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The Reliable USB Formatting Utility

26 mentions on Hacker News by 23 people: 8 stories, 18 comments · first 2018-08-26 · latest 2026-11-02

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  1. …Rufus is now the only way to install Windows 11 pro without the enshittification features: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases Ripping out all the "AI" (undocumented API areas indicate snitch-ware), spam, and telemetry nonsense takes…
    comment by Joel_Mckay · 2026-11-02 · in Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB is just an unencrypted SD card in a case
  2. …AI API areas suggested RAT/snitch-ware... the final straw with Microsoft BS around here...) https://github.com/pbatard/rufus https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI Yes it still supports DRM…
    comment by Joel_Mckay · 2026-08-28 · in Get your Windows license refund
  3. https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases or https://unetbootin.github.io/#distros
    comment by pamcake · 2026-08-09 · in Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM
  4. …Going Linux-only just for the sake of it sometimes does not make much sense business-wise. [1] https://github.com/pbatard/rufus
    comment by zubspace · 2026-06-15 · in Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything
  5. …Win11 Pro in offline-mode without TPM/Bitlocker speeds up the benchmarks a bit for a game system: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases Fun times, but most of the Win experience has always been removing garbage code/adware/shovel-ware.…
    comment by Joel_Mckay · 2026-05-24 · in Childhood Computing
  6. …But the amount of internet-driven widgets that ultimately are a medium for ads is frustrating. [0] https://github.com/pbatard/rufus
    comment by nwsm · 2025-10-02 · in Windows 10 refuses to go gentle into that good night
  7. …risks you can not or will not accept. Personally, I don't and use stuff like Rufus[1] instead. [1]: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus
    comment by Dalewyn · 2024-06-15 · in Ventoy: Remove BLOBs from the Source Tree
  8. …for a Microsoft Account upon installation from the ISO. [1a] - https://rufus.ie/en/ [1b] - https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ
    comment by LinuxBender · 2024-03-02 · in How to install Windows 11 without a Microsoft account
  9. …ISO to turn off hardware check and TPM support for Windows 11 to install it on an unsupported PC. https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#user-content-Help_... Besides Linux and BSD Unix there is: https://reactos.org/…
    comment by orionblastar · 2023-12-22 · in Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste
  10. …I have a dual raid1 sata enclosure that I use to boot a windows to go install created with Rufus ( https://github.com/pbatard/rufus ), which makes testing and benchmarking so much nicer to deal with. I’ve even stuck games on it, and other…
    comment by Modified3019 · 2023-12-18 · in Ventoy
  11. The Rufus author has capital O Opinions on this: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#user-content-Blah_...
    comment by voltagex_ · 2023-09-21 · in Install Windows the Arch Linux Way
  12. Rufus 3.17 (released Oct 2021) onwards is secure boot signed. See: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/tag/v3.17
    comment by scrlk · 2023-01-17 · in MSI's (in)Secure Boot
  13. …that let me walk people through tasks easily, but still retaining functionality I want for myself. https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#Power_keysCheat_mo... Alt+E being one that I use myself, but absolutely would not want enabled for…
    comment by Nexxxeh · 2021-05-08 · in Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility
  14. Rufus does in fact have a long explanation of this on their FAQ: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#blah-uefi-blah-fat... You probably left Secure Boot on. That prevents loading the NTFS UEFI driver.
    comment by sascha_sl · 2021-05-07 · in Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility
  15. Rufus also has the nifty and often overlooked ability to create VHD images from drives. https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#Saving_an_existing...
    comment by puzzlingcaptcha · 2021-05-07 · in Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility
  16. …have the same question I did: Only supports Windows, no Linux or macOS support planned.[1] [1]: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#do-you-plan-to-por... EDIT: running on, not creation of boot volumes for
    comment by runlevel1 · 2021-05-07 · in Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility
  17. Source: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus 'Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc. 'It can be especially useful for cases where: you need to create USB…
    comment by aspenmayer · 2020-05-20 · in Rufus: Create bootable USB drives the easy way, fast FOSS GUI (Windows 7 and up)
  18. …page. I was hoping to find some hints there, but no luck). --- [1] https://rufus.ie/ linked from https://github.com/pbatard/rufus [2] https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ
    comment by livueta · 2018-12-30 · in Install Linux with Rufus USB Bootable App