Download Rufus 3.14

Version 3.14 of Rufus has been released. Rufus is a Windows program that can be used to create self-starting USB sticks. Useful, for example, to install an operating system, which is faster from a USB stick than from a CD or DVD, to update the bios or to access a system that no longer wants to start. There are a large number of tools that can do this, but Rufus claims to be one of the fastest of its kind. Since version 3.0, the program has been given a slightly different look and support for Windows XP and Vista has been dropped. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes in version 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