Rufus It is a tool known to many of us who have ever formatted our computers. For those who do not know it, it serves to create Bootable USB with any version of Windows or some distribution Linux. It stands out so much in its lightness as in his speed, being faster than other competitive tools. And in this version 3.16, improved support for Windows 11 is added.
Rufus 3.16 will allow us to avoid the requirements of Windows 11 in a very simple way
There are numerous online tutorials including our, to install Windows 11 cleanly on a PC not supported. But for some users these methods may be something tediousespecially if they are not familiar with the ways to do it.
The Rufus developer is aware of this, and therefore its utility adds an installation option additional. Along with creating a USB Windows To Go, a Windows 11 installation option is added “Extended”. This option modifies the installation media, to jump processor requirements, TPM, Secure Boot, among others.
The change list with all the changes from Rufus 3.16 it is as follows:
- Fixed ISO mode support for Red Hat 8.2+ and derivatives
- Fixed BIOS boot support for Arch derivatives
- Fixed removing some boot entries for Ubuntu derivatives
- Fixed log not saving when exiting
- Windows 11 “Extended” installation support added (Disable TPM / Secure Boot / RAM requirements)
- UEFI Shell ISO downloads added (retroactively applied via FIDO)
- Added support for Intel NUC card readers
- Windows 11 support has been improved
- Improved Windows version reports
- Erasing of MBR / GPT partitioning has been accelerated