Now the developer has released Rufus 3.0.1304. The tool runs under Windows 7 or later, 32 or 64 bit doesn't matter. Once downloaded, the application is ready to use. Rufus is especially useful for cases where:
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The "p" in the rufus executible name makes it portable; otherwise, it writes to reg.
For example:
rufus-2.12p.exe is portable
rufus-2.12.exe is not.
Was driving me insane finding reg keys.. :)
Rufus 3.0.1304 Released PORTABLE
Since it was first released in 2011, Rufus has been a very popular tool for creating Windows installers on USB. It lets users format USB flash drives and burn Windows 10 ISO files to USB in order to create a bootable media, which can then be used to install Windows 10 and older versions of the OS, until Windows 7. One major advantage is that you can even run Rufus off a USB stick if you download the portable version. The full version in an installable one, but both offer the same interface and functionality so it's really easy to switch between the two versions.
Rufus has been evolving constantly over the years and have a lot of version available for download. The latest version is 3.6 Beta released on July 8, 2019. Basically, a newer version is always preferred because new features are introduced and bugs being fixed. However, this is not the case for old computers, which runs on systems that out of date. You can find all stable and beta release at here: rufus.ie/downloads. This is the official source for downloading Rufus.
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