Lightweight utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives

Rufus Portable

Rufus Portable 4.4

  -  3.11 MB  -  Open Source
  • Latest Version

    Rufus Portable 4.5

  • Operating System

    Windows 7 64 / Windows 8 64 / Windows 10 64 / Windows 11

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Pete Batard / External Link

  • Filename

    RufusPortable_4.4.paf.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

    96db82ca3609759ba05260509cd72796

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 4.4.


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 4.4 Screenshots

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    Rufus Portable 4.4 Screenshot 1
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What's new in this version:

- Add workaround for distros that use broken symbolic links as their UEFI bootloaders (such as Mint 21.3)
- Add support for GRUB 2.12
- Fix a crash when saving .ffu images
- Fix UEFI:NTFS partition not being added, in MBR mode, for some Linux ISOs
- Prevent Microsoft Dev Drives from being listed
- Improve support for SDXC card readers
- Improve Large FAT32 formatting by aligning start of data regions to 1 MB