Rufus is a free utility for Windows that allows you to create a bootable version of Windows from a USB stick. Its version is available now and should be of particular interest to IT professionals who want to install Windows 11 on computers without a TPM chip.
Rufus, the utility for Windows that allows you to create bootable USB sticks, enters the beta phase. Testers can take advantage of new features that better meet the needs of newer operating systems like Windows 10. Bad news for older operating systems: Windows 7 and earlier versions are no longer supported.
Rufus is a program well known to computer engineers and other enlightened amateurs. This free software makes it very easy to create “bootable” media, the very ones used to reinstall Windows or even Linux. In a few words, Rufus transfers image files in ISO format of an operating system to a USB stick (mostly). Simply select this media as the startup disk when you restart your computer to enjoy a portable version of Windows.
Rufus 3.22 Beta makes it possible to boot Windows 11 from a USB stick on an incompatible PC
Rufus 3.22 Beta is for advanced users only. To use the new features, you need to compile the code provided on Github. Once this is done, Bitlocker encryption, the feature that secures all data on a hard drive in Windows, can be disabled from the program’s interface.
This feature is in addition to other options like removing the requirement of 4GB of RAM, Secure Boot, a TPM chip, or even an online Microsoft account. In this way it is possible to create a portable version of Windows 11 compatible with computers that do not meet the hardware requirements officially required to use Microsoft’s latest operating system. In addition, Rufus now supports hardware acceleration of the SHA-1 and SHA-256 cryptographic functions. Unfortunately, support for Windows 7, which still powers just over 5% of PCs worldwidealthough it was published fourteen years ago.
Source: NeoWin