Rufus 2.6.818 Final





Rufus is a small 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 doesnt 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!

Features:
Formats USB flash drives to FAT/FAT32/NTFS/UDF/exFAT
Creates DOS bootable USB drives, using FreeDOS or MS-DOS with no external files required
Creates MBR or GPT/UEFI bootable USB drives
Creates bootable USB drives from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
Twice as fast as Microsofts USB/DVD tool or UNetbootin, on ISO->USB (1)
Can perform bad blocks check, with fake drive detection
Modern and familiar UI, with 34 languages supported natively (2)
Small footprint, no installation required
100% Free Software (GPL v3)

Compilation:
Use either Visual Studio 2012, WDK 7.1 (Windows Driver Kit) or MinGW and then

invoke the .sln, wdk_build.cmd or configure/make respectively.

Additional information:
Rufus provides extensive information about what it is doing, either through

its easily accessible log, or through the Windows debug facility.

What`s new:
Add Serbian (Latin) translation, courtesy of Ivan Strugar
Add a cheat mode to zero a device (Alt-Z)
Fix dual BIOS/UEFI mode not being disabled once enabled (Alt-E)
Fix a crash when Syslinux downloaded files are modified by a firewall
Fix FAT32 not being disabled for Windows ISOs in BIOS/CSM mode
Additional translation updates