3.15
- Update GRUB to version 2.06
- Add support for .vtsi files (Ventoy Sparse Image)
- 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
- Fix failure to open Syslinux/GRUB files when Rufus is located at the root of a drive
- Prevent the creation of 'System Volume Information' on ESPs written in DD mode
- Prevent drive letter assignation to the UEFI:NTFS partition
- Prevent persistent partition creation errors due to size
- Enhance safety checks before running the Fido ISO download script
- Other internal fixes and improvements
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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
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3.13
- 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]
- Other internal fixes and improvements (VDS, error reporting, etc.)
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3.12
- 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 the ESP to the beginning of the drive for Windows To Go, on systems that allow it
- Enforce a minimum volume size of 256 MB for ext2/ext3 partitions
- Speed up the scanning of ISOs with lots of Rock Ridge deep directory entries
- Fix detection of GRUB version and update embedded GRUB for Ubuntu 20.10 support
- Fix user interface labels for accessibility
- Work around a Windows bug where the wrong drive letter may be returned
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3.11
- Add Rock Ridge deep directory support
- 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
- Remove Ubuntu's splash screen for persistent UEFI drives
- Enable ASLR for the Rufus executable
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3.10
- mprove Ubuntu 20.04 support [#1499]
- Improve detection of FIXED drives with no mounted partitions
- Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to v1.5
- Fix progress not being updated for German locale
- Fix primary GPT being overwritten when adding the protective message MBR [#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 UTF-8 [#1468]
- Fix invalid label errors when using a non-Western locale [#1506]
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3.9
- Add exFAT support when creating blank UEFI:NTFS drives [EXPERIMENTAL]
- Fix ext2/ext3 corruption for partitions larger than 4 GB
- Fix early boot files not being usable on compressed NTFS partitions
- Fix writing of compressed streams that don't end on sector boundary
- Fix percent not being displayed on slow format
- Improve file preallocation and speed up ISO extraction (courtesy of Mattiwatti)
- Improve ext2/ext3 formatting speed
- Improve protective MBR message for GPT partitioned drives
- Improve reporting of Syslinux/GRUB download errors
- Improve reporting of partition types and of Windows' version
- Report the usage of UDF symbolic links
- Update embedded Syslinux to 6.04-pre1
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3.8
- Fix regression where some ISOs (Debian) would produce a Syslinux error when booted in BIOS mode
- Fix potential 0xC0030057 errors when trying to create a persistent partitions on a non-FIXED drive
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