Lightweight utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives

Rufus Portable

Rufus Portable 3.13

  -  1.47 MB  -  Open Source
  • Latest Version

    Rufus Portable 4.5

  • Operating System

    Windows 7 / Windows 7 64 / Windows 8 / Windows 8 64 / Windows 10 / Windows 10 64

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Pete Batard / External Link

  • Filename

    RufusPortable_3.13.paf.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

    25e7b1ddbfd0ef52aee2f68571e0a23b

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Rufus Portable 3.13.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Rufus Portable or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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  • Rufus Portable 3.13 Screenshots

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    Rufus Portable 3.13 Screenshot 1
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What's new in this version:

- 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
- Improve mounting/unmounting of volumes
- Update UEFI:NTFS file system drivers to version 1.7
- Other internal fixes and improvements (VDS, error reporting, etc.)