow format
  28. Improve file preallocation and speed up ISO extraction (courtesy of Mattiwatti)
  29. Improve ext2/ext3 formatting speed
  30. Improve protective MBR message for GPT partitioned drives
  31. Improve reporting of Syslinux/GRUB download errors
  32. Improve reporting of partition types and of Windows' version
  33. Report the usage of UDF symbolic links
  34. Update embedded Syslinux to 6.04-pre1
  35. o Version 3.8 (2019.09.16) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
  36. Fix regression where some ISOs (Debian) would produce a Syslinux error when booted in BIOS mode
  37. Fix potential 0xC0030057 errors when trying to create a persistent partitions on a non-FIXED drive
  38. o Version 3.7 (2019.09.09)
  39. Finalize persistent partition support for Debian and Ubuntu [EXPERIMENTAL]:
  40. - Debian with persistence should work out of the box with any recent "Debian Live" ISO.
  41. - Ubuntu with persistence should also work *IF* using a post 2019.08.01 ISO. Note that,
  42. because of bug #1489855, trying to use persistence with Ubuntu ISOs that were released
  43. before August 2019 will only result in rescue mode during boot - You have been warned!
  44. - Other distros may work with persistence as long as they use a Debian-like or Ubuntu-like
  45. method, and, in the case of Ubuntu-like, if they use casper with the #1489855 bugfix.
  46. - Persistence and ext formatting support should still be considered EXPERIMENTAL at this stage.
  47. Add cheat mode (<Alt>) to switch between percent/speed/ETA on *some* operations [EXPERIMENTAL]
  48. Report SuperSpeed+ devices in the log (Come on USB-IF, just add "Ludicrous Speed" already!)
  49. Fix UI checkboxes (Extended label, Fixes for old BIOSes) being cleared on START
  50. Fix "Can't mount GUID volume" regression when creating Windows To Go drives
  51. Fix "Volume label is invalid" error with empty labels on Windows 7
  52. Fix stale progress bar during standalone ext2/ext3 formatting
  53. Fix an extraction failure with R-Drive Image bootable ISOs
  54. Disable ISO mode for Pop_OS
  55. Other cosmetic and internal improvements
  56. o Version 3.6 (2019.07.18)
  57. Add support for persistent partitions [EXPERIMENTAL]
  58. (Note: The above won't work with Ubuntu until Ubuntu bug #1489855 is properly fixed)
  59. Add a mode to use VDS when partitioning/formatting (Alt-V) [EXPERIMENTAL]
  60. Add full extraction support for efi.img (Solus)
  61. Fix listing of potentially blocking processes
  62. Fix NTFS not being selectable when using Grub4DOS
  63. Fix download script not being launched when the user name contains a space
  64. Fix translated messages potentially being truncated (e.g. Thai)
  65. Fix progress bar report for screen readers (Accessibility issue)
  66. Fix a regression where Windows format prompts would not be suppressed
  67. Improve(?) Windows To Go support by following Microsoft's recommended partition order
  68. Don't enumerate Windows Sandbox VHDs
  69. Disable ISO mode when Manjaro ISOHybrids are being used
  70. Update embedded GRUB to version 2.04
  71. o Version 3.5 (2019.03.28)
  72. Add a feature to download official retail Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 ISOs
  73. (Note: 'Check for updates' must be enabled for the above to be active)
  74. Add Windows To Go support for MCT generated Windows ISOs
  75. Add a notice about the 'WppRecorder.sys' Microsoft bug for Windows 10 1809 ISOs
  76. Add a notice about trying to format a drive larger than 2 TB in MBR mode
  77. Add a notice about Legacy boot when trying to boot UEFI-only media in Legacy mode
  78. Report the full PID and command line of potentially blocking processes in the log
  79. Fix a potential silent abort when the drive is in use
  80. Fix 'Quick Format' option always being activated
  81. Fix potential change of the selected file system after an ISO has been loaded
  82. Fix Win7 x64 EFI bootloader not being extracted in dual BIOS+UEFI mode (Alt-E)
  83. o Version 3.4 (2018.12.05)
  84. Set the default image selection directory to Downloads\ instead of My Documents\
  85. Add ARM/ARM64 automatic update support
  86. Improve UEFI:NTFS compatibility
  87. Improve access issues by using VDS to delete all partitions
  88. Update the .appx to include all architectures as well as request elevation
  89. Fix broken detection of some EFI based images
  90. Fix broken update check due to server switch
  91. UI and accessibility fixes and improvements
  92. o Version 3.3 (2018.09.17) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
  93. Fix a regression when processing uncompressed bootable DD images
  94. Fix Windows To Go drive creation for ARM64 Windows ISOs
  95. o Version 3.2 (2018.09.11)
  96. Add RSA-2048 signature validation on all the server downloads
  97. Add "Fast zeroing" cheat mode (courtesy of René van der Zee)
  98. Add support for XP/Server 2003 x64 ISOs (courtesy of Mattiwatti)
  99. Improve ISO extraction performance by preallocating files (courtesy of Mattiwatti)
  100. Improve bad blocks check algorithm (from suggestions by AL.Skywalker)
  101. Fix progress not being displayed for Syslinux or GRUB downloads
  102. Fix unwanted application close when cancelling an image scan
  103. Fix an issue where FAT32 could still be selected for ISOs containing a >4GB file
  104. o Version 3.1 (2018.06.19)
  105. Fix extraction of ISO content for GRUB based ISOs (Manjaro, Kaspersky, etc.)
  106. Fix text being truncated on some dialogs (mostly Russian and Thai)
  107. Add detection & warning about the 'Controlled Folder Access' Windows 10 feature
  108. Improve retry attempts for transient errors
  109. Increase size of the ESP to 300MB, for Windows To Go drives partitioned as GPT
  110. Update GRUB 2.0 and Grub4DOS to latest
  111. Update libcdio to latest
  112. o Version 3.0 (2018.05.29)
  113. UI redesign to follow the flow of user operations (with thanks to Fahad Al-Riyami for the concept)
  114. Drop XP and Vista platform support
  115. Switch all downloads to SSL and use https://rufus.ie as the new base URL
  116. Add ARM64 support for UEFI:NTFS
  117. Fix delays when querying floppy drives during device enumeration
  118. Improve support of efi.img files on Linux ISOs
  119. Improve support for non-ISO9660 compliant openSUSE Leap ISOs
  120. Improve translation support and remove manual positioning
  121. Internal fixes and improvements
  122. o Version 2.18 (2017.11.07)
  123. Ensure that the same drive is reselected on device refresh
  124. Add a cheat mode to cycle the USB port of currently selected device
  125. Make lookup for updatable .cfg file more generic (e.g. ESET SysRescue)
  126. Fix handling of multiextent ISOs (e.g. BlackArch Linux)
  127. Fix propagation of image decompression errors
  128. Update grub4dos to latest
  129. IMPORTANT: THIS IS THE LAST RELEASE TO SUPPORT WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS VISTA
  130. SUBSEQUENT RUFUS RELEASES ARE *NO LONGER* COMPATIBLE WITH THESE PLATFORMS
  131. o Version 2.17 (2017.09.12)
  132. Add support for Debian 9 live ISOs in UEFI mode
  133. Add support for Super Floppy Disk "partitioning" mode
  134. Add support for more non-USB card readers
  135. Strengthen download update checks, to prevent attack scenarios that leverage user unawareness
  136. Fix an issue with Spanish translation prompts not displaying properly
  137. Fix an issue with Windows To Go support on some non-official Windows ISOs
  138. Fix an issue with log autoscrolling
  139. Fix an issue when using A: or B: as drive letters
  140. o Version 2.16 (2017.07.31)
  141. Add an audiovisual cue on completion/error
  142. Add a workaround for ISOs using nonstandard Rock Ridge extensions (looking at you Kali Linux!)
  143. Notify user when an ISO is broken or truncated
  144. Notify user if other processes are accessing the drive before format
  145. List processes that are locking a drive on failure
  146. Improve verbosity of the Windows To Go process
  147. Other fixes and improvements
  148. o Version 2.15 (2017.05.17)
  149. Fix non-listing of drives that are opened for write access by another process
  150. Report external processes that may be preventing disk access (in the log)
  151. Improve Windows To Go support for Windows 10 Creators Update
  152. Don't report an error on checkdisk failure
  153. Update GRUB 2.0 and Grub4DOS to latest
  154. Other fixes and improvements
  155. o Version 2.14 (2017.04.10) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
  156. Fix inability to create BIOS-bootable drives, in some circumstances, due to write sharing permissions
  157. o Version 2.13 (2017.04.06)
  158. Preserve 'GPT for UEFI' option if the user changed it before selecting an ISO
  159. Fix unwanted notification sound when closing with the X button (#893)
  160. Fix inability to restore the minimized application after a popup is displayed (#896)
  161. Fix an issue when trying to install Syslinux/NTFS twice in a row (#904)
  162. Work around Microsoft's inconsistent casing of device IDs during device enumeration
  163. Work around Microsoft's aggressive locking of partitions in Windows 10 Creators Update (#883)
  164. Restrict write sharing permissions when accessing a device
  165. Update libcdio and GRUB 2.0 to latest
  166. o Version 2.12 (2017.01.27)
  167. Add Hebrew translation, courtesy of NSBuilder and פלוני אלמוני
  168. Add a cheat mode (Alt-O) to create an ISO from the first optical media found
  169. Enable target system selection for Windows To Go
  170. Enable NTFS selection for Syslinux 6.x (EXPERIMENTAL)
  171. Fix an issue that allowed BIOS target selection with pure UEFI images
  172. Fix license display for RTL languages
  173. Update Grub4DOS and FreeDOS to latest
  174. Additional fixes and improvements
  175. o Version 2.11 (2016.09.08)
  176. Do not download BIOS related files unless BIOS boot is selected
  177. Improve support for Arch Linux derivatives
  178. Add a cheat mode to disable drive indexing (Alt-Q) on format
  179. Fix handling of 'Super Floppy Disk' formatted drives
  180. Fix handling of misleading short write reports, for drives larger than 1 TB
  181. Fix an issue that enabled FAT32 file system selection on some Windows images
  182. Fix broken UI font for XP users
  183. Fix sanitizing of exFAT labels
  184. o Version 2.10 (2016.07.20)
  185. Add SHA-256 validation for downloaded files. You will now see an ✓ or ✗ in the log for relevant content
  186. Add support for O2Micro PCI-E card readers
  187. Add compressed NTFS support for UEFI:NTFS
  188. Improve automatic closure of the Windows default format prompt
  189. Improve support for Ubuntu (silence a benign warning), Springdale (use the actual label) and Antergos (Syslinux version detection)
  190. Work around a Windows bug that can render a GPT disk inaccessible after cleanup (e.g. ChromeOS image)
  191. Fix hash computation for content that isn't a multiple of 64 bytes (NB: This did not affect ISOs)
  192. Fix Syslinux installation on some media, with huge thanks to 424778940z for the tests
  193. Fix a corner case where settings could be altered after Start had been pressed, if a hotplug event also occurred
  194. Additional fixes and improvements
  195. o Version 2.9 (2016.05.17)
  196. Add ARM support for UEFI:NTFS
  197. Fix UEFI:NTFS support for HP and Gigabyte firmwares (with thanks to Rod Smith and linnaea)
  198. Fix unwanted listing of some internal removable drives
  199. Fix the resurgence of a possible Syslinux installation crash
  200. Fix missing default cluster size default on exFAT for >32GB drives
  201. Fix the non-removal of the commandline hogger in some corner cases
  202. Use "modern" file selection dialog on Vista or later (if you can spot the difference, good for you...)
  203. o Version 2.8 (2016.03.22)
  204. Enable listing of non-USB card readers (EXPERIMENTAL)
  205. Major speed improvement for checksum computation
  206. Fix UI flicker during progress actualization
  207. Fix computation of FAT size for Large FAT32 (with thanks to Ady)
  208. Syslinux improvements
  209. Update GRUB to 2.02~beta3
  210. o Version 2.7 (2016.02.14)
  211. Add Thai translation, courtesy of Sippapas Wangsri
  212. Add Drag and Drop support, courtesy of SeymourApps
  213. Add a retry for most write operations
  214. Update UEFI:NTFS, ms-sys and Grub4DOS to latest
  215. Dual sign Rufus with both SHA-1 and SHA-256
  216. Fix 2nd line of SHA-256 being hidden on some platforms
  217. Fix shutdown prevention issues
  218. Additional fixes & translation updates
  219. o Version 2.6 (2015.12.22)
  220. Add Serbian (Latin) translation, courtesy of Ivan Strugar
  221. Add a cheat mode to zero a device (Alt-Z)
  222. Fix dual BIOS/UEFI mode not being disabled once enabled (Alt-E)
  223. Fix a crash when Syslinux downloaded files are modified by a firewall
  224. Fix FAT32 not being disabled for Windows ISOs in BIOS/CSM mode
  225. Additional translation updates
  226. o Version 2.5 (2015.10.26)
  227. Add SHA-256 checksum verification
  228. Add a cheat mode to disable exclusive USB drive locking (Alt-,)
  229. Add digital signature check on update downloads
  230. Add Azerbaijani translation, courtesy of Elvin Məlikov
  231. Add Persian translation, courtesy of Seyed Zia Azimi (ziaa)
  232. Fix an issue where the update settings dialog may not display properly
  233. Report Windows build number in the log (Windows 8 or later)
  234. Many localization improvements and fixes, especially for right-to-left languages
  235. Additional translation updates
  236. o Version 2.4 (2015.09.27)
  237. Allow some settings and cheat modes to be persisted between sessions
  238. Fix multiple issues with flash drive detection
  239. Fix listing of drives that contain no media
  240. Fix cheat mode to save the current USB to *uncompressed* VHD (Alt-V)
  241. Fix an UI scaling issue with high DPI displays for non English languages
  242. Update most of the translations
  243. Additional cosmetic improvements
  244. o Version 2.3 (2015.08.28)
  245. Detect ISOHybrid images and ask users how they should be written
  246. Add MD5/SHA1 checksum verification ('#' button on the status bar)
  247. Add Zip decompression support for DD Images
  248. Add a cheat mode to save the current USB to *uncompressed* VHD (Alt-V)
  249. Add a cheat mode for ISO timestamp preservation (Alt-T)
  250. Add a cheat mode for USB enumeration debugging (Alt-.)
  251. Disable MS-DOS creation for Windows 10 or later (FreeDOS is still available)
  252. Fix Windows To Go creation issues, and enable access to internal disks
  253. Fix UEFI support for Fedora ISOs
  254. Fix some USB enumeration issues
  255. Other improvements and fixes, including translation updates
  256. o Version 2.2 (2015.05.31)
  257. Modernize the language selection button, courtesy of David Warner
  258. Add keyboard accessibility, courtesy of David Warner
  259. Add a clear indication of when UEFI-CSM is to be used
  260. Fix an USB detection issue and add support for ASUS UASP "Turbo Mode"
  261. Fix prevention of Windows shutdown when Rufus is idle
  262. Improve UI on high DPI monitors
  263. Update Grub4DOS to 0.4.6a [2015.05.18]
  264. Other UI improvements and fixes, including translation updates
  265. o Version 2.1 (2015.03.23)
  266. Add 32 bit support to UEFI:NTFS boot
  267. Add standalone UEFI:NTFS boot installation, in advanced mode
  268. Add Vietnamese translation, courtesy of thanhtai2009
  269. Disable support for ISOs that don't report their GRUB version (looking at you Kaspersky!)
  270. Fix broken Windows UEFI installation when using GPT/NTFS
  271. Fix creation of 32 bit UEFI Windows 10 installation flash drives
  272. Other improvements
  273. o Version 2.0 (2015.03.03)
  274. Major UI improvements (improved font, new info field, no separate progress dialog, etc.)
  275. Add support for Windows To Go (if Rufus is running on Windows 8 or later)
  276. Add support for Grub4DOS and GRUB 2 based images (e.g. FreeNAS)
  277. Add portable application support, through a 'rufus.ini' file
  278. Add native decompression support for DD images (.Z, .gz, .lzma, .bz2 and .xz)
  279. Add seamless UEFI boot of NTFS partitions, for Windows ISOs with large files (>4GB)
  280. Add support for Windows multipart 'install.swm'
  281. Add support for non Microsoft VHD drivers
  282. Add Norwegian translation, courtesy of JED
  283. Fix a crash on image selection when no device is present
  284. Fix broken VHD support for non-English version of Windows
  285. Fix write error for DD images that are not a multiple of the sector size
  286. Fix broken Unicode support
  287. Update embedded Syslinux to 6.03
  288. Other improvements and fixes
  289. o Version 1.4.12 (2014.11.09) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
  290. Fix support for Red Hat 7 and CentOS 7
  291. Fix support for Debian 7.x
  292. Fix default listing of Mushkin Ventura Ultra USB 3.0 drives
  293. Fix Czech translation, courtesy of Jakub Moc
  294. Update Windows version listing for Windows 10
  295. o Version 1.4.11 (2014.11.04)
  296. Add Czech translation, courtesy of Richard Kahl
  297. Add Ukrainian translation, courtesy of VKS
  298. Fix formatting of drives with a large sector size (2K, 4K)
  299. Fix UEFI boot for Tails and other Syslinux/EFI based ISOs
  300. Fix listing of devices when all 26 drive letters are in use
  301. Add a minimize button and minor UI changes
  302. Other improvements
  303. o Version 1.4.10 (2014.08.15)
  304. Fix a crash when scanning disk images with no USB drive plugged
  305. Fix default detection of some OCZ flash drives
  306. Improve Syslinux 6.x support (for Tails 1.x and other ISOs)
  307. Improve disk image handling (refresh partitions, remount drive, etc.)
  308. Other fixes and improvements
  309. o Version 1.4.9 (2014.06.08) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
  310. Fix listing of drives for Windows XP and Windows Vista (reported by Alex Andrews)
  311. o Version 1.4.8 (2014.06.03)
  312. Add KolibriOS ISO support
  313. Add Arabic translation, courtesy of عمر الصمد
  314. Add Croatian translation, courtesy of Dario Komar
  315. Add Danish translation, courtesy of Jens Hansen
  316. Add Latvian translation, courtesy of Aldis Tutins
  317. Add Portuguese Brazilian translation, courtesy of Chateaubriand Vieira Moura
  318. Allow the use of VHDs as DD image source (fixed disk/uncompressed only)
  319. Report the detected USB speed in the log
  320. Fix a long standing issue when launching Rufus using Far Manager
  321. Fix support for pure UEFI bootable disk images
  322. Fix detection for some Buffalo, Lacie, Samsung, Toshiba and Verbatim drives
  323. Various other fixes and improvements
  324. o Version 1.4.7 (2014.04.22)
  325. Add VHD support as a target, courtesy of Scott
  326. Add ReFS support (only for Windows 8.1 or later and only for fixed drives)
  327. Add a cheat mode to force the use of DD image writing for dual ISOs
  328. Add Japanese translation, courtesy of Chantella Jackson
  329. Add Slovak translation, courtesy of martinco78
  330. Add Swedish translation, courtesy of Sopor
  331. Improve the display of filesizes when copying content
  332. Fix FAT32 cluster transitions
  333. Fix unpartitioned drives not always being listed
  334. Fix bad blocks report
  335. o Version 1.4.6 (2014.03.17)
  336. Display USB size in the dropdown list
  337. Add Bulgarian translation, courtesy of Krasimir Nevenov
  338. Improve checkbox handling in the UI and fix UDF/exFAT formatting issues
  339. Fix replacement of obsolete vesamenu.c32 (reported by Liang)
  340. Fix an issue that could prevent the download of files from the Rufus website
  341. Fix untimely libcdio messages when processing Rock-Ridge ISOs (such as Ubuntu)
  342. Other fixes
  343. o Version 1.4.5 (2014.02.27) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
  344. Fix detection of fixed drives (reported by dominiquesb)
  345. o Version 1.4.4 (2014.02.26)
  346. Add *uncompressed* Disk Image support (FreeBSD, FreeNAS, etc.)
  347. Add right-to-left language support
  348. Add an alert when multiple partitions are about to be erased
  349. Add (unofficial) NTFS Compression support
  350. Add Finnish translation, courtesy of Riku Brander
  351. Ignore failure on ISO autorun.inf creation, to keep dumb security applications happy
  352. Improve hotplug detection
  353. Improve Syslinux v5+ support (requires an internet connection to download extra files)
  354. Fix support for latest gparted, ArchLinux, and other Syslinux v5+ based ISOs
  355. Fix detection for Toshiba drives (again)
  356. Fix UDF Unicode support
  357. o Version 1.4.3 (2014.01.21) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
  358. Fix format operation not starting on Windows XP (reported by ank91)
  359. o Version 1.4.2 (2014.01.18)
  360. Add USB Attached SCSI (UAS) support
  361. Add ReactOS support
  362. Add NTFS UEFI support, for targets that can support it
  363. Add insertion detection for USB memory card readers
  364. Add retry when writing ISO files... again
  365. Add Chinese (Simplified) translation, courtesy of 佚名
  366. Add Indonesian translation, courtesy of Abe Akatsuki
  367. Add Malay translation, courtesy of Muhammad Aman
  368. Add Portuguese (Portugal) translation, courtesy of Fernando Baptista
  369. Speed up boot record cleanup, for slow drives
  370. Improve initial locale detection
  371. Save user selected locale between sessions
  372. Always use English locale in the log, where possible
  373. Fix detection for some SanDisk, Kingston, HP and Toshiba drives
  374. Fix a potential issue with drive letter assignation
  375. Various other fixes and improvements
  376. o Version 1.4.1 (2013.12.05) [BUGFIX RELEASE]
  377. Fix broken Syslinux support (reported by ank91)
  378. Add Slovenian support, courtesy of Matej Horvat
  379. o Version 1.4.0 (2013.12.02)
  380. Add localization support, with native integration for the following languages:
  381. - Chinese (Traditional), courtesy of 佚
  382. - Dutch, courtesy of Roberto Pino
  383. - French, courtesy of myself ("Je vais me gêner !")
  384. - German, courtesy of Thilo Langbein
  385. - Greek, courtesy of Konstantinos and Nikolaos Margaritis
  386. - Hungarian, courtesy of georg1136
  387. - Italian, courtesy of bovirus
  388. - Korean, courtesy of 나두야간다
  389. - Lithuanian, courtesy of Gintaras Venslovas
  390. - Polish, courtesy of Piotr Halama
  391. - Romanian, courtesy of Gîrlea Alexandru
  392. - Russian, courtesy of Кирилл Иванов
  393. - Spanish, courtesy of José Pineda
  394. - Turkish, courtesy of Mehmetali Kuran
  395. - More to come, more wanted! See http://rufus.akeo.ie/translations
  396. Add "smart" detection of USB HDD vs USB Flash Drive
  397. Add retry when writing ISO files
  398. Add detection and display of VID:PID for the target device (in the log)
  399. Updated Syslinux to v4.0.7
  400. Fixed some issues with DOS localization
  401. Fixed FAT32 formatting for large and GPT disks
  402. Fixed support for Ubuntu, Scientific Linux, unofficial Windows and other ISOs
  403. Various other fixes and improvements
  404. o Version 1.3.4 (2013.07.15)
  405. Syslinux v5 support (NEW)
  406. UDF formatting support (NEW - Vista and later only)
  407. More drive handling improvements, to avoid "Could not open media" errors
  408. Fixed support for ISOs containing files larger than 4GB
  409. Fixed elevation request for unprivileged users
  410. Fixed download of c32 files into the application directory
  411. Better compression algorithm for the executable
  412. Other bug fixes and improvements (spelling, UI, etc.)
  413. o Version 1.3.3 (2013.06.10)
  414. Drive handling and hotplug detection overhaul
  415. Add support for raw/unpartitioned drives
  416. Add (limited) commandline support, to specify the ISO image to open
  417. Add option to list fixed/unpartitioned drives, in the advanced options
  418. Fix broken detection of unsupported ISO images
  419. Don't assume C: to be the drive letter for DOS
  420. Various other fixes and improvements
  421. o Version 1.3.2 (2013.01.27)
  422. Fix support for newer ArchLinux ISOs, that was removed in 1.3.1
  423. Add support for UEFI boot, as well as GPT. What this means is that Rufus can
  424. now produce UEFI bootable UFDs from EFI compatible ISOs, such as Windows 7 x64,
  425. Windows 8, ArchLinux, etc.
  426. The first partition is now always aligned to 1MB (unless advanced options are used)
  427. Internal refactoring and fixes
  428. o Version 1.3.1 (2013.01.09)
  429. Fix Windows XP ISO support, that was broken in 1.3.0
  430. Drop support for newer ArchLinux ISOs - this will be fixed in 1.3.2
  431. Indicate which of FAT32 or Large FAT32 will be used as well as Partition Scheme
  432. Various internal fixes
  433. o Version 1.3.0 (2012.12.16)
  434. FAT32 format support for >32GB drives
  435. Based on fat32format from Ridgecrop Consultants Ltd:
  436. http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm
  437. Automated update check
  438. Relax ISO9660 compliance for Arch Linux images
  439. Add support for VMWare ESXi 5.1 ISO images
  440. Update Syslinux to v4.0.6 and libcdio to v0.90
  441. Miscellaneous UI improvements and fixes
  442. o Version 1.2.0 (2012.06.04)
  443. Single version of Rufus, that includes FreeDOS support always
  444. Add a toggleable advanced options panel
  445. Add bare Syslinux installation for (FAT partitions only)
  446. Add taskbar progress (Windows 7 or later)
  447. Integrate logging output in the application
  448. Fixes unavailable boot option when an empty card reader is plugged (reported by TheHive)
  449. Works around the use of non-ISO compliant LiveXP images (reported by TheHive)
  450. Various other bugfixes and improvements
  451. o Version 1.1.7 (2012.04.06):
  452. Fixes wrong bootable disk ID introduced in 1.1.6 (reported by Jeff Byers)
  453. Fixes support for minint WinPE 1.x images
  454. o Version 1.1.6 (2012.03.27):
  455. Add ISO support for Windows XP (SP2 or later), Windows 2003 and BartPE
  456. o Version 1.1.5 (2012.03.12):
  457. Fixes detection of devices without friendly name (reported by rschiang)
  458. Fixes support of WinPE/AIK ISO images (reported by Dmitry Sokolov)
  459. Fixes no disk at launch with empty card readers (reported by ChrisR
  460. Add download of vesamenu.c32 for ISOs that need it
  461. o Version 1.1.4 (2012.03.03):
  462. Fixes ISO support for directories with extended characters (reported by ChrisR)
  463. Fixes bad blocks test issues (reported by steve6375)
  464. Read extended labels from autorun.inf when present
  465. Update FreeDOS files to latest versions
  466. o Version 1.1.3 (2012.02.24):
  467. Fixes an issue on XP when using Windows ISOs (reported by wimb)
  468. Disable listing of fixed drives (eg. HDDs)
  469. Add 'fake' USB drive detection during bad blocks check
  470. o Version 1.1.2 (2012.02.22):
  471. Fixes ISO support for Fedora, openSUSE and Hiren's Boot CD
  472. Add icon and extended/international label support
  473. o Version 1.1.1 (2012.02.16):
  474. ISO image support (syslinux) - targeted at Linux installation ISOs
  475. ISO fixes and UI improvements
  476. o Version 1.1.0 (2012.02.08):
  477. ISO image support (NTFS, bootmgr only - targeted at Windows installation ISOs)
  478. o Version 1.0.7 (2012.02.02):
  479. Fixes a detection issue on platforms with multiple optical drives (with thanks to ElGaton)
  480. Add number of passes for bad blocks check
  481. Improved locale selection for FreeDOS
  482. o Version 1.0.6 (2012.01.03):
  483. Log report when bad blocks are found
  484. o Version 1.0.5 (2011.12.25):
  485. Keyboard layout detection & support
  486. o Version 1.0.4 (2011.12.16):
  487. FreeDOS support
  488. o Version 1.0.3 (2011.12.12):
  489. First public release
  490. Progress status improvements
  491. Filtering of invalid cluster sizes
  492. Disable Autoplay on Vista and later while the application is running
  493. o Version 1.0.2 (2011.12.06):
  494. Beta release
  495. Support for bad blocks check
  496. o Version 1.0.1 (2011.12.04):
  497. Alpha release