Rufus 4.4 is the latest version of one of the best applications for creating media, self-booting external drives on optical media or USB storage, designed for installation of operating systems or test software as well as troubleshooting computer equipment.

Rufus is a piece of software in my arsenal of maintenance tools. Its main function is creating bootable USB drives for Windows. It also supports Linux and other systems, but it is in the Microsoft system that it shows its great capabilities, including the additions for installing Windows 11, overcoming the pressures of Microsoft (some incomprehensible, which penalize its adoption), such as the ability to create local accounts , disable BitLocker and others. such as TPM and Secure Boot.

You also have the option to create windows to goWindows To Go and download ISO images directly from Microsoftwhich makes Rufus an all-in-one program for clean installations and operating system maintenance on computers.

Rufus 4.4

This is a smaller version with a few new features, but it is support excellent software. The release adds bootloader support for Unix operating systems, GRUB 2.12, and solutions for Linux distributions and UEFI bootloaders.

The update fixes known bugs when working with .FFU images (that is, saving images) and no longer lists Microsoft Development Drives, which are special Windows 11 partitions optimized for developer-related tasks and workflows. There is also better support for external SDCX card readers and for the FAT32 file format.

Rufus 4.4 en free and open source software. It is available on their website and also on GitHub. It works for software on different platforms (Windows, Linux, FreeDos…) but I insist, in my opinion after many years of use It is unbeatable when it comes to Windows and especially recommended if we are going to install Microsoft on machines with new UEFI and/or GPT partitions, as not all alternative tools are able to correctly create media in this type of format. Necessary