Rufus 4.14

• Fix ISO mode support for Red Hat 8.2+ and derivatives [#1777]
• Fix BIOS boot support for Arch derivatives
• Fix removal of some boot entries for Ubuntu derivatives
• Fix log not being saved on exit
• Add Windows 11 "Extended" installation support (Disables TPM/Secure Boot/RAM requirements)
• Add UEFI Shell ISO downloads (retroactively applied through FIDO)
• Add support for Intel NUC card readers
• Improve Windows 11 support [#1779]
• Improve Windows version reporting
• Speed up clearing of MBR/GPT

• Fix ISO mode support for Red Hat 8.2+ and derivatives [#1777]
• Fix BIOS boot support for Arch derivatives
• Fix removal of some boot entries for Ubuntu derivatives
• Fix log not being saved on exit
• Add support for Intel NUC card readers
• Improve Windows version reporting
• Improve Windows 11 support [#1779]
• Speed up clearing of MBR/GPT

• Update GRUB to version 2.06
• Add support for .vtsi files (Ventoy Sparse Image, courtesy of @ventoy)
• Add workaround for openSUSE Live ISOs
• Move default app directory to %LocalAppData%\Rufus\ and always save a log there on exit
• Fix AppStore version of Rufus not being able to store downloaded files [#1744]
• Fix failure to open Syslinux/GRUB files when Rufus is located at the root of a drive [#1747, #1761]
• Prevent the creation of System Volume Information on ESPs written in DD mode
• Prevent drive letter assignation to the UEFI:NTFS partition [pbatard/uefi-ntfs#25]
• Prevent persistent partition creation errors due to size
• Enhance safety checks before running the Fido ISO download script
• Other internal fixes and improvements [#1727, etc]

• Update GRUB to version 2.06
• Add support for .vtsi files (Ventoy Sparse Image, courtesy of @ventoy)
• Move default app directory to %LocalAppData%\Rufus\ and always save a log there on exit
• Fix AppStore version of Rufus not being able to store downloaded files [#1744]
• Fix failure to open Syslinux/GRUB files when Rufus is located at the root of a drive [#1747, #1761]
• Prevent the creation of System Volume Information on ESPs written in DD mode
• Prevent drive letter assignation to the UEFI:NTFS partition [pbatard/uefi-ntfs#25]
• Prevent persistent partition creation errors due to size
• Enhance safety checks before running the Fido ISO download script
• Other internal fixes and improvements [#1727, etc]

• 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

• 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

• 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.)

• 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

• 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

• 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]