Download Rufus 3.21 Free is a tool for Windows that lets you create several different kinds of bootable devices from external drives such as USB pen drives and SD cards. Its versatility makes it possible to both format a drive and install Linux, Windows and even FreeDOS disk images, integrated in the tool.
Among the partition types that can be created are Syslinux, ReactOS, Grub, UEFI: NTFS and the aforementioned FreeDOS. Thanks to this, it’s possible to install Linux distributions and images for use in devices like a Raspberry Pi. You can even create Windows installations from the ISO image.
Rufus is an incredibly useful program for creating bootable drives or operating system installers. Plus, it’s surprisingly fast when it comes to processing the tasks it performs.
Version 3.21 (2022.11.28)
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- 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
- Fix incorrect detection of GRUB with nonstandard prefixes
- Fix tab order not working on the Windows User Experience dialog
