Rufus, the essential bootable USB key creation tool, returns in a new edition. Version 4.5 of the software offers, among other things, a new USB key verification method, while correcting vulnerability problems.
When you want to install an operating system on your PC, it is essential to use a USB key or a bootable DVD. If Microsoft continues to sell Windows 11 on a USB key (it will cost you 145 euros), this is rarely the case for other OSes. In addition, many sites offer to acquire a Windows 11 activation code at a low price accompanied by a download link. No USB key here, you will have to make do on your own.
How then to install Windows or another USB from a USB device and make the PC boot from it? There are several solutions, including the one distributed by Microsoft (Windows 11 installation wizard). But the best and most complete certainly remains that proposed by the Rufus software, which arrives in version 4.5 and whose novelties deserve attention.
Rufus 4.5 optimizes Windows and Linux installation keys
First new feature: the software offers a new method of verifying the USB key. Rather than simply verifying the validity of media after its creation, the tool injects to the USB key will check the integrity of the key on each boot. And this concerns both Windows, but also and especially Linux.
The new version of Rufus does not stop there and welcomes many other new features, particularly concerning virtual images which you can inject on the USB stick. Because, apart from installation software for a new OS, you can also use it to boot your PC directly on external media.
Other new features await Rufus users: better support for certain Linux distributions (Mint, Ubuntu 24.04), default support for UEFI:NTFS formatting, etc. Finally, Rufus version 4.5 fixes multiple vulnerability bugs.
So, convinced to use the good and loyal services of Rufus? Always not ? Remember that the software is full of media creation options, and allows, among other things, to install Windows 11 on a non-compatible PC, even the very latest version of the OS whose ISOs have just been released.
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