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Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD Changelog

What's new in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.3.9

Aug 19, 2020
  • Downgraded SeaTools for DOS (GUI) to V2.22 at Kaur Kuut's recommendation. Apparently the only feature introduced in V2.23 was long test timeout failure, but that prevents large capacity HDDs from completing the long generic test. Seagate subsequently removed this feature in SeaTools for Windows V1.4.0.2, but never did for SeaTools for DOS V2.23.
  • Updated Parted Magic to 2013_08_10. Thanks to James LaBarre for the tip.
  • Updated photorec, testdisk and fidentify to v7.1 through new module.
  • Updated Q&D Unit Clone to V1.1r. Thanks to author for the update.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.3.7 (Mar 29, 2017)

  • FDUBCD: UBCD FreeDOS version updated to V1.53.
  • FDUBCD: Updated FreeDOS kernel version to 2042. Also updated HIMEMX.EXE, JEMM386.EXE and MEM.EXE from FreeDOS 1.2.
  • Updated Darik's Boot and Nuke to 2.3.0.
  • Updated Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS to V5.27.
  • Updated HDAT2 to V5.3.
  • Updated HDClone to V6.0.7.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V5.30.
  • Updated Partition Saving to V4.30.
  • Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.15.
  • Updated Super Grub2 Disk to V2.00s8.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.3.6 (Sep 26, 2016)

  • Updated f-prot.sh script as the parsing of database path has changed. Thanks to pixming for the update.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.40. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS to V5.25. Thanks to soeren for the update.
  • Added Q&D Unit Clone V1.1p. Thanks to author for his suggestion via email.
  • Added Q&D Vital Data Manager V1.4g. Thanks to author for his suggestion via email.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.3.5 (May 25, 2015)

  • I made an unfortunate mistake in V5.3.4 whereby both ASTRA and INTELPIU within DOSAPPS/FDUBCD were not updated as they should be. Both apps have been properly updated in this release. Thanks to ady for pointing out the error to me in a PM.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V5.10. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Added Partition Explorer V1.01. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
  • Updated Partition Saving to V4.20. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.30. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Added syslinux64 for execution on x64 Linux kernels. Updated "ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb/readme.txt" to clarify/fix errors based on user feedback.
  • To increase capacity (so that Partition Explorer can be accommodated), FDUBCD is now based on the 50MB image file located at http://bootcd.narod.ru/images.htm. Also a new build process is now used to ensure the image is always rebuilt from scratch, which minimizes mismatches and errors.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.3.4 (May 4, 2015)

  • Updated ASTRA to V6.23. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated HDClone to V5.1.5. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated "ubcd/tools/win32/unxutils/bin/xz.exe" to V5.2.1.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V5.10.
  • Fixed launch parameter for Mersenne Prime Test V28.5.
  • Updated PhotoRec to 7.0 final.
  • Updated TestDisk to 7.0 final.
  • Added Q&D Unit Clone V1.1m.
  • Added Q&D Unit/Track/Head/Sector V1.3h
  • Added Q&D Vital Data Manager V1.4f.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.3.3 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Updated ASTRA to V6.22. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Disabled mouse driver in Drive Fitness Test due to report of the driver freezing on some systems during bootup.
  • Updated HDClone to V5.1.4. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated CPUStress to V2.5.4 (2 Nov 2014). Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
  • Updated PhotoRec to 7.0-WIP (Oct 2014).
  • Updated TestDisk to latest 7.0-WIP (Oct 2014).

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.3.2 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • Fixed certain files under "tools/win32/" having Unix-style line endings.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V5.00. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated CPUStress to V2.5.2 (7 Sep 2014). Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
  • Updated HDClone to V5.1.3. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Added Enhanced Keyboard Checker. Thanks to silicon83 for the suggestion.
  • Added AT-Keyboard Tester. Thanks to silicon83 for the suggestion.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.3.1 (Aug 13, 2014)

  • Updated "ubcd/tools/linux/antivirus/clamav.sh" to make database version change detection work again. Thanks to ngrcld's post which initiated the change.
  • Updated Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS to V5.22. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.20. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated HWiNFO to V5.5.5. Thanks to Nelson for the update.
  • Updated partinfo to 1.14. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated HDClone to V5.0.7.
  • Updated photorec, testdisk and fidentify to v7.0 through new module.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.3.0 (May 21, 2014)

  • Updated ASTRA to V6.14. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.90. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated Memtest86 to V4.3.7. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated Super Grub2 Disk to V2.00s2. Thanks to ady for the update.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.2.9 (Mar 4, 2014)

  • Updated Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS to V5.21.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.80.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.13
  • Updated HDAT2 to V5.0.
  • Updated HDClone to V4.3.7.
  • Updated CPUStress to V2.4.0 (24 Feb 2014).
  • Updated Intel Optimized LINPACK Benchmark to V11.1.2 (in CPUStress V2.4.0).
  • Updated Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to v140201.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.2.8 (Dec 17, 2013)

  • Updated "/boot/syslinux/chain.c32" and "hdt.c32" from syslinux V4.07.
  • FDUBCD: Reverted 7za.exe (9.20.1) back to p7zip.exe (4.65) to support ZIP and 7Z archive formats in DOSAPPS. UBCD FreeDOS version updated to V1.51.
  • Updated Memtest86 to V4.3.6. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.12. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated Darik's Boot and Nuke to 2.2.8. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated CPUStress to V2.3.7 (13 Dec 2013). Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.2.7 (Oct 29, 2013)

  • Removed unneeded file "ubcd/images/sd2g.iso".
  • Updated CPUStress to V2.3.6 (15 Sep 2013).
  • Parted Magic is now payware and can no longer be updated to the latest version.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.11.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.75.
  • Updated Memtest86 to V4.3.4.
  • Updated Memtest86+ to V5.01.
  • Updated Super Grub2 Disk to V2.00 beta 6.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.2.6 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.70. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated Super Grub2 Disk to V2.00 beta 5. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated Parted Magic to 2013_08_01_i586.
  • Added version number for UDMA Utility for Fujitsu MPD/MPE/MPF series HDDs. Thanks to Explorer09 for the suggestion.
  • Added version number for Windows Memory Diagnostic and updated URL. Thanks to Explorer09 for the suggestion.
  • boot.kernel.org is down. Switched to boot.rit.edu. Thanks to Explorer09 for the suggestion.
  • Changed partinfo version to 1.10. Added note that V1.11 and above are Windows only. Thanks to Explorer09 for the suggestion.
  • Updated URL for PC INSPECTOR clone-maxx. Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
  • Updated URL for PC INSPECTOR e-maxx. Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
  • Updated URL for PCI. Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
  • Updated "ubcd/tools/win32/unxutils/bin/xz.exe" to V5.0.5. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.10. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated Memtest86 to V4.3.1. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
  • Updated XFPROT to V2.4expl6 (10 August 2013). Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
  • Updated CPUStress to V2.3.5 (20 July 2013). Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
  • Updated CPUStress bzImage to 3.10.7. Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
  • Updated syslinux/isolinux to V4.07.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.2.5 (Jun 26, 2013)

  • Fixed spelling errors in "ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb/readme.txt". Thanks to Explorer09 for pointing them out.
  • Updated Parted Magic to 2013_06_15_i586.
  • FDUBCD: Previously jemm386.exe (FDUBCD/bin) was not updated to V5.78. This has been fixed. UBCD FreeDOS version updated to V1.50.
  • Updated HDClone to V4.3.4.
  • Updated HDShredder to V4.0.1.
  • Updated Partition Saving to V4.10.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.2.4 (May 29, 2013)

  • Modified pmagic1.txt as per Explorer09's suggestion.
  • Update DiskCheck to V4.3.0. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated HDClone to V4.3.2. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Fixed a regression in "\ubcd\tools\linux\syslinux2grub4dos\syslinux2grub4dos.sed" that causes converted grub4dos scripts to be missing the "ubcdcmd" parameter.
  • FDUBCD: Updated deltree.com in (FDUBCD/level1/freedos.cab/bin) to V1.02g. Updated jemm386.exe (FDUBCD/bin) to V5.78. UBCD FreeDOS version updated to V1.49.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.04. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated HDShredder to V4.0.0. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated grub4dos to 0.4.5c-2013-05-21 and adopted Explorer09's suggestion to change the border color of the grub4dos menu to match syslinux's by updating "\ubcd\tools\linux\syslinux2grub4dos\syslinux2grub4dos.sed".
  • Updated Parted Magic to 2013_05_01_i586. This version fixes the issue of Firefox maxing out CPU, but has a regression in running from RAM.
  • Updated CPUStress to V2.3.3.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.2.3 (Apr 30, 2013)

  • Fixed ubcd/menus/syslinux/pmagic1.txt.
  • Removed ramdisk_size=12000 from all CPUStress entries.
  • Added CPUburn V1.4a (in CPUStress V2.3.1).
  • Added Intel Optimized LINPACK Benchmark V11.0.3 (in CPUStress V2.3.1).
  • Added System Stability Tester V1.5.1 (in CPUStress V2.3.1).
  • Updated CPUStress to V2.3.1.
  • Fixed tabs in ubcd/menus/syslinux/pmagic1.txt.
  • Updated Parted Magic to 2013_02_28_i586.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.2.2 (Apr 10, 2013)

  • Updated Parted Magic help text.
  • Prefixed "Included in CPUstress" for all CPUStress entries.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.03.
  • Updated HDClone to V4.2.4.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.60.
  • Updated Memtest86 to V4.2.0.
  • Updated CPUstress image to V2.2.
  • Updated script to remove "Press F1 for more information" in grub4dos CPUstress entry.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.2.1 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • Added F-Prot and ClamAV databases, which were missing from the 5.2.0 release.
  • Removed unnecessary "APPEND -" from all entries. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
  • Updated syslinux2grub4dos scripts to deal with absent "APPEND -" statements.
  • Updated CPUstress image to V2.1expl6, added help text and added a separate entry that launches it main menu. Thanks to Explorer09 for the update and suggestion.
  • Removed /ubcd/boot/cpustress/bzImage, which is no longer used.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.2.0 (Feb 21, 2013)

  • Updated grub4dos to V0.4.5c (2012-11-17).
  • Added BOOTMGR 05-AUG-2012.
  • Remove diskcheck.pdf because it is not available.
  • Removed CD Index because it cannot be made to work with FreeDOS in its current form.
  • Use one level "/pmagic" instead of two-level "/pmagic/pmagic" to better facilitate integration with other multi-boot distro. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
  • Adopted Explorer09's patch for F-Prot virus def update script.
  • Updated CPUStress image to V2.1expl4. Thanks to Explorer09 for updating what was originally contributed by IceCube.
  • Updated Stress to V1.04.
  • Added TAFT V1.2.
  • V:\ubcd\root\ubcd\tools\linux\mkfdubcd\mkfdubcd.sh. Thanks to Reinhard Biegel for pointing this out.
  • Fixed tools\linux\antivirus\clamav.sh, which stopped working due to various external changes. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Moved "/boot/isolinux/isolinux.bin" to "/boot/syslinux" and make both syslinux/isolinux use the same "/boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg" config file. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
  • Moved boot.kernel.org (BKO) to "Others" category.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.01.
  • Updated Darik's Boot and Nuke to 2.2.7.
  • Updated DISKMAN4 to V4.2A3, the last release for this app.
  • Updated DOSLFN in FDUBCD to V0.41c.
  • Updated FDUBCD to use HimemX and JEMM386.
  • Updated files from syslinux 4.0.6.
  • Updated g4u to V2.5.
  • Updated IBM Disk Manager to V9.61.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.55. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated Partition Saving to V4.00.
  • Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.14.
  • Updated SeaTools for DOS (Text) to V1.12. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated UMBPCI in FDUBCD to V3.83.
  • Added PCISniffer manual to /ubcd/images.
  • Changed to using "linux.c32" instead of "LINUX" command because the former can deal with memory holes better. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
  • Added comments about UBCD2ISO_ARGS to ubcd2iso.cmd and ubcd2iso.sh.
  • Added support for "kblang" parameter in UBCD FreeDOS at Don Manuel's request for the OmniBoot project. \level1\keybrd.cab\bin\Keybrd.bat was modified for this purpose.
  • Fixed Mersenne Prime Test "ubcdcmd" to "mprime27".
  • Moved !BIOS to a boot image of its own because it can't be made to work with FDUBCD.
  • Updated FDUBCD KERNEL.SYS to Build 2041.
  • Updated DLG Diagnostic to V5.20. Thanks to drizzle for the suggestion.
  • Updated HDClone to V4.2.2. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated ASTRA to V6.02. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated UBCD FreeDOS to to reside in a 16MB superfloppy image supplied by ady.
  • FDUBCD: Fixed AUTOEXEC.BAT at ady's request.
  • FDUBCD: Updated bin\7za.exe to 9.20.1 at ady's request.
  • Removed "/boot/syslinux/" from all COM32 entries in syslinux menus.
  • Updated Gujin to V2.8.7. Thanks to Don Manuel for the update.
  • Removed mkfdubcd script.
  • Updated "ubcd\tools\linux\syslinux2grub4dos\main.sed" and fixed conversion for hdt.c32.
  • Updated Memtest86 to V4.1.0. This version includes V3,5b and V4.0b, so the menu entry for the previous version is removed. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
  • Changed syntax of syslinux cfg files and updated syslinux2sed.sed to support the change. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
  • Updated Parted Magic to 2013_01_29_i586.
  • Updated F-Prot Antivirus to V6.2.3 and X-FProt to V2.4expl4. Thanks to Explorer09 for the update.
  • Renamed DLG Diagnostic to "Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS". Thanks to su.ar for the suggestion.
  • Updated Mersenne Prime Test to V27.9. Thanks to Don Manuel for helping with this.
  • Updated "boot\syslinux\syslinux.cfg" to use CONFIG directive.
  • Use internal LINUX command for launching boot.kernel.org.
  • Updated help text of Memtest86+. Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
  • Updated help text of HDAT2. Thanks to Ralf Boecker for the suggestion in email.
  • Updated help text of MHDD32. Thanks to Ralf Boecker for the suggestion in email.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.1.1 (Aug 8, 2011)

  • Updated Parted Magic to V6.6.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.1 (Jul 31, 2011)

  • Added IBM Disk Manager V9.57.
  • Added AleGr MEMTEST V2.00.
  • Added DIMM_ID V3.57. This is a special UBCD-only contribution.
  • Added Dsrfix V3.12.
  • Added HDShredder V3.8.0 (Free Edition).
  • Added HWiNFO V5.5.2.
  • Added Kon-Boot V1.1.
  • Added older version of HDAT2 (V4.5.3).
  • Added Partinfo V1.11.
  • Added Video Memory Stress Test V1.7.
  • Added wdidle3 V1.05.
  • Deprecated AVIRA AntiVir Rescue System, which is considered to be best left as a customization option.
  • Substitute econfig.c32 with whichsys.c32 and removed ubcd\menus\isolinux\main.cfg.
  • Temporarily point cpustress kernel image to /pmagic/bzImage to alleviate lockup problems.
  • Updated ES-Tool to V3.01p. Added historical info about ES-Tool help text.
  • Updated Seagate DiscWizard to V11.0.8326.
  • Updated ASTRA to V5.50. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated Darik's Boot and Nuke to 2.2.6 beta (rebuilt with isolinux V3.86 to improve compatibility).
  • Updated DiskCheck to V4.0.6. Thanks to ady for the update.
  • Updated EaseUs Disk Copy to V2.3.1. The launch method has been changed to memdisk.
  • Updated ES-Tool to V3.01v.
  • Updated syslinux to V4.0.4.
  • Updated grub4dos to V0.4.5b (2010-09-22) to support syslinux V4.
  • Updated Gujin to V2.8.4.
  • Updated HDAT2 to V4.8.1.
  • Updated HDClone to V4.0.6.
  • Updated HDShredder to V3.8.1.
  • Updated HDT to V0.5.0. Fixed double APPEND and switch to using gzipped version of pci.ids. Also modified syslinux2grub4dos.sed to make special provision when translating HDT entry.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.32.
  • Updated MBRtool to V2.3.200.
  • Updated MBRWork to V1.08.
  • Updated Memtest86 to V4.0.
  • Updated Memtest86+ to V4.20.
  • Updated NSSI to V0.60.45.
  • Updated Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to v110511.
  • Updated Parted Magic to V6.3. Also updated pccmoscleaner-2.0.txz, pcdiskeraser-5.0.txz, pcloginnow-2.0.txz, pcregedit-2.0.txz. grub4dos booting support is dropped. Updated F-Prot to V6.0.3. Update XFPROT to V2.4.
  • Updated Partition Saving to V3.90.
  • Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.12.
  • Updated SeaTools for DOS to V2.23.
  • Updated shsucdx.com in UBCD FreeDOS lib\shsucdx.cab to V3.05.
  • Updated Super Grub2 Disk to V1.98s1.
  • Updated to SPFDisk to 2000-03v.
  • Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.44. Updated AUTOEXEC.BAT and added "-n" to mdiskchk.com to avoid hanging on certain BIOSes. Removed "MOUSE_NCFG=0" in etc\global.set. Introduced "nolbacache" parameter (in memdisk and config.sys) to launch without LBACACHE. Optimized format of image. Shortened keybrd_ncfg and mouse_ncfg in config.sys to kb_ncfg and mse_ncfg respectively to fit everything into environment space. Updated bin\7za.exe in UBCD FreeDOS to 9.13beta. Updated level1\freedos.cab\MORE.COM to V4.3. Updated XCOPY to V1.4a. Updated SYS.COM from FreeDOS kernel 2039. Updated LOWDMA.SYS and UMBPCI.SYS to V3.81. Changed help.bat in level1\help.bat to test for MORE.EXE instead of MORE.COM. Updated FreeDOS kernel to 2040 and SYS.COM (in level1\freedos.cab) from the same package.
  • Updated ubcd2iso and ubcd2usb to remove "boot.images" subdirectory (created by IZArc) before image creation.
  • Updated ubcd2iso.cmd to support optional "/g" parameter to use grub4dos as the bootloader.
  • Updated ubcd\tools\linux\ubcd2usb\readme.txt and added instructions to make created partition active.
  • Updated ubcd\tools\unxutils\bin\xz.exe to V5.0.3.
  • Updated ubcd\tools\win32\unxutils\bin\7z.exe+dll to V9.22beta.
  • Updated WD DLG Diagnostic to V5.19.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.1 Beta 1 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Disabled FDUBCD menu for WDIDLE3 and DIMM_ID in ubcd.ini.
  • Re-added missing aida16.cab to fdubcd.iso.gz.
  • Updated Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to v110511.
  • Updated ASTRA to V5.50.
  • Updated to SPFDisk to 2000-03v.
  • Filter away Parted Magic entries in grub4dos menus.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.31.
  • Updated Parted Magic to V6.2. Updated F-Prot to V6.0.3. Update XFPROT to V2.4.
  • Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.43. Updated XCOPY to V1.4a. Updated SYS.COM from FreeDOS kernel 2039. Updated LOWDMA.SYS and UMBPCI.SYS to V3.81. Changed help.bat in level1\help.bat to test for MORE.EXE instead of MORE.COM.
  • Updated ubcd\tools\unxutils\bin\xz.exe to V5.0.3.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.1 Alpha 3 (Apr 28, 2011)

  • Updated version label of EaseUs Disk Copy to V2.3.1 and removed extra ISO image.
  • Updated HDT to V0.5.0. Fixed double APPEND and switch to using gzipped version of pci.ids. Also modified syslinux2grub4dos.sed to make special provision when translating HDT entry.
  • Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.42. Optimized format of image. Shortened keybrd_ncfg and mouse_ncfg in config.sys to kb_ncfg and mse_ncfg respectively to fit everything into environment space. Updated bin\7za.exe in UBCD FreeDOS to 9.13beta. Updated level1\freedos.cab\more.com to V4.3.
  • Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.12. Thanks to IceCube for the update.
  • Temporarily point cpustress kernel image to /pmagic/bzImage to alleviate lockup problems.
  • Move startup.bat command to ubcd.ini for DIMM_ID, AleGr MEMTEST and WDIDLE3.
  • Pipe Partinfo output to "more". Thanks to ady for the suggestion.
  • Updated entry for Dsrfix in ubcd.ini to drop to command prompt after launch.
  • Updated files from syslinux 4.0.4.
  • Updated Parted Magic to V6.0. grub4dos booting support is dropped.
  • Updated ubcd\tools\win32\unxutils\bin\7z.exe+dll to V9.22beta.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.1 Alpha 2 (Apr 11, 2011)

  • Updated shsucdx.com in UBCD FreeDOS lib\shsucdx.cab to V3.05.
  • Updated ubcd\tools\linux\ubcd2usb\readme.txt and added instructions to make created partition active.
  • Added Video Memory Stress Test V1.7.
  • Added wdidle3 V1.05.
  • Updated some help text.
  • Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.41. Introduced "nolbacache" parameter (in memdisk and config.sys) to launch without LBACACHE.
  • Corrected Kon-Boot version to V1.0
  • Added HWiNFO V5.5.2.
  • Added Partinfo V1.11.
  • Deprecated AVG Rescue CD, which is considered to be best left as a customization option.
  • Deprecated AVIRA AntiVir Rescue System, which is considered to be best left as a customization option.
  • Fixed launch parameters of stand-alone FDUBCD (fdubcd.iso.gz instead of fdubcd.img.gz).
  • Fixed missing launch parameters.
  • Reinclude manufacturer's name for HDD utils.
  • Retained Memtest86 V3.5b that has certain features that are missing in the new Memtest86 V4.0.
  • Updated ASTRA to V5.48.
  • Updated DiskCheck to V3.9.2.
  • Updated EaseUs Disk Copy to V2.3. The launch method has been changed to memdisk.
  • Updated ES-Tool to V3.01v.
  • Updated files from syslinux 4.0.3.
  • Updated Gujin to V2.8.3.
  • Updated HDClone to V4.0.4c.
  • Updated Intel Processor Identification Utility to V4.30.
  • Updated MBRtool to V2.3.200.
  • Updated MBRWork to V1.08.
  • Updated Memtest86 to V4.0.
  • Updated Memtest86+ to V4.20
  • Updated Parted Magic to V5.10. Also updated pccmoscleaner-2.0.txz, pcdiskeraser-5.0.txz, pcloginnow-2.0.txz, pcregedit-2.0.txz
  • Updated Partition Saving to V3.90.
  • Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.11-2.
  • Updated SeaTools for DOS to V2.23.
  • Updated Super Grub2 Disk to V1.98s1.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.1 Alpha 1 (Apr 11, 2011)

  • Added Kon-Boot V1.1
  • Added Dsrfix V3.12
  • Update ES-Tool to V3.01p. Added historical info about ES-Tool help text.
  • Added AleGr MEMTEST V2.00
  • Added DIMM_ID V3.57. This is a special UBCD-only contribution.
  • Add IBM Disk Manager V9.57.
  • Added AVG Rescue {V9.0.100}.
  • Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.40. Updated AUTOEXEC.BAT and added "-n" to mdiskchk.com to avoid hanging on certain BIOSes. Removed "MOUSE_NCFG=0" in etc\global.set.
  • Updated HDAT2 to V4.8.1.
  • Updated ASTRA to V5.46.
  • Added older version of HDAT2 (V4.5.3).
  • Updated ubcd2iso and ubcd2usb to remove "boot.images" subdirectory (created by IZArc) before image creation.
  • Added HWiNFO V5.5.0. Thanks to Johannes Hauber for suggesting this.
  • Substitute econfig.c32 with whichsys.c32 and removed ubcd\menus\isolinux\main.cfg.
  • Update Seagate DiscWizard to V11.0.8326.
  • Updated Darik's Boot and Nuke to 2.2.6beta (rebuilt with isolinux V3.86 to improve compatibility).
  • Updated files from syslinux 4.0.2.
  • Updated grub4dos to V0.4.5b (2010-09-22) to support syslinux V4.
  • Updated Hardware Detection Tool to V0.3.6.1 (from Syslinux 4.02).
  • Updated HDClone to V3.9.4.
  • Updated NSSI to V0.60.45.
  • Updated Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to v100627.
  • Updated Parted Magic to V5.5.
  • Updated ubcd2iso.cmd to support optional "/g" parameter to use grub4dos as the bootloader.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.0.3 (Aug 25, 2010)

  • Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.39. Updated eltorito.sys/mdiskchk.com from syslinux 4.0.2. Enable mouse config dialog due to report that mouse driver causes Acer Aspire One to hang.
  • Fixed ISO filename in pmagic\boot\grub4dos\grub4dos.lst.
  • Fixed tools\linux\antivirus\clamav.sh, which stopped working due to a change in URL.
  • Fixed ubcd2iso.sh (-R to -r; wordings of success status).
  • Updated memdisk from syslinux 4.0.2.
  • Updated tools\linux\readme.txt (added "chmod a+x ../../../antivir/antivir").
  • Updated antivirus databases to most recent.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.0.2 (Jun 7, 2010)

  • Updated UBCD FreeDOS to V1.38. Fixed support for ZIP and 7Z archive formats.
  • Fixed wording of success status messages in ubcd2iso.cmd/ubcd2usb.cmd.
  • Fixed wrong image file for DFT in V5.0.1.
  • Fixed wrong image file for IBM Feature Tool in V5.0.1.
  • Fixed missing fjerase.cab.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.0.1 (May 24, 2010)

  • Updated HDClone to V3.9.2.
  • Fixed bug in ubcd2iso.cmd.
  • Removed bootdisk.exe from Active@ KillDisk V4.1 to save space.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.0.0 (May 11, 2010)

  • Updated PLoP Boot Manager to V5.0.10.
  • Updated Memtest86+ to V4.10.
  • Updated HDClone to V3.8.5.
  • Updated SeaTools for DOS to V2.17.
  • Updated AVIRA AntiVir Rescue System V3.6.9-20100509220907.
  • Updated help and error text in ubcd2usb.cmd.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.0 Beta 10 (Jan 21, 2009)

  • Bug Fixes from Beta 9

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.0 Beta 8 / 4.1.1 (Dec 31, 2008)

  • - Change launch parameters for AIDA16.
  • - Updated Memtest86+ to V2.11.
  • - UPdated DFT to V4.15.
  • - Updated IBM Feature Tool to V2.12.
  • - Updated Avira AntiVir Rescue System to V3.5.5-20081221195634.
  • - Updated Parted Magic to V3.4.

New in Ultimate Boot CD - UBCD 5.0 Beta 4 (Jul 29, 2008)

  • updated "/bin/modboot.cab"
  • - added umbchk.bat - checks status of UMB; echoes "MEM: UMA(n) where n=1(enabled) or 0(unavailable)
  • - updated modboot.bat (now calls umbchk.bat during boot)
  • removed tsrhigh from "/bin/modboot.cab"
  • updated tsrload/devload from "/bin/modboot.cab"
  • - each script intelligently loads a given device/tsr program
  • - automatically determines if UMA available for high load (forces low if UMA unavailable)
  • - gracefully aborts load if given device/tsr already resident
  • - usage: "devload [-l] %ramdrv%libdriver.sys /1 /2 /etc"
  • - pass "-l" parameter to force load into conventional
  • updated lbacache (freeDOS diskcache) to 2008apr07
  • updated "/level3/autorun3.cab"
  • - any modboot varaible "*_NCFG" parameter is erased post-boot from "/etc/global.set"
  • - same applies to global set (if exist)
  • - why? so you can now freely access any required modboot if booting from option "0 Default (silent)" from config.sys (e.g. usbaspi, udma, etc)
  • removed split.exe, vmode.exe, batt.exe from "/bin/supp.cab"
  • removed share.exe, more.exe, undelete.com from "/level1/freedos.cab"
  • added "power.bat" in "/level2/idle.cab"
  • - invokes FdApm INFO (check AC, battery level)
  • added "vmode.bat" to "/bin/supp.cab"
  • - toggles screen between 25, 35 and 50 (43 EGA) line modes
  • - type "vmode" at command prompt to toggle OR add parameters -25,-36,-50 to set
  • updated "/bin/supp.cab"
  • - added sleep.exe (pause batch files for pre-determined time)
  • - replaced calc.exe with calc387.exe ( 386 only)
  • reboot command now defaults to cold boot (type "reboot /?" for options)