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USB Image Tool Changelog

What's new in USB Image Tool 1.9.0.0

Sep 25, 2022
  • fixed: volumes following an unknown partition type were not shown
  • fixed: volume mode restore did not write to volume
  • fixed: exception while canceling operation for quitting program
  • added: task progess info (bytes/time written/remaining)
  • added: integrity check to detect fake size information
  • added: new option to show unknown partition types as hex code
  • changed: internal versioning harmonized
  • changed: log output in list view control

New in USB Image Tool 1.8.5.0 (Apr 28, 2022)

  • Fixed: updated to zlib 1.2.12 for security fix

New in USB Image Tool 1.8.4.0 (Apr 2, 2022)

  • fixed: program closing when using backup + verify + zipped image

New in USB Image Tool 1.8.3.0 (Mar 27, 2022)

  • Fixed: invalid handle error when using backup + verify

New in USB Image Tool 1.8.2.0 (Jan 31, 2022)

  • Fixed: gzip size error message blocked device
  • Fixed: Unregister shell notifications exception on program closing
  • Added: zip files also shown for restore file dialog

New in USB Image Tool 1.8.1.0 (Oct 6, 2020)

  • fixed: detection of non-removable USB devices on AMD chipsets

New in USB Image Tool 1.8.0.0 (Apr 4, 2020)

  • Fixed: display of volume name 2
  • Added: high DPI awareness support
  • Added: new high res logo donated by LunaticGasMonkey
  • Changed: .NET 4.7 (for GUI high DPI awareness)

New in USB Image Tool 1.7.6.0 (Mar 14, 2019)

  • Fixed: new line for each message in log window
  • Added: copy to clipboard for log window

New in USB Image Tool 1.7.5.0 (Aug 16, 2018)

  • Added: fix GPT size info after restore
  • Added: verify available for GUI
  • Added: reset available for command line utility
  • Added: visual styles only enabled when supported by OS (WinPE support: use -novs command line option)
  • Fixed: buffer block setting was not used
  • Fixed: volume locking/unlocking

New in USB Image Tool 1.7.5.0 Beta (Jun 12, 2018)

  • added: fix GPT size info after restore
  • added: verify available for GUI
  • added: visual styles only enabled when supported by OS (WinPE support: use -novs command line option)
  • fixed: buffer block setting was not used

New in USB Image Tool 1.7.4.0 (Jul 31, 2017)

  • added: new option – initialize remaining space afte restored

New in USB Image Tool 1.7.3.0 (Jul 31, 2017)

  • added: logging
  • fixed: endless loop when removing a device
  • fixed: exception copying empty debug log to clipboard

New in USB Image Tool 1.72 (Dec 21, 2015)

  • fixed: invalid compressed imz images

New in USB Image Tool 1.71 (Nov 22, 2015)

  • added: support for UASP based devices
  • added: debug output for device scan
  • fixed: devices were unlocked between restore and verify
  • fixed: misleading error message

New in USB Image Tool 1.70 (Nov 7, 2014)

  • fixed: scrolled output (command line tool)
  • changed: .NET 4.0 (for GUI)

New in USB Image Tool 1.69 (Sep 23, 2014)

  • fixed: favorite tab buttons were not visible

New in USB Image Tool 1.68 (Sep 15, 2014)

  • fixed: back to .NET 3.5 for Windows XP compatibility

New in USB Image Tool 1.67 (Sep 13, 2014)

  • added: rescan on media insertion/removal for card readers
  • added: show hardware id string (vendor & product id) & volume serial
  • added: volume tags for file name suggestions
  • fixed: error messages sometimes didn’t show Windows last error code

New in USB Image Tool 1.66 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • fixed: mandatory verify after backup (command line tool)

New in USB Image Tool 1.65 (Jun 4, 2014)

  • fixed: MD5 path and file name
  • fixed: file name in imz files
  • fixed: file month in imz files

New in USB Image Tool 1.64 (Dec 23, 2013)

  • fixed: CRLF for MD5 hash files

New in USB Image Tool 1.63 (Dec 19, 2013)

  • fixed: device selection more persistent, when new devices are found
  • changed: MD5 hash file format standardized

New in USB Image Tool 1.62 (May 27, 2013)

  • fixed: exception after restore, when focus was lost in device view

New in USB Image Tool 1.61 (Mar 6, 2013)

  • added: date/time format for file name suggestion
  • changed: rescan devices after restore completed
  • fixed: access violation when creating an zip-backup

New in USB Image Tool 1.60 (Feb 22, 2013)

  • changed: always require admin rights to set device mode as default selection
  • added: buffer size adjustable
  • added: support for non-removable drives (USB HDD)
  • added: reset device with empty boot sector for reformat
  • added: accept Windows disk number (command line tool)
  • added: scroll for piped output (command line tool)
  • fixed: multi-threading locking
  • fixed: cancellation message

New in USB Image Tool 1.59 (Apr 23, 2012)

  • fixed: device mode check on file size

New in USB Image Tool 1.58 (Nov 22, 2011)

  • fixed: size check on gzip images of 2 GiByte and above
  • fixed: location info and serial number in command line tool
  • added: optional completion message

New in USB Image Tool 1.57 (Oct 2, 2010)

  • fixed: broken large zip files (using 64bit functions now)

New in USB Image Tool 1.56 (Sep 30, 2010)

  • Fixed:
  • zip file compression (new zlib/minizip versions)

New in USB Image Tool 1.55 (Feb 4, 2010)

  • fixed: error code 3 on Restore because of unknown file systems (atv-patchstick)
  • fixed: error code 87 as a result of an invalid device image

New in USB Image Tool 1.54 (Jan 7, 2010)

  • changed: Restore now allows shared read access on image file
  • fixed: catch an exception for strange link open error

New in USB Image Tool 1.53 (Nov 30, 2009)

  • added: truncate oversize images in device mode
  • fixed: invalid characters in automatic file names
  • changed: device mode is now default when available

New in USB Image Tool 1.52 (Nov 10, 2009)

  • added: more detailed error messages

New in USB Image Tool 1.51 (Sep 29, 2009)

  • fixed: invalid progress values caused GUI exception
  • fixed: Remove favorites button was always disabled

New in USB Image Tool 1.50 (Aug 26, 2009)

  • added: parallel operations on different flash drives
  • added: progress information in command line utility
  • added: show location information (Windows Vista or higher)
  • added: optinal suggestion of the backup file name
  • fixed: read errors due to wrong size information
  • fixed: closing dialog had no effect on leaving the program
  • fixed: show device serial number

New in USB Image Tool 1.42 (Apr 17, 2009)

  • Version 1.42 can create MD5 checksums of image files during the backup process. This feature can be activated on the “Options” tab.

New in USB Image Tool 1.40 (Feb 24, 2009)

  • fixed: compression routines for zip/imz files
  • fixed: device mode without unplugging the device
  • fixed: progress bar stopped to early on size differences
  • added: compression routines for gzip files

New in USB Image Tool 1.30 (Oct 9, 2008)

  • Device mode (supports bootable USB sticks)

New in USB Image Tool 1.28 (Jul 14, 2008)

  • Windows x64 compatibility (Vista and XP)
  • New additional command line utility