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Should I format it as NTFS or FAT32 for usage as a bootable USB? Instead, I would encourage you to use NTFS, which is better supported, and for which Rufus does have provisions in the form of UEFI:NTFS. For instance, boot loaders like Syslinux have introduced NTFS support, but haven't done much when it comes to exFAT support.Īll in all, I'm afraid there simply just isn't enough support and demand for exFAT boot, for me to spend time on it, so I don't think you will be seeing such a feature in Rufus. As a matter of fact, I have failed to see the adoption of exFAT growing, with most parties, for which FAT32 limitations are becoming an issue, choosing to switch to NTFS (which has its own issues, but is better supported) instead.
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So, instead of what is the case for FAT32 (where you can just copy the boot圆4.efi or bootia32.efi files for the whole thing to boot), you'd have to use workarounds, which no guarantee whatsoever that the later boot stages will be able to handle exFAT content.Īlso, on a separate matter, exFAT is encumbered by software patents which makes it unfriendly for use with Open Source software (which Rufus is), so, on political grounds, I would tend to discourage its use. There is no UEFI firmware that I am aware of, that allows booting from exFAT. So there's a good chance most Linux distros won't work if you're using exFAT. Without this, you may boot the kernel, but the whole process will probably fail along the way, if it is designed only to look for FAT32 content.
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It's not because you might be able to get a first stage to boot through exFAT, which is the only part where Rufus can intervene, that you will get anywhere.įor instance, Linux distros must have special boot code in their later boot stage to be able to boot from FAT32. The boot process is a multi stage affair, which is A LOT more complex than people imagine.
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Instead I would suggest that you use the Alt- E cheat mode to enable dual BIOS+UEFI (which should allow you to use FAT32 for Windows installation, and therefore allow R/W on Mac), or use UltraISO if you really MUST deal with Windows bootable media and use exFAT.Īs almost no ISO's support booting from exFAT
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Besides, considering that a decent USB 3.0 drive should only set you back 3 minutes on Windows 10 boot drive creation in Rufus, reformatting a single flash drive for boot or file transfer isn't that big a deal (and may also prevent you from inadvertently lift confidential work data which you don't need, and which your company may not be too happy to see being copied by an employee).Īll in all, I don't see much of a case to justify adding exFAT support specifically for Windows installation media in Rufus. Surely, you can reformat the drive to exFAT if you need to transfer files after you're done with creating bootable media for work, and I would also expect you to have a dedicated USB drive at work for OS installation if you are being tasked with performing those (I doubt a workplace would be so cheap as to refuse the purchase of a flash drive, especially if it's related to performing OS installs, and I would strongly encourage you to use a different flash drive if you must copy files to or from work). I also find it a bit strange that you must use a bootable drive created by Rufus to transfer files between home and work. I just don't see enough people who would benefit from that feature compared to the amount of time it would take me to add and, more importantly, support it in Rufus.
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On the other hand, Rufus also supports Linux, DOS, UEFI and other boot modes, so adding exFAT just for Windows images, and just to satisfy the very few people who will want to use their bootable drive between a Mac and a PC (and MUST have a >4GB file to justify not being able to use FAT32) seems like a waste of development time, to be brutally honest. Also, I'd be very surprised if that exFAT drive boots in UEFI mode. So that's probably why it might be easier to make it work with exFAT. This software currently only support Windows bootable disk, can work with both BOOTMGR and NTLDR boot mode
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