Rufus question on customization

cheaterslick · Tuesday at 7:58 PM

Hello,

I'm looking to create a bootable media with Rufus and I want to customize it so it will be able to upgrade to 24H2 on supported hardware, so I was wondering if I can use the following custom options:

So will I be able to use these options?

And will it still force BitLocker regardless? Or will it fail doing that? In other words, should I untick the "Disable BitLocker..." option?

Thanks

dacrone · Tuesday at 8:00 PM

you saying in the future upgrade to 24h2 or you're making this usb with a 24h2 iso to upgrade compatible systems?

cheaterslick · Tuesday at 8:05 PM

dacrone said:
you saying in the future upgrade to 24h2 or you're making this usb with a 24h2 iso to upgrade compatible systems?

Future upgrade from 23H2 to 24H2 doing a clean install.

garlin · Tuesday at 8:07 PM

Those options will work on all supported or unsupported PC's.

What Rufus does is create a hidden Windows\Panther unattend.xml file, to change some reg keys or insert unattended mode options.

BamaInArk · Tuesday at 8:09 PM

I use a RUFUS modified installer for ALL my Win11 installs now. Mostly to just disable the stuff I don't want to deal with especially with the default Bitlocker settings and MS account.

cheaterslick · Tuesday at 8:12 PM

BamaInArk said:
I use a RUFUS modified installer for ALL my Win11 installs now. Mostly to just disable the stuff I don't want to deal with especially with the default Bitlocker settings and MS account.

Yeah, that's kind of the direction I'm heading in. I'm wondering if those options I have checked will be what I'm looking for before I create it.

dacrone · Tuesday at 8:13 PM

cheaterslick said:
Yeah, that's kind of the direction I'm heading in. I'm wondering if those options I have checked will be what I'm looking for before I create it.

they wont effect the ability to update. you'll be good

cheaterslick · Tuesday at 8:15 PM

dacrone said:
they wont effect the ability to update. you'll be good

Even if MS tries to force encryption on new installations?

dacrone · Tuesday at 8:17 PM

no, i believe if it gets forced you'll have to turn it off then. or just make a 24h2 rufus usb in the future and upgrade via that method. 24h2 sets bitlocker to active;ready but does not encrypt automatically that i know of. i didnt have that issue. just go into control panel after install and turn off bitlocker

cheaterslick · Tuesday at 8:41 PM

dacrone said:
but does not encrypt automatically

Ok, well that's good. I thought it might do that.

Or at the very least, **fail** the re-instillation because of it.

dacrone said:
just go into control panel after install and turn off bitlocker

Good to know. I'll just leave that Rufus box ticked, anyway. Thanks.

aubergine · 2025-02-19T02:08:50-0500

dacrone said:
24h2 sets bitlocker to active;ready but does not encrypt automatically that i know of.

just go into control panel after install and turn off bitlocker

Not possible from the control panel.

You have to choose Settings > Privacy & security > Device encryption > Off

Sign in with your Microsoft account to finish encrypting this device.webp

dacrone · 2025-02-19T02:27:48-0500

ahh yeah guess i was thinking of bitlocker on/off

Code:

reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BitLocker /v PreventDeviceEncryption /d 1 /t REG_DWORD /f

you can also just run that command ^ in command prompt as admin

Winuser · 2025-02-19T11:01:58-0500

I recently used Rufus to do a clean install of 24H2 on a second SSD with those settings and it worked great. The only thing I changed was the User name.

dacrone · 2025-02-19T17:27:34-0500

btw - when you open Rufus, press "Alt+E". this will activate a mode that creates a flash drive that will work in both UEFI and MBR modes. stays activated until you toggle it off with Alt+E again

Winuser · 2025-02-19T17:49:32-0500

dacrone said:
btw - when you open Rufus, press "Alt+E". this will activate a mode that creates a flash drive that will work in both UEFI and MBR modes. stays activated until you toggle it off with Alt+E again

I just found that trick out the other day. I downloaded and made a Hiren's boot disk and it was included in the instructions.

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