How to create a Windows 10 UEFI boot media using Rufus https://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-windows-10-usb-bootable-media-uefi-support
Hello, Rufus version 3.5.1497.0 has been released. Website - GitHub Repository Download (Website) - Download (GitHub) ChangeLog (GitHub)
Happy to help. Rufus is been immense help on this end and yes it took a little extra effort here & there for myself to learn the ropes of it at the start.
Rufus v3.6 Beta Released (July 8, 2019) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changelog v3.6 Beta 3.6 Beta Add support for persistent partitions [EXPERIMENTAL] (Note: The above won't work with Ubuntu until Ubuntu bug #1489855 is fixed) Add a mode to use VDS when partitioning/formatting (Alt-V) [EXPERIMENTAL] Add full extraction support for efi.img (Solus) Fix listing of potentially blocking processes Fix NTFS not being selectable when using Grub4DOS Fix download script not being launched when the user name contains a space Fix translated messages potentially being truncated (e.g. Thai) Fix progress bar report for screen readers (Accessibility issue) Fix a regression where Windows format prompts would not be suppressed Improve(?) Windows To Go support by following Microsoft's recommended partition order Disable ISO mode when Manjaro ISOHybrids are being used Update embedded GRUB to version 2.04
Rufus v3.6 Released (July 18, 2019) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changelog v3.6 3.6 Add support for persistent partitions [EXPERIMENTAL] (Note: The above won't work with Ubuntu until Ubuntu bug #1489855 is properly fixed) Add a mode to use VDS when partitioning/formatting (Alt-V) [EXPERIMENTAL] Add full extraction support for efi.img (Solus) Fix listing of potentially blocking processes Fix NTFS not being selectable when using Grub4DOS Fix download script not being launched when the user name contains a space Fix translated messages potentially being truncated (e.g. Thai) Fix progress bar report for screen readers (Accessibility issue) Fix a regression where Windows format prompts would not be suppressed Improve(?) Windows To Go support by following Microsoft's recommended partition order Don't enumerate Windows Sandbox VHDs Disable ISO mode when Manjaro ISOHybrids are being used Update embedded GRUB to version 2.04
Rufus v3.7 Beta Released (August 26, 2019) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changelog v3.7 Beta 3.7 Beta Finalize persistent partition support for Debian and Ubuntu: Debian with persistence should work out of the box with any recent Debian Live ISO. Ubuntu with persistence should also work IF using a post 2019.08.01 ISO (such as daily-live) Note that, because of bug #1489855, trying to use persistence with Ubuntu ISOs that were released before August 2019 will only result in rescue mode during boot - You have been warned! Other distros may work with persistence as long as they use a Debian-like or Ubuntu-like method, and, in the case of Ubuntu-like, if they use casper with the #1489855 bugfix. Add cheat mode (Alt) to switch between percent completed/transfer rate/time remaining on someoperations [EXPERIMENTAL] Report SuperSpeed+ devices in the log (Come on USB-IF, just add "Ludicrous Speed" already!) Fix UI checkboxes (Extended label, Fixes for old BIOSes) being cleared on START Fix Can't mount GUID volume regression when creating Windows To Go drives [#1351] Fix Volume label is invalid error with empty labels on Windows 7 [#1352] Fix stale progress bar during standalone ext2/ext3 formatting Disable ISO mode for Pop_OS Other cosmetic and internal improvements
Rufus v3.7 Released (September 9, 2019) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changelog v3.7 3.7 Finalize persistent partition support for Debian and Ubuntu: Debian with persistence should work out of the box with any recent Debian Live ISO. Ubuntu with persistence should also work IF using a post 2019.08.01 ISO (such as daily-live) Note that, because of bug #1489855, trying to use persistence with Ubuntu ISOs that were released before August 2019 will only result in rescue mode during boot - You have been warned! Other distros may work with persistence as long as they use a Debian-like or Ubuntu-like method, and, in the case of Ubuntu-like, if they use casper with the #1489855 bugfix. Add cheat mode (Alt) to switch between percent completed/transfer rate/time remaining on some operations [EXPERIMENTAL] Report SuperSpeed+ devices in the log (Come on USB-IF, just add "Ludicrous Speed" already!) Fix UI checkboxes (Extended label, Fixes for old BIOSes) being cleared on START Fix Can't mount GUID volume regression when creating Windows To Go drives [#1351] Fix Volume label is invalid error with empty labels on Windows 7 [#1352] Fix stale progress bar during standalone ext2/ext3 formatting Fix an extraction failure with R-Drive Image bootable ISOs Disable ISO mode for Pop_OS Other cosmetic and internal improvements
Rufus v3.9 Beta Released (February 20, 2020) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changelog v3.9 Beta 3.9 Beta Add exFAT support when creating blank UEFI:NTFS drives [EXPERIMENTAL] Fix ext2/ext3 corruption for partitions larger than 4 GB [#1396] Fix early boot files not being usable on compressed NTFS partitions [#1381] Fix writing of compressed streams that don't end on sector boundary [#1422] Fix percent not being displayed on slow format Improve file preallocation and speed up ISO extraction (courtesy of Mattiwatti) [#1445] Improve ext2/ext3 formatting speed Improve protective MBR message for GPT partitioned drives Improve reporting of Syslinux/GRUB download errors Improve reporting of partition types and of Windows' version Report the usage of UDF symbolic links [#1446] Update embedded Syslinux to 6.04-pre1
Rufus v3.9 Released (February 29, 2020) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changes v3.9 3.9 Add exFAT support when creating blank UEFI:NTFS drives [EXPERIMENTAL] Fix ext2/ext3 corruption for partitions larger than 4 GB [#1396] Fix early boot files not being usable on compressed NTFS partitions [#1381] Fix writing of compressed streams that don't end on sector boundary [#1422] Fix percent not being displayed on slow format Improve file preallocation and speed up ISO extraction (courtesy of Mattiwatti) [#1445] Improve ext2/ext3 formatting speed Improve protective MBR message for GPT partitioned drives Improve reporting of Syslinux/GRUB download errors Improve reporting of partition types and of Windows' version Report the usage of UDF symbolic links [#1446] Update embedded Syslinux to 6.04-pre1
Rufus v3.10 Beta Released (April 15, 2020) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changelog v3.10 Beta 3.10 Beta Improve Ubuntu 20.04 support [#1499] Improve detection of FIXED drives with no mounted partitions Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to v1.5 Fix progress not being updated for German locale Fix primary GPT being overwritten when adding the protective message MBR [#1507] Fix a regression with lousy security solutions that prevent the creation of an autorun.inf [#1496] Fix an assert during FreeDOS drive creation when the Windows system locale is UTF-8 [#1468] Fix invalid label errors when using a non-Western locale [#1506]
Rufus v3.10 Released (April 22, 2020) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changes v3.10 3.10 Improve support for Ubuntu 20.04 [#1499] Improve detection of FIXED drives with no mounted partitions Improve extfs formatting (courtesy of Marcos Mello) [#1516] Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to v1.5 Fix progress not being updated when using the German localization Fix primary GPT being overwritten when adding the protective MBR message [#1507] Fix a regression with lousy security solutions that prevent the creation of an autorun.inf [#1496] Fix an assert during FreeDOS drive creation when the Windows system locale is set to UTF-8 [#1468] Fix invalid label errors when using a non-Western locale [#1506]
Hello, Rufus version 3.11.1674.0 beta has been released. Website - GitHub Repository Download (Website) - Download (GitHub) ChangeLog (GitHub)
Rufus v3.11 Released (June 18, 2020) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changes v3.11 3.11 Add Rock Ridge deep directory support [#1526] Add an option to write small ISOs to an ESP (GPT only) Add a cheat mode (Ctrl-SELECT) to extract content from an additional zip archive on top of the ISO Add a cheat mode (Alt-G) to disable Virtual Hard Disk listing Add a cheat mode (Alt-P) to toggle a GPT ESP to Basic Data (Windows 10 only) Fix improper x86 32-bit NTFS driver being used for UEFI:NTFS Improve UEFI:NTFS compatibility with older UEFI firmwares [#1213] Improve startup time by running the ISO download feature check in the background Remove Ubuntu's splash screen for persistent UEFI drives Enable ASLR for the Rufus executable
Rufus v3.12 Beta Released (October 2, 2020) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changelog v3.12 Beta 3.12 Beta Add optional SHA-512 digest algorithm (Alt-H) Add a cheat mode (Alt-+/-) to increase/decrease application priority Enable direct provision of install.wim/install.esd for Windows To Go Move the ESP to the beginning of the drive for Windows To Go, on systems that allow it Enforce a minimum volume size of 256 MB for ext2/ext3 partitions Speed up the scanning of ISOs with lots of Rock Ridge deep directory entries Fix detection of GRUB version and update embedded GRUB for Ubuntu 20.10 support Fix user interface labels for accessibility Work around a Windows bug where the wrong drive letter may be returned
Rufus v3.12 Released (October 14, 2020) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changes v3.12 3.12 Add optional SHA-512 digest algorithm (Alt-H) Add a cheat mode (Alt-+/-) to increase/decrease application priority Enable direct provision of install.wim/install.esd for Windows To Go Move Windows To Go ESP to the beginning of the drive, on systems that allow it Enforce a minimum volume size of 256 MB for ext2/ext3 partitions [#1576] Speed up the scanning of ISOs with lots of Rock Ridge deep directory entries [#1575] Fix detection of GRUB version and update embedded GRUB for Ubuntu 20.10 support [#1573, #1616] Fix user interface labels for accessibility [#1467] Work around a Windows bug where the wrong drive letter may be returned
Rufus v3.13 Beta Released (November 14, 2020) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changelog v3.13 Beta 3.13 Beta Add a cheat mode (Alt-M) to accept disk images without a Boot Marker Add marquee operation progress to the taskbar icon Add zeroing/image writing progress to the log Switch to using 0x55 and 0xAA instead of 0x00 and 0xFF for low pass badblock check Switch to using fake/manufacturer units when computing the default label Fix overnumerous write retries on error when writing a disk image Work around Windows' abysmal handling of removable drives that contain an ESP [#1637] Improve mounting/unmounting of volumes [#1640] Other internal fixes and improvements (VDS, error reporting, etc.)
Rufus v3.13 Released (November 20, 2020) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changes v3.13 3.13 Add a cheat mode (Alt-M) to accept disk images without a Boot Marker Add marquee operation progress to the taskbar icon Add zeroing/image writing progress to the log Switch to using 0x55 and 0xAA instead of 0x00 and 0xFF for low pass badblock check Switch to using fake/manufacturer units when computing the default label Fix overnumerous write retries on error when writing a disk image Work around Windows' abysmal handling of removable drives that contain an ESP [#1637] Improve mounting/unmounting of volumes [#1640] Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to version 1.7 Other internal fixes and improvements (VDS, error reporting, etc.)
Rufus 3.14 Beta Released (April 23, 2021) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changelog 3.14 Beta 3.14 Beta Improve DD write speed (uncompressed images only) Improve checksum computation speed Improve network connectivity detection Only prompt for additional GRUB/Syslinux downloads when not writing in DD mode Fix potential "loss" of disk after writing Ubuntu 20.10 in DD mode Fix GRUB compatibility issue with Ubuntu 21.04 Fix Rufus MBR not being selected by default for Windows ISOs Fix drag and drop being enabled during drive creation Add more "exceptions" for forced DD image writing
Rufus 3.14 Released (April 30, 2021) Download / (Github) Changelog: Spoiler: Changes 3.14 3.14 Improve DD write speed (uncompressed images only) Improve checksum computation speed Improve network connectivity detection Only prompt for additional GRUB/Syslinux downloads when not writing in DD mode Fix potential "loss" of disk after writing Ubuntu 20.10 in DD mode Fix GRUB compatibility issue with Ubuntu 21.04 Fix Rufus MBR not being selected by default for Windows ISOs Fix drag and drop being enabled during drive creation Add more "exceptions" for forced DD image writing
FYI. Rufus Portable 3.14 (format and create bootable USB drives) Released for the PA Platform, courtesy of PortableApps.com.