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Image Management Features: Exhaustive Specification

This document defines the "Feature Complete" state for the Image Management property sheet panel. It is a 1:1 mapping of every control and logic branch seen in the Rufus 4.11 screenshots.

🚀 Drive Properties

  • Device Selector:
    • Dropdown listing all removable/CD drives.
    • Save Icon: Button to save the current drive list or selection.
  • Boot Selection:
    • Dropdown for bootable image selection (Disk or ISO image).
    • Checkmark Icon: Status indicator for image verification.
    • SELECT Button: Full file picker for source image.
  • Partition Scheme: Dropdown containing MBR and GPT.
  • Target System: Dropdown containing BIOS (or UEFI-CSM) and UEFI (non CSM).
  • Advanced Drive Properties (Expandable/Toggleable):
    • List USB Hard Drives: Checkbox to show/hide fixed USB disks.
    • Add fixes for old BIOSes: Checkbox for legacy partition alignment/fixes.
    • Enable runtime UEFI media validation: Checkbox for post-write validation.

🛠️ Format Options

  • Volume Label: Text input field.
  • File System: Dropdown containing FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, and UDF.
  • Cluster Size: Dropdown for allocation unit size selection.
  • Advanced Format Options (Expandable/Toggleable):
    • Quick Format: Checkbox (Default ON).
    • Create extended label and icon files: Checkbox (Default ON).
    • Check device for bad blocks: Checkbox + Pass Selection Dropdown (1, 2, 3, or 4 passes).

📊 Status & Interaction

  • Status Box: Large centered status label with "READY" state.
  • Progress Bar: Win32 standard progress indicator.
  • Action Buttons:
    • START: Triggers write/format logic.
    • CLOSE: Exits the tab.
  • Footer Navigation (Icons):
    • World/Update: Check for updates/online help.
    • Info (i): Show hardware/image info.
    • Settings (Sliders): Global app settings.
    • Log (Document): Opens the real-time logging window.
  • Footer Status: "1 device found" (or appropriate count) status text at the very bottom.

🪟 Windows User Experience (Image-Specific)

  • Local Account: Checkbox + Username text box.
  • Regional Sync: Checkbox to sync host regional settings.
  • Privacy Bypass: Checkbox to skip OOBE privacy questions.
  • BitLocker Bypass: Checkbox to disable automatic encryption.

📜 Logging System

  • Standalone modal window triggered by the Log Icon.
  • Full text area for low-level operation logs.
  • Buttons: Clear, Save, Close.

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