IsoBuster Changelog

What's new in IsoBuster 5.4 Beta

Apr 22, 2024

hanges / New:
.PFR Image file support
.IMZ Image file support (Multiple images supported, but limit currently set to 20)
.ZL and *.ZZ Image file support (zlib compressed image files (similar to the *.GZ functionality)) (*)
.ZIP Image file support (For single-file image files that are compressed in a zip file) (*)
.QCOW2 Image file support (current snapshot, no encryption)
Support for Kurzweil K2000 synthesizer FAT 16 diskettes
Support for DOS 1.0 style FAT12 floppies without a BPB (Bios Parameter Block)
Support for Roland (Synthesizer) Audio CDs, Zip disks and images
Support for ReFS version 3.10
Ability to load a generic image file from and offset and with a range. Syntax: \#(1024,51200)i:imagesfile.iso (for instance via imlst)
.gz, *.zip, *.zl, *.zz etc. compressed file formats don't support random access, so IsoBuster has to index the files internally while loading them. For huge files his can take a minute or two.
Improvements:
Message dialog selection-items can be selected via Up / Down or Scroll-up or Scroll-down or via their index 0 - 9 - A - Z
Show $meta data files for the Panasonic DVR MEIHDFS file system (Requires at least a [Professional] license)
The Panasonic DVR MEIHDFS file system now lists Orphaned files and folders if the root is not good or unreadable.
An automatic targeted scan is started when there's a Panasonic DVR MEIHDFS file system signature but no further data at the expected locations
Various other improvements and fixes specifically for Panasonic video recorders
Improvements detecting the Pioneer DVR file system
Various other improvements and fixes specifically for Pioneer video recorders
Finding a missing VAT as part of the UDF file system can now be canceled
Improved the path that is stored in an MD5 file (also in the Edit window)
XML Reports are now formatted per the XML 1.1 standard (previously the XML 1.0 standard)
Control characters 0 - 31 are now replaced by their numeric character reference in XML reports
Detection for Roland floppies / diskettes by showing a File System icon
Recognize *.regf files by their signature
Don't create a *.gzndx file if the compressed file is too small (and it fits in the cache)
Detect and show PS4 External HDD encryption
Show the type of encryption in use in ISZ Image files
Use Rich Text formatting (rtf) when displaying a CUE file
Use Rich Text formatting (rtf) when displaying a DMG embedded XML file
Use Rich Text formatting (rtf) when displaying an RMG embedded XML file
Use Rich Text formatting (rtf) when displaying a CCD embedded INI file
Use Rich Text formatting (rtf) in Sector View
Various improvements under the hood for ReFS, making it more robust in case of data corruption
Ability to select an ReFS $meta file that is currently not the default and use that to create a new ReFS file system (Needs [Enterprise] license)
Plenty of other tweaks and improvements
Fixes:
Fix printing from the edit window in 64 bit mode
Fix for larger ReFS 3.x volumes where the root could not be found
Fixed making corrupt ~4GB *.gzndx files for huge *.gz files in 32 bit mode
Opening a split *.gz.00? file via the *.gzndx file now works properly (before it would not find the *.001 file)

New in IsoBuster 5.3 (Dec 11, 2023)

New in IsoBuster 5.3 Beta (Nov 27, 2023)

New in IsoBuster 5.2 (Jun 19, 2023)

Changes / New:
Support for Compressed ISO image files, also known as CISO files (*.cso, *.ciso)
Support for Compact ISO image files (No compression but omitted sectors) (*.cso, *.wbi)
Support for (compressed) ZISO image files (*.zso, *.ziso)
Support for (compressed) DAX image files (*.dax)
Support for (compressed) JSO image files (*.jso)
Support for (compressed) ISZ image files (*.isz)
Support for (compressed) VCD image files (*.vcd)
Support for (compressed) IMGC image files (*.imgc)
Support for (compressed) ISO.GZ optical image files (*.iso.gz)
Support for (compressed) IMG.GZ memory stick image files (*.img.gz)
Support for spanned file's list (*.imlst). A simple text file with a file or drive on each line
Support for 'Apple Single' file extraction via right mouse click (on files and folders in a Mac file system MFS/HFS(+) or on files with Mac properties in UDF, ISO/Joliet and NTFS)
Support for 'Apple Double' (._*) file extraction via right mouse click (on files and folders in a Mac file system MFS/HFS(+) or on files with Mac properties in UDF, ISO/Joliet and NTFS)
Ability to open spanned files and drives in various combinations
Ability to extract image files and make clones to spanned drives and files
Ability to execute commands via the breadcrumb control (now documented)
Ability to execute command line parameters via the breadcrumb control
Support for the Toshiba RD-VX47 DVR
F2FS File System Recognition
Support for the Nintendo GameCube (GC) Memory Card (MC) file system
Support for Nintendo GameCube Memory Card image files (*.gcp)
Support for the Nintendo 64 file system
Support for Nintendo 64 Memory Pak image files (*.mpk, *.n64)
New Command line parameter /CHSP: to change the optical drive's speed on bad sectors
New Command line parameter /DELAY: to introduce waits between reads, in case of bad sectors (Same as via the GUI but with more options)
Use your own icons inside IsoBuster is now documented
Improvements:
FAT handling rewritten (A generic FAT implementation for all type FATs, used by various file systems including the FAT file system itself)
Analyzing a FAT in search of files without the need to parse the entire file system or do a full scan has been improved
Analyzing a FAT on its own is now part of the generic FAT implementation and therefore also available for GC MC and other similar file systems
FAT file systems that miss the MBR signature are now parsed as well (As seen on some Toshiba DVR)
Improved showing properties for various objects
GameCube Optical File Systems don't show the extra [SYSTEM] icon anymore. The files can now be inspected as $Meta files
The UDF file system (and its Recovered variants) now expose $Meta files: $AVDP, $PVD, $LVD, ..
ISO, Joliet and Rock Ridge File Systems now expose $Meta files: $VD and $PathTable
XFS filenames are now considered UTF8 instead of ANSI
Partition information is now shown as "Source" when cloning a partition (instead of just the source drive information)
Tracks, Partitions and Sessions can now also have the 'compressed' property set, when they are part of a compressed image file for instance
The ability to clone over drives that are BitLocker encrypted and that are currently locked by Windows has been improved (Also best use Windows' Disk Management to remove the drive letter first)
Support for *.bin, *.b01, *.b02, .. multi-file naming
Command line parameter /EP: now supports a comma separated list (no need to add /EP: per switch)
Command line parameter /EP:NCD can now be used to suppress the destination check dialog
Command line parameter /EP:NFS can now be used to suppress the 'Not enough free space' dialog
Command line parameter /EF: now also supports /ef:mfs
Command line parameter /EF: now also supports /ef:mac
Command line parameter /CI: now also supports /ci:d for completion on demand
Command line parameter /ET: now supports /et:mcb, /et:asn and /et:adb to extract as MacBinary, Apple Single or Apple Double
Improved MacBinary header creation during extraction
MacBinary extraction is not a global setting anymore for UDF, ISO/Joliet and NTFS, only for MFS and HFS(+)
IsoBuster now replaces illegal filename characters (for Windows) when extracting from MFS and HFS(+) using the exact same characters a Mac would use (For instance if it were to save to a Windows file system like FAT32)
The filename renaming functionality in case of same-name files has been improved, especially when the file name contains more dots than just the one near the end
IsoBuster now also aborts during completion on demand on read errors (for instance when testing file readability or while performing a surface scan) if that is the setting in Scan options
Some more scaling improvements
Plenty of other tweaks and improvements
Fixes:
IsoBuster now cleans up unused drive handles straight away. Windows Auto-play doesn't play nice with open handles, so when IsoBuster was running and a CD was inserted, Windows, depending on the system settings, would immediately eject the disc again

New in IsoBuster 5.2 Beta (Jun 5, 2023)

Changes / New:
Support for Compressed ISO image files, also known as CISO files (*.cso, *.ciso)
Support for Compact ISO image files (No compression but omitted sectors) (*.cso, *.wbi)
Support for (compressed) ZISO image files (*.zso, *.ziso)
Support for (compressed) DAX image files (*.dax)
Support for (compressed) JSO image files (*.jso)
Support for (compressed) ISZ image files (*.isz)
Support for (compressed) VCD image files (*.vcd)
Support for (compressed) IMGC image files (*.imgc)
Support for (compressed) ISO.GZ optical image files (*.iso.gz)
Support for (compressed) IMG.GZ memory stick image files (*.img.gz)
Support for 'Apple Single' file extraction via right mouse click (on files and folders in a Mac file system MFS/HFS(+) or on files with Mac properties in UDF, ISO/Joliet and NTFS)
Support for 'Apple Double' (._*) file extraction via right mouse click (on files and folders in a Mac file system MFS/HFS(+) or on files with Mac properties in UDF, ISO/Joliet and NTFS)
Ability to open spanned files and drives in various combinations
Ability to extract image files and make clones to spanned drives and files
Ability to execute commands via the breadcrumb control (now documented)
Ability to execute command line parameters via the breadcrumb control
Support for the Toshiba RD-VX47 DVR
F2FS File System Recognition
Support for the Nintendo GameCube (GC) Memory Card (MC) file system
Support for Nintendo GameCube Memory Card image files (*.gcp)
Support for the Nintendo 64 file system
Support for Nintendo 64 Memory Pak image files (*.mpk, *.n64)
New Command line parameter /CHSP: to change the optical drive's speed on bad sectors
New Command line parameter /DELAY: to introduce waits between reads, in case of bad sectors (Same as via the GUI but with more options)
Use your own icons inside IsoBuster is now documented
Improvements:
FAT handling rewritten (A generic FAT implementation for all type FATs, used by various file systems including the FAT file system itself)
Analyzing a FAT in search of files without the need to parse the entire file system or do a full scan has been improved
Analyzing a FAT on its own is now part of the generic FAT implementation and therefore also available for GC MC and other similar file systems
FAT file systems that miss the MBR signature are now parsed as well (As seen on some Toshiba DVR)
Improved showing properties for various objects
GameCube Optical File Systems don't show the extra [SYSTEM] icon anymore. The files can now be inspected as $Meta files
The UDF file system (and its Recovered variants) now expose $Meta files: $AVDP, $PVD, $LVD, ..
ISO, Joliet and Rock Ridge File Systems now expose $Meta files: $VD and $PathTable
Partition information is now shown as "Source" when cloning a partition (instead of just the source drive information)
Tracks, Partitions and Sessions can now also have the 'compressed' property set, when they are part of a compressed image file for instance
The ability to clone over drives that are BitLocker encrypted and that are currently locked by Windows has been improved (Also best use Windows' Disk Management to remove the drive letter first)
Support for *.bin, *.b01, *.b02, .. multi-file naming
Command line parameter /EP: now supports a comma separated list (no need to add /EP: per switch)
Command line parameter /EP:NCD can now be used to suppress the destination check dialog
Command line parameter /EP:NFS can now be used to suppress the 'Not enough free space' dialog
Command line parameter /EF: now also supports /ef:mfs
Command line parameter /EF: now also supports /ef:mac
Command line parameter /CI: now also supports /ci:d for completion on demand
Command line parameter /ET: now supports /et:mcb, /et:asn and /et:adb to extract as MacBinary, Apple Single or Apple Double
Improved MacBinary header creation during extraction
MacBinary extraction is not a global setting anymore for UDF, ISO/Joliet and NTFS, only for MFS and HFS(+)
IsoBuster now replaces illegal filename characters (for Windows) when extracting from MFS and HFS(+) using the exact same characters a Mac would use (For instance if it were to save to a Windows file system like FAT32)
The filename renaming functionality in case of same-name files has been improved, especially when the file name contains more dots than just the one near the end
IsoBuster now also aborts during completion on demand on read errors (for instance when testing file readability or while performing a surface scan) if that is the setting in Scan options
Some more scaling improvements
Plenty of other tweaks and improvements
Fixes:
IsoBuster now cleans up unused drive handles straight away. Windows Auto-play doesn't play nice with open handles, so when IsoBuster was running and a CD was inserted, Windows, depending on the system settings, would immediately eject the disc again

New in IsoBuster 5.1 (Dec 12, 2022)

Changes / New:
Ability to analyze a FAT (12, 16 or 32) and work out all the files it references without the need for a full media scan [Professional license or better]
Ability to try and figure out file extensions of files found via analyzing the FAT (via right mouse click "Try to find matching extensions")
Ability to try and figure out *.CHK files' true file extension (in FAT "FOUND.???" folders (e.g. "FOUND.000"), also via right mouse click)
Show NTFS Junctions and Symbolic links by applying a shortcut overlay icon, and by providing link information in the Properties dialog
Finding logical drives (drive letter volumes) is now default ON on modern systems (W10 and higher) after a clean install
Improvements:
Improved extraction dialog scaling when dragged to a different monitor
Improved search dialog scaling when dragged to a different monitor
Improved message dialog scaling when dragged to a different monitor
Improved properties dialog scaling when dragged to a different monitor
Improved options dialog scaling when dragged to a different monitor
Improved 'About' dialog to properly scale the image on all systems and for all dpi settings
Improved file-system icons for better scaling and to look crisp for all dpi settings
Improvements detecting raw (2352 bytes per block) generic CD images
Auto-open the MDS file when an MDF file is opened (and when the filename matches)
Creating an MD5 can now be done straight to file, or the result can be shown in the edit window
Workaround for an unknown 12 byte header in rare ISO/IMG files made by an unknown application
Improved FAT detection by double checking if it's not a BitLocker encrypted Partition
Improved MBR partition parsing by double checking if it's not an image of a BitLocker encrypted Partition
The level up, previous and next selection-history buttons now have a shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + (Arrow-up or Arrow-left or Arrow-right)
Remove "OpenWithProgids" entries again from the registry when disabling an extension because Windows 10/11 appears to use it as backup, which defeats the purpose of disabling the association
Get the proper size for logical drives (Volumes) instead of the physical drive's size the Partition/Volume is on
Changed a logical drive's name to reflect on what physical drive the volume is located
Option to clear an optical disc drive's content after the eject button is clicked
Option to change how the media/cd/hdd/.. filename for an image file is formed
Stay with font size 9 when the screen dpi 100% (e.g. 150%) (revert 5.0 change (in case of higher dpi))
Show speed when extracting (or cloning) Media Segments
Draw a line between different types of devices, Optical vs HDD (Physical) vs HDD (Logical) vs Image Files
Display up to 6 digits behind the comma when showing the percentage of bad sectors, so that only a few errors on larger volumes still produce a value different from 100%, e.g. 99.999999 %
Ability to launch the Edit Window with the contents of all tabs in the Properties dialog
Updated libwim-15.dll to version 1.13.6
Plenty of other tweaks and improvements
Fixes:
Fixed a 64 bit instability (and program shut down) that could happen on certain systems. If your version runs fine, this doesn't affect you
Fixed an unexpected shut down while parsing certain FAT file systems
Fixed parsing CloneCD *.ccd image files using the 64bit version (it was not a problem with the 32 bit version)
Fixed creating an MD5 file of CUE + ISO combinations. Only the CUE's MD5 would be recorded in the file
Fixed building an error list for media with some read errors at the end (sometimes the range started incorrectly at address 0)
Fixed NTFS hard links' file-naming (which could be off, depending on the order of filenames in the MFT records)
Fixed an NTFS corruption issue with LZX-compressed WofCompressedData named streams
Fixed it so that overlay icons are shown again in the right hand side ListView (for instance shortcut overlay icons) (Broken since 4.9)
Fixed FAT meta files' size and offset when the FAT was detected inside a boot image on CD

New in IsoBuster 5.1 Beta (Nov 28, 2022)

Changes / New:
Ability to analyze a FAT (12, 16 or 32) and work out all the files it references without the need for a full media scan [Professional license or better]
Ability to try and figure out file extensions of files found via analyzing the FAT (via right mouse click "Try to find matching extensions")
Ability to try and figure out *.CHK files' true file extension (in FAT "FOUND.???" folders (e.g. "FOUND.000"), also via right mouse click)
Show NTFS Junctions and Symbolic links by applying a shortcut overlay icon, and by providing link information in the Properties dialog
Finding logical drives (drive letter volumes) is now default ON on modern systems (W10 and higher) after a clean install
Improvements:
Improved extraction dialog scaling when dragged to a different monitor
Improved search dialog scaling when dragged to a different monitor
Improved message dialog scaling when dragged to a different monitor
Improved properties dialog scaling when dragged to a different monitor
Improved options dialog scaling when dragged to a different monitor
Improved 'About' dialog to properly scale the image on all systems and for all dpi settings
Improved file-system icons for better scaling and to look crisp for all dpi settings
Improvements detecting raw (2352 bytes per block) generic CD images
Auto-open the MDS file when an MDF file is opened (and when the filename matches)
Creating an MD5 can now be done straight to file, or the result can be shown in the edit window
Workaround for an unknown 12 byte header in rare ISO/IMG files made by an unknown application
Improved FAT detection by double checking if it's not a BitLocker encrypted Partition
Improved MBR partition parsing by double checking if it's not an image of a BitLocker encrypted Partition
The level up, previous and next selection-history buttons now have a shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + (Arrow-up or Arrow-left or Arrow-right)
Remove "OpenWithProgids" entries again from the registry when disabling an extension because Windows 10/11 appears to use it as backup, which defeats the purpose of disabling the association
Get the proper size for logical drives (Volumes) instead of the physical drive's size the Partition/Volume is on
Changed a logical drive's name to reflect on what physical drive the volume is located
Option to clear an optical disc drive's content after the eject button is clicked
Option to change how the media/cd/hdd/.. filename for an image file is formed
Stay with font size 9 when the screen dpi > 100% (e.g. 150%) (revert 5.0 change (in case of higher dpi))
Show speed when extracting (or cloning) Media Segments
Draw a line between different types of devices, Optical vs HDD (Physical) vs HDD (Logical) vs Image Files
Display up to 6 digits behind the comma when showing the percentage of bad sectors, so that only a few errors on larger volumes still produce a value different from 100%, e.g. 99.999999 %
Ability to launch the Edit Window with the contents of all tabs in the Properties dialog
Updated libwim-15.dll to version 1.13.6
Plenty of other tweaks and improvements
Fixes:
Fixed a 64 bit instability (and program shut down) that could happen on certain systems. If your version runs fine, this doesn't affect you
Fixed an unexpected shut down while parsing certain FAT file systems
Fixed parsing CloneCD *.ccd image files in the 64bit version (it was not a problem in the 32 bit version)
Fixed creating an MD5 file of CUE + ISO combinations. Only the CUE's MD5 would be recorded in the file
Fixed building an error list for media with some read errors at the end (sometimes the range incorrectly started at address 0)
Fixed NTFS hard links' file-naming (which could be off, depending on the order of filenames in the MFT records)
Fixed an NTFS corruption issue with LZX-compressed WofCompressedData named streams
Fixed it so that overlay icons are shown again in the right hand side ListView (for instance shortcut overlay icons) (Broken since 4.9)
Fixed FAT meta files' size and offset when the FAT was detected inside a boot image on CD

New in IsoBuster 5.0 (Jul 5, 2022)

New in IsoBuster 5.0 Beta (Mar 3, 2022)

New in IsoBuster 4.9 (Dec 20, 2021)

Changes / New:
Windows 11 tested, improved, ready
Support for ReplayTV 1000, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 3000, 3020, 3030, 3060, 4000, 4040, 4080, 4160, 4320, 4500, 4504, 4508, 4516, 4532, 5000, 5040, 5060, 5080, 5160, 5320, 5500, 5504, 5508, 5516 and 5532 DVR/PVR standalone Video Recorders
Support for ShowStopper PV-HS1000, ShowStopper PV-HS2000 and ShowStopper PV-HS3000 DVR/PVR standalone Video Recorders
Support for Thomson DTH7000 / RCA DRS7000 "Scenium" and Thomson DTH7500 / RCA DRC7005 DVR/PVR standalone Video Recorders
Roxio, Prassi, Sonic *.gi image file CD-Text support
Ability to keep certain attributes ('Read Only', 'System', 'Hidden' and/or 'Archive') when extracting files
Ability to auto-complete a managed IBP/IBQ image file in a loop, until stopped or completed. Look for a checkbox on the various dialogs, before creating, when opening an incomplete image, after first creation or completion etc. The check box is pre-checked if this has been set in Options
Read Error dialog's [Retry] button will now automatically be clicked, again and again, with a 10 second interval, so that after an error the process can continue automatically if the sector could be read afterall
The [Retry] button (and hence automatic execution) is not the default button on the RETRY-SELECT-ABORT error dialog, but it can be via a setting in Options
Improvements:
Find orphaned/deleted PS2 MC card folders (if the PS2-MC-FAT is still OK)
Also scan for PS2 APA partitions when a GPT partition scheme has already been found
Append "[Deleted]" to the filename of deleted files and folders in the PS2 MC file system (if the deleted files/folders are located in a not-deleted folder)
Detect PS2 APA boot.kelf files even if they're not referenced from the header
Show what is selected in the Options (left pane) TreeView, even when the control is not in focus
Updated a number of icons
Improved algorithm to Extract while filtering only mpeg frames on DVD
Improved finding all VOB files via the DVD-VFR IFO files
Improved the /ef: command to incorporate wildcard search functionality to find a particular file before extracting it
Improvement to make sure CUE files of CD-i discs, as created with IsoBuster, are still recognized as CD-i discs
Always write out CD-Text data to the *.CUE, even if a *.CDT could be created. This way the CD-Text data is also easily readable via a text file (the *.cue)
Improved detecting generic split image files based on their extension (Added *.00 and *_00.pdi variants)
Added *.00 to Open Image file filter
Improved *.gi parsing to deal with certain variants
Improved showing file icons in the (right pane) ListView when the OS is super slow to respond
Sector View now also 'understands' "start", "end", "first", "last" and "mid" to read the first, last or middle sector of the selected object
Sector View "start", "end", "first", "last" and "mid" can be followed by a + or - value, which is then taken in account (e.g. "last-32" will show the 32nd sector before the Last LBA of the selected object)
Improved GPT partition table parsing, making use of its backup, to still find partitions on a HDD/SSD or USB stick
Use the GPT Partition Entry name/label to name partitions found via the GPT
Improved ability to interrupt building a report
Do not display edit window if building a report was cancelled
The Pause dialog that can be called on several functions now has a checkbox to auto-resume the process again in 60 seconds
Improved Progress bar behaviour
Various GUI tweaks were made for best compatibility with Windows 11
Checking for errors (Surface Scan, Check if all files are physically readable) defaults to normal generic reading again instead of mostly raw reading. This makes for a more accurate real life test.
Improved detecting exceptional CD media (CD-i, VCD) that needs to be read and verified raw
Improved High Contrast mode (for the visually impaired), especially on Window 10 and higher
Plenty of other improvements, a few changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fix when extracting Raw2User. In certain rare occassions there could be slightly more data in the file
Fixed GUI issue when doing a manual retry while reading from a managed (*.ibp/ibq) image file. A new dialog would be created on every manual retry.
Fixed issues that, under certain conditions, prevented a DVD IFO -VFR folder to be expanded

New in IsoBuster 4.9 Beta (Dec 8, 2021)

Changes / New:
Windows 11 tested, improved, ready
Support for ReplayTV 1000, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 3000, 3020, 3030, 3060, 4000, 4040, 4080, 4160, 4320, 4500, 4504, 4508, 4516, 4532, 5000, 5040, 5060, 5080, 5160, 5320, 5500, 5504, 5508, 5516 and 5532 DVR/PVR standalone Video Recorders
Support for ShowStopper PV-HS1000, ShowStopper PV-HS2000 and ShowStopper PV-HS3000 DVR/PVR standalone Video Recorders
Support for Thomson DTH7000 / RCA DRS7000 "Scenium" and Thomson DTH7500 / RCA DRC7005 DVR/PVR standalone Video Recorders
Roxio, Prassi, Sonic *.gi image file CD-Text support
Ability to keep certain attributes ('Read Only', 'System', 'Hidden' and/or 'Archive') when extracting files
Ability to auto-complete a managed IBP/IBQ image file in a loop, until stopped or completed. Look for a checkbox on the various dialogs, before creating, when opening an incomplete image, after first creation or completion etc. The check box is pre-checked if this has been set in Options
Read Error dialog's [Retry] button will now automatically be clicked, again and again, with a 10 second interval, so that after an error the process can continue automatically if the sector could be read afterall
The [Retry] button (and hence automatic execution) is not the default button on the RETRY-SELECT-ABORT error dialog, but it can be via a setting in Options
Improvements:
Find orphaned/deleted PS2 MC card folders (if the PS2-MC-FAT is still OK)
Also scan for PS2 APA partitions when a GPT partition scheme has already been found
Append "[Deleted]" to the filename of deleted files and folders in the PS2 MC file system (if the deleted files/folders are located in a not-deleted folder)
Detect PS2 APA boot.kelf files even if they're not referenced from the header
Show what is selected in the Options (left pane) TreeView, even when the control is not in focus
Updated a number of icons
Improved algorithm to Extract while filtering only mpeg frames on DVD
Improved finding all VOB files via the DVD-VFR IFO files
Improved the /ef: command to incorporate wildcard search functionality to find a particular file before extracting it
Improvement to make sure CUE files of CD-i discs, as created with IsoBuster, are still recognized as CD-i discs
Always write out CD-Text data to the *.CUE, even if a *.CDT could be created. This way the CD-Text data is also easily readable via a text file (the *.cue)
Improved detecting generic split image files based on their extension (Added *.00 and *_00.pdi variants)
Added *.00 to Open Image file filter
Improved *.gi parsing to deal with certain variants
Improved showing file icons in the (right pane) ListView when the OS is super slow to respond
Sector View now also 'understands' "start", "end", "first", "last" and "mid" to read the first, last or middle sector of the selected object
Sector View "start", "end", "first", "last" and "mid" can be followed by a + or - value, which is then taken in account (e.g. "last-32" will show the 32nd sector before the Last LBA of the selected object)
Improved GPT partition table parsing, making use of its backup, to still find partitions on a HDD/SSD or USB stick
Use the GPT Partition Entry name/label to name partitions found via the GPT
Improved ability to interrupt building a report
Do not display edit window if building a report was cancelled
The Pause dialog that can be called on several functions now has a checkbox to auto-resume the process again in 60 seconds
Improved Progress bar behaviour
Various GUI tweaks were made for best compatibility with Windows 11
Checking for errors (Surface Scan, Check if all files are physically readable) defaults to normal generic reading again instead of mostly raw reading. This makes for a more accurate real life test.
Improved detecting exceptional CD media (CD-i, VCD) that needs to be read and verified raw
Improved High Contrast mode (for the visually impaired), especially on Window 10 and higher
Plenty of other improvements, a few changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fix when extracting Raw2User. In certain rare occassions there could be slightly more data in the file
Fixed GUI issue when doing a manual retry while reading from a managed (*.ibp/ibq) image file. A new dialog would be created on every manual retry.
Fixed issues that, under certain conditions, prevented a DVD IFO -VFR folder to be expanded

New in IsoBuster 4.8 Beta (Jun 8, 2021)

Changes / New:
Support for Microsoft's newest file system, ReFS. Versions 1.x, 2.x and 3.x with 16 KiB and 64 KiB clusters on 512 and 4Kn drives are fully supported. (tested with ReFS 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 3.1, 3.4 and 3.7)
Full, random access, compressed *.dmg image file support
Ability to show file system meta data, via right mouse click on a file system icon (Implemented for NTFS, FAT and ReFS)
Support for Amiga partitions
Support for AmigaDOS
Support for *.adf and *.hdf image files
Option to Clone [From-To] - via Shift + right-mouse-click
Search command "range:x:y" to search for all objects that fall in the range starting at address x over a range of y blocks
Search command "fromto:x:y" to search for all objects that fall in the range starting at address x and ending at address y
Improvements:
Compensate for illegal CD/DVD TOCs, especially on multi-session discs where a higher session seems to start at a lower than possible address
Display an appropriate text when scanning for partitions hasn't been done yet
Show text making it clear that when a partition is encrypted, scanning for missing files and folders is unlikely to yield recoverable data
Do not automatically show the EWF (*.E01) properties anymore in the edit dialog when a *.E01 file is loaded, use the image properties instead
Avoid finding UDF VAT and SAT structures on other than 2K media because it's only used on 2K (Optical) media
Renamed "Unassigned Partition" to "Unallocated space"
Improved detection and support for XFS v5.x
Detect Amiga SFS (Smart File System)
Keep (left pane) TreeView selection visible, even when the TreeView has no focus
Important improvements, yielding more accurate video files, for the Panasonic 750/780 series Video Recorders (DVR)
Recognize a Sony RDR-HX730 DVR image file as a HDD image file (not as an optical disc image file)
Recognize a Roland 256 byte/block image file
Improved support for *.xgd image files
Improved support for XISO image files
Improved finding embedded NTFS files based on their signature via a scan for missing files and folders
Added *.wim file signature detection via a scan for missing files and folders
Get a better FAT volume name, time stamp and various extra meta files immediately by parsing a (small) part of the root already
Do not convert FAT short names to lower case (anymore)
Important improvements to find a missing NTFS volume on the fly (e.g. with a corrupt $VBR) and during a scan for missing files and folders
Show [filename.rules] in label and/or [*.rules] in caption of the 'Find missing files and folders' dialog when a rules file is being used
Added more predefined search terms (via the arrow pointing to the right, on the right side of the search box)
Plenty of other improvements, a few changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fixed an issue that could cause bad sectors to show as good sectors in a freshly made (ibp/ibq) managed image file, under certain conditions
NTFS volumes with 64 KB clusters didn't work properly all the time (introduced in IB 4.6 when 2 MB clusters were implemented)
Fixed it so that when Extracting a folder is cancelled, fully expanding (going deep) of the folder is also properly cancelled
Fixed HFS file extraction (issue introduced in IB 4.7)
Fixed an exception error that could occur when a combination of certain UDF structures were found during a scan for missing files and folders
Fixed an exception error that could occur when IsoBuster went looking for the Nero (*.nri) project file (set via Options)
Fixed a Popup Menu text vs functionality mismatch "Extract & Run" vs "Extract Raw but convert to User Data"
Fixed an Options text vs functionality mismatch (wrong text next to 'embedded' icon and 'ISO9660 extended attributes' icon)

New in IsoBuster 4.7 (Dec 16, 2020)

Changes / New:
Implemented an option to not automatically explore a drive for partitions and file systems, to avoid reading until the operator choses so (Ignored on image files and needs a Professional license)
Retries can be reduced to 0 retries (including the block per block retries)
Added detection of encrypted partitions and tracks based on the encryption signatures for: WinMagic SecureDoc Full Disk Encryption, BitLocker, Apple File Vault, Check Point Full Disk Encryption, GuardianEdge Encryption Plus/Anywhere/Hard Disk Encryption and Symantec Endpoint Encryption, McAfee Safeboot/Endpoint Encryption, Sophos Safeguard Enterprise and Safeguard Easy, Symantec PGP Whole Disk Encryption (an encrypted partition or session/track is shown with a green color - it is also indicative for why no files and folders were found for such a partition or session/track)
Ability to Export and Import report templates (*.ibtmpl) (via right mouse click, see under the actual reporting)
Full Padus DiscJuggler *.cdi image file support, including CD-Text, via the Padus pfctoc.dll that is installed together with this version of IsoBuster
Options / GUI / Shell option to choose your own 'Investigate with IsoBuster' text on right mouse clicking a CD/DVD drive in Windows Explorer
Ability to Scan for missing files and folders but look for *.VOB Video only, via right mouse click + Shift + Ctrl
Support for the PS2 Memory Card file system
Support for the PSX Memory Card file system
Support for the Dreamcast Memory Card file system
Detect Xbox formatted Hard Disks and support Xbox native partitioning schemes to reach its file systems and stored data
Detect PS2 formatted Hard Disks and support its native APA partitioning scheme to reach its file systems and stored data
Detect the PS2 PFS file system
Support for CD *.vcd image files
Support for raw CD *.2056, *.2324, *.2332, *.2336, *.2352, *.2368, *.2448 image files
Support for GD-ROM *.gdi image files
Support for various other block device image files: *.xgd, *.apa, *.ps2, *.vm2; *.vmc, *.saveram, *.ddf, *.gme, *.mcd, *.mci, *.ps, *.psm, *.srm, *.vgs, *.vmp, *.vm1, *.mcr, *.dcm, *.vmu, *.hfv, *.528
Improvements:
Greatly improved Prassi PrimoDVD / Sonic / Roxio *.gi image file support by finding internal sections and tracks
Default RAW extracted CD Images now always get extension *.bin (instead of *.iso)
Improved support for 512 + 16 ECC bytes per block Image files
Changed the default optical disc retry counts from Per-Range: 2 and Per-Block: 3 to Per-Range: 1 and Per-Block: 2
Improved the ability to clone an image with different internal blocksize than the device's blocksize
Small improvement in Reiser file system detection
Improvements detecting Xbox' FATX
Show PS2 APA Attributes/Resources
Ability to recognize and list ISO images in the application area of a PS2/APA partition
Check the third track of a GD-ROM for the ISO9660 file system
Improvement to search functionality and particularly searching inside (what I call) Embedded objects (for instance sub-partitions in partitions)
Show files in the breadcrumb control when their content is shown (streams, extents etc)
Show 'state icons' in the breadcrumb control when 'special' object members are shown, for instance streams, extents etc.
Show wait cursor while loading (large) files into the EditWindow
Show Search results breadcrumb with the full system name where the search originated
Improved looking for a UDF 'VAT' in image files
Default, VOB files are not cut into smaller 1GB pieces anymore (everybody runs NTFS now that can deal with larger files)
If all tracks of a session are detected as encrypted, the session is regarded encrypted as well
If all sessions of a CD/DVD are detected as encrypted, the disc is regarded encrypted as well
Work around a W10 issue (via the installation) that seems to elevate 'Investigate with IsoBuster' to the default setting sometimes
Before a device is automatically removed (e.g. disconnected or device electronics failure) IsoBuster asks to save the scan results
Custom file signature scanning now pre-processes the lines for much faster searching
A few demo Custom file signature scanning *.rules are now installed in the /Plugins/ folder, so that it's easier to understand, edit, test and use
Custom file signature scanning now also supports commands: %, i(), e() and c()
Plenty of other improvements, quite a few changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fixed it so that command line parameter /ef:sig works again (It looks like this was broken since v 3.6)
Fixed exception error that could occur when one clicks the forward history button when there is nothing to show
Fixed it so that text is displayed again in ListView (on an empty folder or unknown file system or on a partition without file system(s) etc.)
Fixed it so that if only the last sector in a range is bad, building an error list From-To is still done correctly

New in IsoBuster 4.7 Beta (Dec 2, 2020)

Changes / New:
Implemented an option to not automatically explore a drive for partitions and file systems, to avoid reading until the operator choses so (Ignored on image files and needs a Professional license)
Retries can be reduced to 0 retries (including the block per block retries)
Added detection of encrypted partitions and tracks based on the encryption signatures for: WinMagic SecureDoc Full Disk Encryption, BitLocker, Apple File Vault, Check Point Full Disk Encryption, GuardianEdge Encryption Plus/Anywhere/Hard Disk Encryption and Symantec Endpoint Encryption, McAfee Safeboot/Endpoint Encryption, Sophos Safeguard Enterprise and Safeguard Easy, Symantec PGP Whole Disk Encryption (an encrypted partition or session/track is shown with a green color - it is also indicative for why no files and folders were found for such a partition or session/track)
Ability to Export and Import report templates (*.ibtmpl) (via right mouse click, see under the actual reporting)
Full Padus DiscJuggler *.cdi image file support, including CD-Text, via the Padus pfctoc.dll that is installed together with this version of IsoBuster
Options / GUI / Shell option to choose your own 'Investigate with IsoBuster' text on right mouse clicking a CD/DVD drive in Windows Explorer
Ability to Scan for missing files and folders but look for *.VOB Video only, via right mouse click + Shift + Ctrl
Support for the PS2 Memory Card file system
Support for the PSX Memory Card file system
Support for the Dreamcast Memory Card file system
Detect Xbox formatted Hard Disks and support Xbox native partitioning schemes to reach its file systems and stored data
Detect PS2 formatted Hard Disks and support its native APA partitioning scheme to reach its file systems and stored data
Detect the PS2 PFS file system
Support for CD *.vcd image files
Support for raw CD *.2056, *.2324, *.2332, *.2336, *.2352, *.2368, *.2448 image files
Support for GD-ROM *.gdi image files
Support for various other block device image files: *.xgd, *.apa, *.ps2, *.vm2; *.vmc, *.saveram, *.ddf, *.gme, *.mcd, *.mci, *.ps, *.psm, *.srm, *.vgs, *.vmp, *.vm1, *.mcr, *.dcm, *.vmu, *.hfv, *.528
Improvements:
Greatly improved Prassi PrimoDVD / Sonic / Roxio *.gi image file support by finding internal sections and tracks
Default RAW extracted CD Images now always get extension *.bin (instead of *.iso)
Improved support for 512 + 16 ECC bytes per block Image files
Changed the default optical disc retry counts from Per-Range: 2 and Per-Block: 3 to Per-Range: 1 and Per-Block: 2
Improved the ability to clone an image with different internal blocksize than the device's blocksize
Small improvement in Reiser file system detection
Improvements detecting Xbox' FATX
Show PS2 APA Attributes/Resources
Ability to recognize and list ISO images in the application area of a PS2/APA partition
Check the third track of a GD-ROM for the ISO9660 file system
Improvement to search functionality and particularly searching inside (what I call) Embedded objects (for instance sub-partitions in partitions)
Show files in the breadcrumb control when their content is shown (streams, extents etc)
Show 'state icons' in the breadcrumb control when 'special' object members are shown, for instance streams, extents etc.
Show wait cursor while loading (large) files into the EditWindow
Show Search results breadcrumb with the full system name where the search originated
Improved looking for a UDF 'VAT' in image files
Default, VOB files are not cut into smaller 1GB pieces anymore (everybody runs NTFS now that can deal with larger files)
If all tracks of a session are detected as encrypted, the session is regarded encrypted as well
If all sessions of a CD/DVD are detected as encrypted, the disc is regarded encrypted as well
Work around a W10 issue (via the installation) that seems to elevate 'Investigate with IsoBuster' to the default setting sometimes
Before a device is automatically removed (e.g. disconnected or device electronics failure) IsoBuster asks to save the scan results
Custom file signature scanning now pre-processes the lines for much faster searching
A few demo Custom file signature scanning *.rules are now installed in the /Plugins/ folder, so that it's easier to understand, edit, test and use
Custom file signature scanning now also supports commands: %, i(), e() and c()
Plenty of other improvements, quite a few changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fixed it so that command line parameter /ef:sig works again (It looks like this was broken since v 3.6)
Fixed exception error that could occur when one clicks the forward history button when there is nothing to show
Fixed it so that text is displayed again in ListView (on an empty folder or unknown file system or on a partition without file system(s) etc.)
Fixed it so that if only the last sector in a range is bad, building an error list From-To is still done correctly

New in IsoBuster 4.6 (Jun 23, 2020)

Changes / New:
Support for NTFS cluster sizes of 128 KB and higher. Since Windows 10 v1709 and Windows Server 2019 the older maximum 64 KB boundary has been increased to 2 MB, so changes needed to be made
Support for multiple NTFS MFT records in a single sector
Faster extraction and cloning, depending on write and read speeds but obviously still limited by the read speed on failing media or devices
Work-around for a certain type of data corruption that appears to happen frequently using certain USB card readers (internal and external). Symptoms are the sudden loss of files and or partitions etc. Usually in combination with FAT. Remaining files and/or folders may get names such as "USBC◘╧è◘" or "USBC..". Possibly related to ADATA NH92 adaptors though that is not certain! After researching the issue online it seems a lot of people think this is a virus. I see mention of the "USBC virus" and "USBC malware", yet it's not. It's a hardware / firmware failure that happened while data was being written to the SD card. IsoBuster is now able to detect and compensate for such issues on the fly so that files and folders can still be found and extracted
IsoBuster now displays the average speed when extracting
Support for ISO9660 and its derivatives, Joliet, Rock Ridge etc. mistakenly copied/cloned to a USB stick with 512 bytes per block
Right-Mouse-Click when holding SHIFT adds the option to work on a range (From-To) when doing a -Surface Scan- or -Scan for missing files and folders [Professional license]- or -List erroneous sectors-
Right-Mouse-Click when holding SHIFT adds the option to create a managed image file or clone that is [Empty]. No actual reading is done yet and the user has full control over which type completion is to be performed or what type of engineering is to be done [Professional license]
Right-Mouse-Click when holding SHIFT adds the option to show the Sector View dialog with the object's last LBA instead of its first LBA
Improvements:
Various speed and memory improvements when parsing NTFS
Various speed and memory improvements when parsing Brother-FAT and FAT
Various speed and memory improvements when parsing ISO9660 and its derivatives, Joliet, Rock Ridge etc.
Various speed and memory improvements when parsing the Pioneer DVR file system
Improved FAT parsing when only the backup boot sector is available
Both FAT addresses are shown in the FAT File system properties dialog (if there are two FATs)
Improvements in the 'debug dump' image file functionality. Activated when contacted to try and debug an issue
The search-suggestions-drop-down now displays under the search control instead of to the right of it, very much like previous-search-commands
An object (for instance file) with no size (0 bytes) cannot have unreadable sectors (so it should not be listed as such, even if its address is in unreadable space)
Improved support for old style Macintosh Partition maps
Better file signature detection of quick time formats: mp4, mov, 3gp, 3g2, m4a, m4b, m4p, m4v during a scan for missing files and folders
Improved file signature detection and assembly of fragmented *.avi files
Improved *.swf, *.wmf, *.pxc, *.exe, *.dwg and *.ico file signature detection (less chance of false positives)
Added file signature detection for: *.alb, *.pwm, *.pwp, *.amr
Added more shortcuts, Ctrl+ and Crtl-, to read and show sectors in Sector View
Also allow the creation of a customizable file system from a single track session or a single partition USB/HDD/SSD
TreeView now does 'hot tracking' when hovering over objects
Better internal click and right click management when making further selections afterwards, e.g. search
Changed the layout of the right-mouse-click popups to hopefully make more sense (may need a small adjustment when you're used to the old layout)
Dynamically create right-mouse-click popups to allow much more flexibility in the future
Plenty of other improvements, quite a few changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
No known, reported or encountered bugs .. so nothing needed to be fixed

New in IsoBuster 4.6 Beta (Jun 8, 2020)

Changes / New:
Support for NTFS cluster sizes of 128 KB and higher. Since Windows 10 v1709 and Windows Server 2019 the older maximum 64 KB boundary has been increased to 2 MB, so changes needed to be made
Support for multiple NTFS MFT records in a single sector
Faster extraction and cloning, depending on write and read speeds but obviously still limited by the read speed on failing media or devices
Work-around for a certain type of data corruption that appears to happen frequently using certain USB card readers (internal and external). Symptoms are the sudden loss of files and or partitions etc. Usually in combination with FAT. Remaining files and/or folders may get names such as "USBC◘╧è◘" or "USBC..". Possibly related to ADATA NH92 adaptors though that is not certain! IsoBuster is now able to detect and compensate for such issues on the fly so that files and folders can still be found and extracted
IsoBuster now displays the average speed when extracting
Support for ISO9660 and its derivatives, Joliet, Rock Ridge etc. mistakenly copied/cloned to a USB stick with 512 bytes per block
Right-Mouse-Click when holding SHIFT adds the option to work on a range (From-To) when doing a -Surface Scan- or -Scan for missing files and folders- or -List erroneous sectors-
Right-Mouse-Click when holding SHIFT adds the option to create a managed image file or clone that is [Empty]. No actual reading is done yet and the user has full control over which type completion is to be performed or what type of engineering is to be done
Right-Mouse-Click when holding SHIFT adds the option to show the Sector View dialog with the object's last LBA instead of its first LBA
Improvements:
Various speed and memory improvements when parsing NTFS
Various speed and memory improvements when parsing Brother-FAT and FAT
Various speed and memory improvements when parsing ISO9660 and its derivatives, Joliet, Rock Ridge etc.
Various speed and memory improvements when parsing the Pioneer DVR file system
Improved FAT parsing when only the backup boot sector is available
Both FAT addresses are shown in the FAT File system properties dialog (if there are two FATs)
Improvements in the 'debug dump' image file functionality. Activated when contacted to try and debug an issue
The search-suggestions-drop-down now displays under the search control instead of to the right of it, very much like previous-search-commands
An object (for instance file) with no size (0 bytes) cannot have unreadable sectors (so it should not be listed as such, even if its address is in unreadable space)
Better file signature detection of quick time formats: mp4, mov, 3gp, 3g2, m4a, m4b, m4p, m4v during a scan for missing files and folders
Improved file signature detection and assembly of fragmented *.avi files
Improved *.swf, *.wmf, *.pxc, *.exe, *.dwg and *.ico file signature detection (less chance of false positives)
Added file signature detection for: *.alb, *.pwm, *.pwp
Added more shortcuts, Ctrl+ and Crtl-, to read and show sectors in Sector View
Also allow the creation of a customizable file system from a single track session or a single partition USB/HDD/SSD
TreeView now does 'hot tracking' when hovering over objects
Better internal click and right click management when making further selections afterwards, e.g. search
Changed the layout of the right-mouse-click popups to hopefully make more sense (may need a small adjustment when you're used to the old layout)
Dynamically create right-mouse-click popups to allow much more flexibility in the future
Plenty of other improvements, quite a few changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
No known, reported or encountered bugs .. so nothing needed to be fixed

New in IsoBuster 4.5 (Dec 16, 2019)

Changes / New:
Ability to resume a scan for missing files and folders, if the content is still shown
Ability to save scan results (as *.ibr files)
Ability to load previous (*.ibr) scan results and resume the scan if so desired
Ability to import XML formatted lists of files and folders (if you happen to know where the files are physically located on the medium)
Support for more type Philips HDD recorders (DVR-3500)
Support for Brother typewriter *.256 floppy images that use a primitive FAT like file system
Ability to extract search results (files and folders) but preserve their relative path instead of creating a flat list of all found files and folders
Improvements:
Rewrote parts of the ISO9660 parsing to get rid of the annoying memory allocation warnings in case of extremely large buffer allocations
Hide the annoying 'out of spec' errors for severe ISO9660 'out of spec' situations by default
ISO9660 Scan options now features showing both 'soft' and 'severe' 'out of spec' errors
Support for NCR_DIAGS' butchered ISO9660 version
Support for ISO9660 implementations that are not 2048 bytes-per-sector based. They're extremely rare but I managed to find an image file
Various other ISO9660 (and its derivatives) related improvements
When finding HDD / SSM / USB etc is not set in options and IsoBuster is not running elevated, the moment finding such devices is enabled, IsoBuster will ask to run elevated. The prompt asking to restart now allows to restart without saving current selection. This is so that once a normal user has gone through this, the application will not automatically want to elevate next time as well, because once elevated, changes in options are made for the elevated user and not for the normal user
Recognize Amiga floppy images *.adf, *.adz, *.dms and *.fdi as 512-byte block disk images rather than CD images
Support Image file extensions *.512, *.256 and *.128, which forces IsoBuster to treat the image file using that block size
When opening a *.CDT, *.ISO or *.BIN image file, IsoBuster now first looks for a *.CUE file with the same name in the same folder, and if it exists IsoBuster opens the CUE instead
Address input fields now also support notation x.. (aside from already supported 0x.. and ..h) to input hex data
Implemented tag <%OBJECTS> in the file export functionality to be able to show how many files+folders a folder contains
Implemented tags <%ATTRIB(U)>, <%TYPE(U)>, <%UIC> in the file export functionality to be able to show properties/attributes that are language independent (Uniform)
Revert to Lucida Console, for the mono-spaced font in Sector View, in the odd case that Courier is not installed (As seen with WinPE)
Improved the breadcrumb GUI under certain borderline conditions, for instance under, but not limited to, Wine on Ubuntu etc.
Plenty of other improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fixed bug that caused the (right mouse click invoked) Search dialog to always find all objects rather than the objects identifying with the requested search parameter (Not the search control in top right corner)
Fixed exception error that can happen when a CUE is paired with a file who's size is not an exact multiple of the block size mentioned in the CUE
Fixed it so that text file parsing also works on UCS-2 BE (UTF16 Big Endian (aka byte swapped / Motorola)) formatted data
Fixed bug so that tags <%>> and <%>=> are properly recognized
Fixed exception error that could occur when the scan for missing files and folders was immediately aborted, even before actual reading started
Fixed not finding all files and folders (depending from image to image) in an El Torito embedded FAT boot image
Fixed HFS and MFS file and folder date and time stamps (Issue introduced in IsoBuster 4.3)

New in IsoBuster 4.5 Beta (Dec 2, 2019)

Changes / New:
Ability to resume a scan for missing files and folders, if the content is still shown
Ability to save scan results (as *.ibr files)
Ability to load previous (*.ibr) scan results and resume the scan if so desired
Ability to import XML formatted lists of files and folders (if you happen to know where the files are physically located on the medium)
Support for more type Philips HDD recorders (DVR-3500)
Support for Brother typewriter *.256 floppy images that use a primitive FAT like file system
Ability to extract search results (files and folders) but preserve their relative path instead of creating a flat list of all found files and folders
Improvements:
Rewrote parts of the ISO9660 parsing to get rid of the annoying memory allocation warnings in case of extremely large buffer allocations
Hide the annoying 'out of spec' errors for severe ISO9660 'out of spec' situations by default
ISO9660 Scan options now features showing both 'soft' and 'severe' 'out of spec' errors
Support for NCR_DIAGS' butchered ISO9660 version
Support for ISO9660 implementations that are not 2048 bytes-per-sector based. They're extremely rare but I managed to find an image file
Various other ISO9660 (and its derivates) related improvements
When finding HDD / SSM / USB etc is not set in options and IsoBuster is not running elevated, the moment finding such devices is enabled, IsoBuster will ask to run elevated. The prompt asking to restart now allows to restart without saving current selection. This is so that once a normal user has gone through this, the application will not automatically want to elevate next time as well, because once elevated, changes in options are made for the elevated user and not for the normal user
Recognize Amiga floppy images *.adf, *.adz, *.dms and *.fdi as 512-byte block disk images rather than CD images
Support Image file extensions *.512, *.256 and *.128, which forces IsoBuster to treat the image file using that block size
When opening a *.CDT, *.ISO or *.BIN image file, IsoBuster now first looks for a *.CUE file with the same name in the same folder, and if it exists IsoBuster opens the CUE instead
Address input fields now also support notation x.. (aside from already supported 0x.. and ..h) to input hex data
Implemented tag <%OBJECTS> in the file export functionality to be able to show how many files+folders a folder contains
Implemented tags <%ATTRIB(U)>, <%TYPE(U)>, <%UIC> in the file export functionality to be able to show properties/attributes that are language independent (Uniform)
Revert to Lucinda Console, for the monospaced font in Sector View, in the odd case that Courier is not installed (As seen with WinPE)
Improved the breadcrumb GUI under certain borderline conditions, for instance under, but not limited to, Wine on Ubuntu etc.
Plenty of other improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fixed bug that caused the (right mouse click invoked) Search dialog to always find all objects rather than the objects identifying with the requested search parameter (Not the search control in top right corner)
Fixed exception error that can happen when a CUE is paired with a file who's size is not an exact multiple of the block size mentioned in the CUE
Fixed it so that text file parsing also works on UCS-2 BE (UTF16 Big Endian (aka byte swapped / Motorola)) formatted data
Fixed bug so that tags <%>> and <%>=> are properly recognized
Fixed exception error that could occur when the scan for missing files and folders was immediately aborted, even before actual reading started
Fixed not finding all files and folders (depending from image to image) in an El Torito embedded FAT boot image

New in IsoBuster 4.4 (Jun 18, 2019)

New in IsoBuster 4.4 Beta (Jun 3, 2019)

New in IsoBuster 4.3 (Dec 18, 2018)

New in IsoBuster 4.3 Beta (Dec 17, 2018)

New in IsoBuster 4.2 (Jun 22, 2018)

New in IsoBuster 4.2 Beta (Jun 8, 2018)

New in IsoBuster 4.1 Build 4.1.0.00 (Dec 13, 2017)

Changes / New:
Added XML style export when creating lists/reports starting from a file-system or folder
Added (Digital Forensics) DFXML style export when creating lists/reports starting from a file-system or folder
Support for MFS (Macintosh File System) which was used prior to HFS, mainly on 400KB and 800KB floppies
Support for DC42 image files, which are old style Mac floppy image files
Ability to define your own style lists/reports and create/export them from the GUI
Help (F1) now goes online and shows the online help in your browser. The help file is still installed as well and online help can be turned off in options
GUI option to display all time stamps in GMT / UTC
Improvements:
Catch PC going to sleep and wake-up messages and delay auto-finding and removing of drives for 10 seconds after waking up, so that external drives get the chance to be found again. Otherwise (overnight) scan results may be removed again when the PC wakes up (after having gone to sleep), because the drive was dismounted due to the sleep process
Do not ignore slack space between partitions smaller than 2048 blocks anymore. Assign it to a new partition for easy inspecting, searching etc.
Improved read caching mechanisms
Make sure that Main Menu text used to display loaded image file properties is translated, when the language is changed via options
Repaint block map in the Managed Image File Manager ([Professional] functionality) when F5 is clicked
Ability to select multiple blocks in the block map, to see the range it spans
Ability to select multiple blocks in the block map that is part of the Managed Image File Manager, to perform actions on that range
Keep polling blank media, because sometimes a drive reports blank media while it is still mounting the disc
Improvements setting the font in the Edit window and better support for different monospace fonts
Improved sizing of the Drive Combobox on application start, so that it works properly for all fonts and shows the items fully
Improvements dealing with inactive NTFS INDX records and test their content for duplicate files or folders
Do not automatically go deep on (embedded) folders that are listed in inactive NTFS INDX records
Optimized allocating memory for large NTFS folders
Hide raw type extraction (via right-mouse-click) on media that does not support raw
Hide the right-mouse-click extents icon when there are no multiple extents
Remove strange long waits for the right-mouse-click-popup to appear after lots of objects (especially folders) have been found
Shows ISRC in Track Properties (when available)
Check if there is enough free space before extracting files etc. and put up a dialog if there is an issue (not enough free space)
Use CD-Text (if available) for filenames when extraction audio tracks from CD
Added a plethora of new tags and commands to the existing command line functionality to export lists
Resource forks are now also always Streams, which is important to know when doing searches, exporting lists etc.
Made sure the block map also properly shows bad blocks when they fall outside the range of the blocks bitmap
Show the amount of streams and extents in the right-mouse-click popup on files and folders, if present, to easily spot the exact amount
Lots of improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other, not listed, GUI improvements
Fixes:
On huge media, e.g. >= 4TB, and under certain conditions, displaying the block map would pop-up a division by zero error
Sometimes, depending on the content, parsing NTFS would not always work correctly on 4Kn drives (drives with 4096 byte sectors)
While searching for deleted NTFS files and folders it was possible to get stuck if a deleted folder was both a child and (great) parent, causing a never ending loop
Under certain conditions, starting multiple extractions could cause memory issues on the stack, resulting into an exception error
Fix for CD-i (for RTF files for instance) where sometimes the tail end of the file would be missing (if (partially) located on 2324-bytes sectors)
Fixed it so that the block map is properly refreshed after filling gaps via the Managed Image File Manager
Fixed Access Violation while extracting a certain illegal NTFS file (freak situation: deleted, embedded, file for which fixup was not set, and only seen one case ... ever)

New in IsoBuster 4.1 Build 4.0.9.00 Beta (Nov 29, 2017)

Changes / New:
Added XML style export when creating lists/reports starting from a file-system or folder
Added (Digital Forensics) DFXML style export when creating lists/reports starting from a file-system or folder
Support for MFS (Macintosh File System) which was used prior to HFS, mainly on 400KB and 800KB floppies
Support for DC42 image files, which are old style Mac floppy image files
Ability to define your own style lists/reports and create/export them from the GUI
Help (F1) now goes online and shows the online help in your brower. The help file is still installed as well and online help can be turned off in options
GUI option to display all time stamps in GMT / UTC
Improvements:
Catch PC going to sleep and wake-up messages and delay auto-finding and removing of drives for 10 seconds after waking up, so that external drives get the chance to be found again. Otherwise (overnight) scan results may be removed again when the PC wakes up (after having gone to sleep), because the drive was dismounted due to the sleep process
Do not ignore slack space between partitions smaller than 2048 blocks anymore. Assign it to a new partition for easy inspecting, searching etc.
Improved read caching mechanisms
Make sure that Main Menu text used to display loaded image file properties is translated, when the language is changed via options
Repaint block map in the Managed Image File Manager ([Professional] functionality) when F5 is clicked
Ability to select multiple blocks in the block map, to see the range it spans
Ability to select multiple blocks in the block map that is part of the Managed Image File Manager, to perform actions on that range
Keep polling blank media, because sometimes a drive reports blank media while it is still mounting the disc
Improvements setting the font in the Edit window and better support for different monospace fonts
Improved sizing of the Drive Combobox on application start, so that it works properly for all fonts and shows the items fully
Improvements dealing with inactive NTFS INDX records and test their content for duplicate files or folders
Do not automatically go deep on (embedded) folders that are listed in inactive NTFS INDX records
Optimized allocating memory for large NTFS folders
Hide raw type extraction (via right-mouse-click) on media that does not support raw
Hide the right-mouse-click extents icon when there are no multiple extents
Remove strange long waits for the right-mouse-click-popup to appear after lots of objects (especially folders) have been found
Shows ISRC in Track Properties (when available)
Check if there is enough free space before extracting files etc. and put up a dialog if there is an issue (not enough free space)
Use CD-Text (if available) for filenames when extraction audio tracks from CD
Added a plethora of new tags and commands to the existing command line functionality to export lists
Resource forks are now also always Streams, which is important to know when doing searches, exporting lists etc.
Made sure the block map also properly shows bad blocks when they fall outside the range of the blocks bitmap
Show the amount of streams and extents in the right-mouse-click popup on files and folders, if present, to easily spot the exact amount
Lots of improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other, not listed, GUI improvements
Fixes:
On huge media, e.g. >= 4TB, and under certain conditions, displaying the block map would pop-up a division by zero error
Sometimes, depending on the content, parsing NTFS would not always work correctly on 4Kn drives (drives with 4096 byte sectors)
While searching for deleted NTFS files and folders it was possible to get stuck if a deleted folder was both a child and (great) parent, causing a never ending loop
Under certain conditions, starting multiple extractions could cause memory issues on the stack, resulting into an exception error
Fix for CD-i (for RTF files for instance) where sometimes the tail end of the file would be missing (if (partially) located on 2324-bytes sectors)
Fixed it so that the block map is properly refreshed after filling gaps via the Managed Image File Manager
Fixed Access Violation while extracting a certain illegal NTFS file (freak situation: deleted, embedded, file for which fixup was not set, and only seen one case ... ever)

New in IsoBuster 4.0 Build 4.0.0.00 (Jun 28, 2017)

Changes / New:
Huge changes to the GUI to keep up with current and newer OS
Added very powerful search functionality immediately accessible via the main window
Added pre-defined search queries. For instance search for pictures, video etc.
Detect whether drives are added or removed from the system and automatically update the drive selection combobox without affecting the currently selected drive or image file
Automatic drive add or removal detection can be enabled / disabled in Options (On by default)
Ability to show graphical represenation of good vs bad blocks on all objects, files, partitions, tracks etc via the Properties dialog
Good vs bad blocks are also shown in the Managed Image File Manager [Professional license]. Here it is possible to select a block or zoom into the block and auto-fill the Address and Blocks' fields to easily define what blocks need to be re-read etc.
Added easy history browsing via the breadcrumbs control
Improvements:
Improved opening image files while another process (Refreshing) is ongoing
Improved checking if a file is already opened, no matter what method is used to open the file
A managed clone will detect when its target drive is connected to the system
Avoid trying to read PathTable found ISO9660/Joliet folders without a size again and again in case of read errors
Huge changes in the underlying GUI code/engine to be able to keep up with modern OS and prepare for the future
Improved the search engine dramatically to be extremely powerful. Easily find fragmented files, extents, streams, etc. etc.
Improved message boxes
Improved breadcrumbs control so that is behaves similar than modern OS
Improved image file (ISO, IMG, VDI, IBP/IBQ, ...) access and reading, for most type images files, so that it is a lot faster now
Show Media in the breadcrumb bar when selecting a drive (or when starting up with a drive)
Show NTFS File System Root properties
Better filtering of illegal characters from devices names
Chosing large fonts also auto-selects the use of larger icons
Double clicking a Partition, Track or Session in ListView now also shows its children in ListView (except for Audio CDs)
File systems are listed in ListView as well, when the track or partition in selected in the TreeView
Easy way via ListView to start a scan for missing files and folders, when a partition without file systems is selected
Ability to right mouse click and show a file's resource fork
Updated file system icons
Avoid excessive IBP updating, mainly when completing on demand
Lots of improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other, not listed, GUI improvements
Fixes:
Do not allow to select a new device via the back and forward (history) buttons when critical GUI List/Tree Item processes are ongoing
Fix it so that a check to see if a file contains video keeps returning consistent data after for instance Extract2Mpg has been chosen
Fixed rare stack overflow when exploring NTFS, in case of many small nested folders
Fix and return consistent data after an NTFS search for deleted files/folders when sorting is turned off entirely

New in IsoBuster 4.0 Build 3.9.9.00 Beta (Jun 6, 2017)

Changes / New:
Huge changes to the GUI to keep up with current and newer OS
Added very powerful search functionality immediately accessible via the main window
Added pre-defined search queries. For instance search for pictures, video etc.
Detect whether drives are added or removed from the system and automatically update the drive selection combobox without affecting the currently selected drive or image file
Automatic drive add or removal detection can be enabled / disabled in Options (On by default)
Ability to show graphical represenation of good vs bad blocks on all objects, files, partitions, tracks etc via the Properties dialog
Good vs bad blocks are also shown in the Managed Image File Manager [Professional license]. Here it is possible to select a block or zoom into the block and auto-fill the Address and Blocks' fields to easily define what blocks need to be re-read etc.
Added easy history browsing via the breadcrumbs control
Improvements:
Improved opening image files while another process (Refreshing) is ongoing
Improved checking if a file is already opened, no matter what method is used to open the file
A managed clone will detect when its target drive is connected to the system
Avoid trying to read PathTable found ISO9660/Joliet folders without a size again and again in case of read errors
Huge changes in the underlying GUI code/engine to be able to keep up with modern OS and prepare for the future
Improved the search engine dramatically to be extremely powerful. Easily find fragmented files, extents, streams, etc. etc.
Improved message boxes
Improved breadcrumbs control so that is behaves similar than modern OS
Improved image file (ISO, IMG, VDI, IBP/IBQ, ...) access and reading, for most type images files, so that it is a lot faster now
Show Media in the breadcrumb bar when selecting a drive (or when starting up with a drive)
Show NTFS File System Root properties
Better filtering of illegal characters from devices names
Chosing large fonts also auto-selects the use of larger icons
Double clicking a Partition, Track or Session in ListView now also shows its children in ListView (except for Audio CDs)
File systems are listed in ListView as well, when the track or partition in selected in the TreeView
Easy way via ListView to start a scan for missing files and folders, when a partition without file systems is selected
Ability to right mouse click and show a file's resource fork
Updated file system icons
Avoid excessive IBP updating, mainly when completing on demand
Lots of improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other, not listed, GUI improvements
Fixes:
Do not allow to select a new device via the back and forward (history) buttons when critical GUI List/Tree Item processes are ongoing
Fix it so that a check to see if a file contains video keeps returning consistent data after for instance Extract2Mpg has been chosen
Fixed rare stack overflow when exploring NTFS, in case of many small nested folders
Fix and return consistent data after an NTFS search for deleted files/folders when sorting is turned off entirely

New in IsoBuster 3.9 Build 3.9.0.00 (Dec 19, 2016)

This version supports defining your own file signatures, so that you can look for them on any type media via a search for missing files and folders. There is also full support for compressed system files in NTFS volumes. A new type of compression since Windows 10. And last but not least IsoBuster can now make full copies (clones) of hard drives or partitions. Also from image files, which opens the door to a lot of possibilities. All this can be done 'Managed' or otherwise. The several bug fixes also make this a must have version !
CHANGES / NEW:
You can now define your own rules/signatures for finding files based on their signature [Professional license]
Added support for Windows 10 transparent system compressed NTFS files
Added a WIM Tab to NTFS File properties, when the file is actually stored in a WIM [Professional license]
Clone an entire drive (partitions and all) or a single partition, to another Hard Drive or partition
Perform a so called 'Managed' Clone of a drive (partitions and all) to another Hard Drive. This is the same as making a managed IBP but the IBQ is written to a source Hard Disk instead of a file [Professional license]
Support for the Opera 3DO file system
Support for B6T and B6I image files
Clicking an address in the Properties window launches Sector View, showing the content of that address
From-To dialog (If set via Options) when doing a surface scan
From-To dialog (If set via Options) when doing a scan for missing files and folders [Professional license]
From-To dialog (If set via Options) when creating a list of erroneous sectors
/eto: command line parameter that takes a value in milliseconds as time out during extraction
IMPROVEMENTS:
Improved sector view and edit window's functionality to stay on top
On a Sparse object, SectorView shows all zeroes and the text 'Sparse' but when the edit box or scroll buttons are used, the address changes and that content should be shown (which now happens)
Show End-address when a surface scan was interrupted (if From-To dialog was used)
Display the MFT LBA rather than the timezone, in properties, because there is no timezone field in NTFS anyway
Display the FAT address in FAT file system Properties
Improved the default settings wrt auto-scanning and exploring a file system completely
Improved the dialog after an interrupted file-system expansion, to take in account folder-per-folder browsing
Extended /ei: command line parameter to also make a (managed) clone
Extended /t: command line parameter to support /t:audio and /t:data to extract all audio or all data tracks
Extended /range: command line parameter to also work during extraction of image files, scan for missing files and folders, ...
Extended /fromto: command line parameter to also work during extraction of image files, scan for missing files and folders, ...
Improved command line parameter /d:: to also fully support Physical Drive ID's higher than 9
Make sure certain @... commands via the GUI command line can still be executed when no drives are found
Added PIONEER as DVD Video recorder application - to automatically look for DVD Video
Small cosmetic change (not perfect) to avoid previous small file's name to be displayed during huge file extraction
A few improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other, not listed, GUI improvements
FIXES:
If the IBP/IBQ Complete OnDemand Mode was turned on and next turned off again before closing the file (Via the IBP/IBQ Manager), changes would be lost
Fixed command line parameter /p: to always work on the correctly selected Partition
Turned off overlay icons display by default, because it can cause weird visual effects on some Windows 10 systems
ISO9660 with more folders in the pathtable than than the root folder (illegal situation), could be expanded two ways, depending on what path was followed. This has been fixed and everything is now shown always
Aborting creation of an IBP/IBQ file could cause IsoBuster to think all sectors above that point in the source were unreadable. Cosmetic only, extraction would still simply work

New in IsoBuster 3.9 Build 3.8.2.00 Beta (Dec 2, 2016)

Changes / New:
You can now define your own rules/signatures for finding files based on their signature [Professional license]
Added support for Windows 10 transparent system compressed NTFS files
Added a WIM Tab to NTFS File properties, when the file is actually stored in a WIM [Professional license]
Clone an entire drive (partitions and all) or a single partition, to another Hard Drive or partition
Perform a so called 'Managed' Clone of a drive (partitions and all) to another Hard Drive. This is the same as making a managed IBP but the IBQ is written to a source Hard Disk instead of a file [Professional license]
Support for the Opera 3DO file system
Support for B6T and B6I image files
Clicking an address in the Properties window launches Sector View, showing the content of that address
From-To dialog (If set via Options) when doing a surface scan
From-To dialog (If set via Options) when doing a scan for missing files and folders [Professional license]
From-To dialog (If set via Options) when creating a list of erroneous sectors
/eto: command line parameter that takes a value in milliseconds as time out during extraction
Improvements:
Improved sector view and edit window's functionality to stay on top
On a Sparse object, SectorView shows all zeroes and the text 'Sparse' but when the edit box or scroll buttons are used, the address changes and that content should be shown (which now happens)
Show End-address when a surface scan was interrupted (if From-To dialog was used)
Display the MFT LBA rather than the timezone, in properties, because there is no timezone field in NTFS anyway
Display the FAT address in FAT file system Properties
Improved the default settings wrt auto-scanning and exploring a file system completely
Improved the dialog after an interrupted file-system expansion, to take in account folder-per-folder browsing
Extended /ei: command line parameter to also make a (managed) clone
Extended /t: command line parameter to support /t:audio and /t:data to extract all audio or all data tracks
Extended /range: command line parameter to also work during extraction of image files, scan for missing files and folders, ...
Extended /fromto: command line parameter to also work during extraction of image files, scan for missing files and folders, ...
Improved command line parameter /d:: to also fully support Physical Drive ID's higher than 9
Make sure certain @... commands via the GUI command line can still be executed when no drives are found
Added PIONEER as DVD Video recorder application - to automatically look for DVD Video
Small cosmetic change (not perfect) to avoid previous small file's name to be displayed during huge file extraction
A few improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other, not listed, GUI improvements
Fixes:
If the IBP/IBQ Complete OnDemand Mode was turned on and next turned off again before closing the file (Via the IBP/IBQ Manager), changes would be lost
Fixed command line parameter /p: to always work on the correctly selected Partition
Turned off overlay icons display by default, because it can cause weird visual effects on some Windows 10 systems
ISO9660 with more folders in the pathtable than than the root folder (illegal situation), could be expanded two ways, depending on what path was followed. This has been fixed and everything is now shown always
Aborting creation of an IBP/IBQ file could cause IsoBuster to think all sectors above that point in the source were unreadable. Cosmetic only, extraction would still simply work

New in IsoBuster 3.8 Build 3.8.0.00 (Jun 24, 2016)

New in IsoBuster 3.7.3 Build 3.7.3.00 Beta (Mar 16, 2016)

Changes / New:
Overhaul of all visual aspects of the software to improve things for the visually impaired, for instance high contrast mode works optimally now
Overhaul of all visual aspects of the software to improve scaling (larger than default fonts - still with limits)
Overhaul of all visual aspects of the software to improve and fix Right-to-Left reading where appropriate
The use of 32 bit + Alpha channel icons throughout the software (Sorry Win2K users)
Load and use system icons when appropriate (e.g. Help, Information, Exclamation etc.)
Improvements:
Show Hint text when hovering over Details, List and Small Icons buttons on the main form
Improved ancient annoyance where the StatusBar text/hint when hovering over a TreeNode or selecting a ListNode would disappear again immediately
IsoBuster gets focus again when selected via the task bar and when the properties window is showing
Improved the location of the right mouse click popup, so that it now appears more inline with what Windows does
Improved things so that both percent labels on the progress dialog get updated when 2 progress bars are showing
Ability to resize the device-selection combo-box in the top left corner and option to keep the combo-box and tree-view under it at the same width
Search dialog and Options/Settings dialog resizing by the user
Show Video icon next to "Extract but filter MPEG frames" where it is almost certainly appropriate and make the entry default (bold) to hopefully steer the user in the right direction
Improved the right mouse click popup on a properties window
Show red error icon next to building lists of erroneous sectors (single objects only, not folders)
Default saving disk fragments (From-To) and partitions etc. to file extension *.dsk instead of *.img for better loading support (*.img can also be optical)
Do not show the File/Folder Search option in case the folder has been expanded already and proves to be empty
Add Application and Version information in CUE file
When closing the tray, do not show an error message anymore when the error is illegal field in CDB (05/24/00) or related, because laptops etc. don't support closing and report this with an illegal field in CDB.
Don't even suggest to complete an IBP/IBQ file if there are no other devices other than the IBP/IBQ itself (e.g. no devices found or finding devices disabled and no other image files loaded)
Fomat large numbers with dots or commas (depending on Windows settings) on more locations
Dialogs that take addresses and sizes as input, now allow the input to be formatted with commas and dots
The breadcrumbs control uses the same icons as shown in the treeview control, based on settings
Seriously improved the look and feel of the breadcrumbs control for Windows XP and High Contrast mode
The about box has a fresh new look and hopefully helps with the confusion between PRO - [Personal] and [professional] licenses
"@open:" opens the Open Image file dialog, "@open:\c:\y\z\w.xyz" opens file: "c:\y\z\w.xyz"
Added Ctrl+BackSpace shortcut to trigger the Breadcrumbs Edit function
Added Ctrl+Shift+Q shortcut to start the IBP/IBQ Manager -or- EWF Properties (depending on the image file that is loaded)
Added Ctrl+Shift+R shortcut to 'run' a file
Added F8 shortcut to bring up the Options/Settings dialog
Improve the workings of Ctrl+Shift+M to either create or complete an image file, making sure they don't conflict
Esc closes the From-To Dialog, the IBP/IBQ Manager, the About window, Properties and the file edit dialog
Improved building the previously opened image file's list and make sure a separator is not drawn as a thick line
Make sure there are tab characters between text and shortcut, in popup menus, to keep it all readable
Also support reverse reading when filling gaps
Also support reverse reading of tracks in their session (last track first)
Improved Buttons' height in Toolbar (Up, Details, List, Icons, ...)
Show "Extracting Name-of-?" instead of "Extracting CD" when extracting a non-optical disk to a folder containing its partitions
A few improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various other, not listed, GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fixed improper updating of the *.IBP, Managed Image File, after the reverse reading feature had been used
Showing the previous search results, initiated via the search dialog did not work properly
Ctrl+C would not always work in other windows than the main window (e.g. Sector View), because the main window would 'steal' the input
Made changes to the breadcrumbs control, so that IsoBuster now runs on Windows 2000 (Win2K) again
Several improvements parsing NTFS to deal with illegal values, especially during a scan for missing or deleted files/folders, to avoid exception errors
Fixed an exception error when opening a CUE that points to multiple files but more than one of those files are not available
Fixed a serious and possible data corruption issue with NTFS for large + fragmented files, on extraction to HD or elsewhere, because the offset in the first block would be wrong

New in IsoBuster 3.7 Build 3.7.0.00 (Dec 18, 2015)

Changes / New:
Implemented a Breadcrumbs control for easy navigation, with right mouse click Pop-up for easy task selection
The Breadcrumbs' edit control also interprets paths you copy in it (with limitations), or can show the current path, for easy copying to the clipboard
Support for typing in a limited list of commands in the Breadcrumbs' edit control (@close, @refresh:drives, @stop, @restart, @new, @find:\)
Ability to turn off TreeView trying to follow selections made in ListView and Breadcrumbs (faster and less memory use due to virtual implementation)
Elaborate Search functionality (Ctrl+F), to try and find file(s) and/or folder(s) with certain properties in existing file-systems or file lists. Not to be confused with data/file carving functionality to try and find missing files and folders (Ctrl+F3)
Improvements:
Improved use of, and added a lot more ShortCuts throughout the software
Different ListView columns layout for search results and ability to show the full path
Improved display of files and folders in the status bar, during exploration of folders etc.
Improvement in time stamp display and during file extraction, for files created in a different daylight saving time period
Ability to reload the drives' list (Shift+Ctrl+R) and all associated objects (files folders etc.)(To check if USB drives have been inserted or removed)
Improved the speed of finding a TreeView item exponentially
Make sure the size of an initial install is not bigger than the screen resolution (on systems with low resolution)
Workaround for Oracle VM VirtualBox 'VBOX CD-ROM' virtual drive that doesn't return correct information in case the ISO file is big (e.g. of a DVD)
Added Main menu item to allow you to Upgrade from a [Personal] license to a [Professional] license
Allow to properly resize the Properties (Ctrl+I) Window
Show blocks being read in status bar while doing a scan for missing files and folders
Added 'Copy path as text to clipboard' function (Ctrl+C)
Quite a few improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various GUI improvements
Fixes:
Bugfix for HFS - Not all folder content was shown all the time
Bugfix for FAT - Big folders covering multiple clusters would sometimes not be explored fully
Fixed it so that the Save Dialog, Print Dialog and Font Dialog won't be displayed behind the SectorView window

New in IsoBuster 3.7 Build 3.6.9.00 Beta (Dec 9, 2015)

New in IsoBuster 3.6 Build 3.6.0.00 (Jun 20, 2015)

Changes / New:
Support for the Linux EXT file system
Support for Rimage mastered CD/DVD discs with manifest file
Support for Nintendo GameCube file system
Support for GEMDOS / Atari - ST FAT12-16 variant
Support for High Sierra on CD-ROM (the predecessor to ISO9660)
Implemented internal device caching, especially used during File System recognition. Many file systems start from similar addresses. Caching avoids having to re-read blocks for every file-system that is checked
Detect if the Nintendo Wii file system is present and show an icon for it
Detect if the Linux RomFS file system is present and show an icon for it
Detect if the Unix/Linux JFS file system is present and show an icon for it
Detect if the Unix/Linux ZFS file system is present and show an icon for it
Detect if the Unix/Linux Minix file system is present and show an icon for it
Detect if the Linux BtrFS file system is present and show an icon for it
Detect if the Linux SquashFS file system is present and show an icon for it
Detect if the Linux CramFS file system is present and show an icon for it
Detect if the Linux BeFS (BFS) file system is present and show an icon for it
Detect if the Microsoft ReFS file system is present and show an icon for it
New and much faster way to find deleted files and folders in an NTFS file system
Improvements:
Extra tests to make sure a child folder doesn't have subfolders that are a parent folder, creating circular links, in buggy or recovered file systems
Added a 'Paranoid mode' when creating managing IBP/IBQ image files, to make sure all data is flushed to the destination without system caching, and structures are updated regularly
Allow to complete a managed image file from media of which the layout doesn't fully match, but the risk is manageable [Professional]
Allow to complete a managed image file from another non-managed image file [Professional]
Improved speed when updating the IBP managed image file
Added various extraction type switches via the command line: /ET: A, IBP, WAV, RAW, R2U, RUN, DLL
Added new file system switches via the command line: /EF: see the various newly implemented file systems
Added Pinnacle Studio mastered DVDs to the IFO/VOB recognition sequence ("PCLE UDFLib")
Added ability (via right mouse click) to see the properties-window-text as text in a memo field (for easy copy and paste)
Support for underscores in function names in the libewf.dll, so that Borland bcc32 built dlls can be used as well
Always display FileName:StreamName, with or without [ADS] appended, for NTFS Alternate Data Streams
Removed registration dialog nag when doing a surface scan on BD media
Improvements in the Extract From-To functionality, dialog and warnings
Make sure testing for encrypted partitions only happens once, not every time the visual node is created (e.g. when switching devices in GUI)
Do not read extra blocks to test for partition encryption if there are enough cached blocks
Updated the 'Agent' string when doing an online query, to check for a new version, to be more compatible with modern servers and systems
Reverse the order of AVDP parsing, LBA 512 first rather than 256 first, in case of a CeQuadrat made UDF disc, to deal with CeQuadrat UDF bugs
Get the proper volume name for CeQuadrat made UDF CD-R discs
After an image file has been made, save its filename to the recently opened image files, so that it can be opened immediately from the recent image files' list
Improved .GI image file interpretation, specifically improvements in finding the header size
Show files and folders with the System property in another color
Show special files, file entries that are not used in the classical way by Unix/Linux file systems, in another color
Show Windows overlay icons and add the shortcut overlay icon to EXT symbolic link files
Added checkbox to options to uncheck using CD-Text in filenames, when audio tracks are extracted
The file-exists dialog now also allows to auto-rename a file, instead of over-writing or ignoring the file (non-Windows file systems allow duplicate but caps-sensitive names in the same folder)
New dialog to auto-rename filenames that are illegal in Windows but OK in other non-Windows file systems
Auto-rename folders, during extraction, when they contain illegal Windows-filename characters or a Windows-reserved file/folder name.
Show Endianess in UFS, XFS, ISO and SquashFS and other File System properties
Improvements in drag&drop functionality and the use of the temporary folder. Better clean-up afterwards
Possibility to always get the RETRY SELECT ABORT error dialog (instead of RETRY OMMIT ABORT) on file extraction
Various improvements, changes and re-writes in the core code / engine, as this is a living project and to deal with the ever growing new functionality
Various GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fixed GUI issue that caused incorrect values to be displayed in certain error messages
Fixed possible hang when EWF image files are loaded
Fixed that sometimes the sanitizing part after finding missing files and folders on a FAT volume could take 'forever', due to bad FAT records
Fixed data-corruption issue, introduced in 3.5, while extracting files with more than 10 extents (fragments would be extracted in the wrong order)
Fixed it so that when an IBP/IBQ is made twice in a row from the same media (without a refresh) the bitmap is still fully written out to the IBP
Avoid exception error on bad IBP without (enough) bitmap data (rare test case)
Fixed extraction of named streams of an NTFS folder (not file)

New in IsoBuster 3.5 Build 3.5.0.0 (Dec 12, 2014)

Changes / New:
64-bit sector addressing so that we can properly show, extract and support any partition, file, folder or file system above the 2TB boundary
Most objects (files, folders etc), despite the 64-bit address instead of the 32-bit address, now use less memory because of intense work and serious optimizations
Saving and updating of managed image files, especially for huge drives, is considerably made faster, and yet kept backwards compatible
Ability to load a generic image file (*.iso, *.dks, *.flp) with specified properties on the command line: /IPROP:header|blocksize (e.g. /IPROP:100|2048)
Ability to extract CD segments as *.WAV file (Gives you the power to wrap any raw CD data in WAVE RIFF headers)
Improvements:
A plethora of improvements to properly 'guess' the size of an El Torito boot image on CD or DVD, in case that information is not present in the data structures
Show how the size was determined in the Boot Image file Properties window
Improvements to try an find FAT file systems inside Boot Images on CD and DVD
Implemented ability to (via right mouse click) find a matching file for a Boot Image and use that file's size properties
Changed 'Last LBA' display to take the last block of the last extent that actually has a size (in case the last one(s) ha(s)(ve) no size)
A great number of improvements and workarounds to deal with CD-i discs that have audio and data combined in one track. Because it is an illegal state many drives return unexpected data for such discs
Save the status more often while making or completing managed image files. More saves as more problems are encountered
Display the address where the process 'Completing IBP/IBQ Image' was aborted in the 'test and complete managed image files' dialog.
Ability to create one big IBQ file instead of ~1GB (or otherwise defined) sized IBQ files (will only work on NTFS volumes)
The From-To dialog can now also extract *.WAV (via checkbox) from CD
Extracting an audio track to WAV or BIN/ISO will now happen including the pre-gap of the next audio track, default set in options
Work around Windows issue with downloaded CHM files by removing the "Zone Identifier" stream from the CHM file that was added by Windows after download.
Memory and speed improvements in the management of the erroneous-sectors-bitmap
Various other smaller GUI improvements
Fixes:
Show the correct Last LBA for an Audio track
GUI fix that properly shows what track is being completed during the completion of a managed IBP/IBQ image file
Not all orphaned UDF folders would be found during a "find missing files and folders" in certain situations (bug introduced in IsoBuster 3.2)

New in IsoBuster 3.4 Build 3.3.2.00 Beta (Jun 28, 2014)

Changes:
IsoBuster now also provides access to logical drives (C: D: etc.) instead of only Physical drives (see options). This gives access to Windows volumes. So on a higher level, which means that drivers can translate the data first before IsoBuster gets it. This is particulary useful in case of encrypted volumes, for instance TrueCrypt mounted volumes
Dialog for experts with a [Professional] license to work with, test and complete managed image files
Once an IBP file is loaded, right mouse click the drive-selection control in the left corner and choose "Change or Test managed Image File Properties (Expert)"
Count the amount of errors inside a specified range
Change the status of an area
Complete the image file inside a range
Command line parameters /CI: /RANGE: /FROMTO: and /EP:NPC to complete a managed image file, inside a range or not
Ability to create an empty IBP/IBQ file set (no actual reads executed) via /ET:E to allow investigators to complete regions via /CI: and /RANGE: or /FROMTO
Allow managed image files to be completed at the end with dummy data if the input drive is "*" (/D:*)
Implemented ability to reverse read (during extraction), using a given range
Ability to reverse read via command line parameter: /RR:[Interval]
Detect if the Linux EXT(2-4) file system is present and show an icon for it (exploration of EXT itself is not implemented but now an investigator knows it's present
Detect if the Unix UFS(1-2) file system is present and show an icon for it (exploration of UFS itself is not implemented but now an investigator knows it's present
Detect if the Linux Reiser(1-4) file system is present and show an icon for it (exploration of Reiser itself is not implemented but now an investigator knows it's present
Detect if the Unix XFS(1-4) file system is present and show an icon for it (exploration of XFS itself is not implemented but now an investigator knows it's present
Ability to load an additional LibEWF.dll next to the already present, embedded, libewf-20130416 version. A libewf.dll and its dependables need to be put in the /plugins/ folder
IsoBuster will now always first try to load the dynamic version (assumed to be more recent) before falling back on the embedded libewf-20130416 version. The embedded version may be removed over time to reduce the size again, we'll see
New option that defines how strict surface scanning is and whether there should be an abort after an error
Improvements:
Improved device naming if Inquiry fails
Improved determination of HD vs USB stick/Flash etc.
Improved user feedback while cleaning up (sanitising) NTFS so that the user has an idea about where the process is
Create sparse files when extracting sparse files and no filters are in use for that file
Ability to drag files to IsoBuster's TreeView, to open as image file, when IsoBuster is running in an elevated state
Popup warning when extracting from the ISO9660 file system, when other better file systems are present
Support for the *.image disk file format
Show attributes for Tracks, Sessions and Partitions in ListView (instead of N/A)
Fixed it so that HDs larger than 2 TB are seen as 2 TB instead of less, so that at least that space can be fully adressed and explored
Rewrote the automatic skipping and retry-count reducing mechanism, during extraction of a managed image file, to perform much better
Allow in the filename, in case an image is extracted via the command line
Dependency on cc3250.dll for old Win2K OS in combination with multi-language support has been removed
You can now always choose the installation folder. Before this was dependant on previous installations
Show the object Type, cfr. Windows, in the ListView (for instance "JPG file") and allow to sort this new column (column may be hidden by default, right mouse click the ListView columns to enable)
Added more sort options that will be performed rigt after the low level file system / folder exploring is done
Various other smaller GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fixed an exception error that happened if auto-folder-scanning was interrupted by closing the application
Fixed an issue that could cause the last part of Video not to be saved to a file, when this video was being filtered via: "Extract but filter only MPG frames"

New in IsoBuster 3.3 Build 3.3.0.0 (Dec 12, 2013)

New in IsoBuster 3.3 Build 3.2.9.1 Beta (Nov 28, 2013)

Changes:
Added "Extract but filter Mpg" for all files, not just mpeg1 filtering of *.dat files on VCD. If you extract a *.VOB file from a DVD this way you end up with a perfect mpeg2 *.mpg file. See DVDVob2Mpg for more information
Detect Encrypted partitions on which no file-systems can be found (for instance encrypted with TrueCrypt)
Implemented certain shell commands. Right mouse click on an optical drive will show "investigate with IsoBuster". IsoBuster is added to the list of programs that is available via "Open with"
Improvements:
The toolbar installation is unchecked by default, so that people who don't read and just install, don't get the toolbar. Seems like a good compromise.
FAT Improvement. Test the backup BPB as well, even if the primary BPB is readable and seems ok, and next decide on the best one to use.
FAT Improvement. No read-ahead anymore of the FAT. On large volumes this can be time consuming and the FAT records may even not be in use
Deal smarter with huge FATs, suppress warning message and don't load in memory all at once
Better error display instead of the horrific and way too generic Borland C++ Builder 'EEFFACE' message for C++ exceptions
Avoid Nikon *.nef files being found as Kodak *.kdc files
Suppress Windows 2000 dialog when there is no floppy in the drive and the drive is being scanned
Implemented the ability to detect a floppy drive for what it really is even if there is no floppy in the drive. Before it was not possible to detect a floppy drive properly if it had no disk inside.
Scan the full drive letter range A - Z in search of floppy drives, instead of just A and B, now that they can be detected more reliable
Small speed improvements here and there, trying to serve results faster when and where possible.
Improvements in finding the proper recordings' names on edited DVD-VR discs
Improvements to deal with bad (non-windows compatible) file names
Improvement in building FAT long file names from corrupted directory tables with wrong checksums
Improvement to detect UDF on a CD-R with incorrect track layout
Remove certain dialogs with questions during startup for very new users (no prior install), to not confuse them. Use the best Exploration settings instead
Updated LibEWF support to libewf-20130416
Show compressed folders blue in the Treeview (left pane), not just the ListView (right pane)
Show encrypted files and folders green in both left and right pane
Show encrypted partitions green in both left and right pane
Show "Sparse" for LastLBA in case the object (or last extent) is Sparse
Show an empty block and do not read block 0 in case the object is sparse during a SectorView
When an NTFS extent is extracted on its own ([Professional] license) and when that extent is a compressed part of a compressed file, then it's decompressed on the fly as well
Various other smaller GUI improvements
Fixes:
On Windows 2000 an error dialog was shown (sometimes) when another language was selected because of a change in the language resource dlls in previous version. All fixed now.
Fixed NTFS issue, probably only seen on large volumes (Terabytes). Fragmented MFT files were not always properly seen as such, so that parts or even the root of the file system could not be found.
Fixed FAT issue on large FAT volumes that are formatted by other software than Windows itself. In other words an improvement to deal with unexpectedly huge FATs
Fixed Uninstallation error "Runtime Error (...): Could not call proc."

New in IsoBuster 3.2 Build 3.2.0.0 (May 13, 2013)

New in IsoBuster 3.1 Beta (Nov 28, 2012)

Changes:
On Windows VISTA and higher, if you do not run in admin mode by default (UAC not disabled) you get the UAC (User Account Control) popup each time when you start IsoBuster. This is because admin rights are required to talk to Hard Drives and USB/Flash drives etc. However, in this version, if you disable listing Hard Drives and Flash drives in Options or during install, then you don't get the UAC anymore. The same is true when you run the shell command "extract" or when you start IsoBuster with command line parameters /nodrives or /nohd.
Support for GPT (GUID) Partition formatting
Also list empty card readers etc. when detected. Insert a card, hit refresh, and IsoBuster will show the content, like it does on optical media
Windows 7 (and higher) progress indication via the taskbar
Added the ability to choose how the VIDEO_TS\VTS_0x_0x.VOB file size is determined in the VIDEO file-system (Via Options)
Implemented extra columns in Listview (Blocks, Offset, Last LBA, Attributes)
List unallocated space as a hidden partition, provided it has a reasonable size
File signature recognition for *.cr2 (Canon photo format)
Improvements:
Improvements for Floppy/Diskette detection
Improvements for finding NTFS file systems (for instance when there's no partition data to start from)
Try to guess the correct code page of CD-Text on an Audio CD based on its Language field
Allow columns order to be changed
Popup to enable/disable columns
Store new column order, width, hidden etc.
Which column is sorted, and in what direction, is now shown properly
Once a column header is clicked to sort, that sorting order is also applied to every other folder you browse to
Various speed and memory allocation improvements throughout the code, noticeable during all sorts of functions.
Always use code page 10000 when parsing HFS, this improves special characters display such as the small TM in the top corner
Improvements in the detection between optical and other type media image files with shared extensions (e.g. .img)
Removed older Win9x / NT4 / Aspi related settings from Options / Communication
Introduced ability to start IsoBuster with only optical / only other than optical / both or none at all.
Added command line switches: /nocd and /nohd
Improved scanning for lost files and folders by reducing false positives for certain FAT and UDF structures
Exposed more settings via Options / GUI / Messages, for which a popup occured but no way to change it again existed
Various other smaller GUI improvements
Fixes:
Fixed a possible exception error when scanning for lost files and folders on +VR discs
Fixed several excpetion errors that could occur while scanning for lost files and folders, due to buggy MS Office documents detection code.
Fixed issue that would prevent ibp images files of other-than-optical media to be accessed properly at all times, because space outside the partitions would stay hidden.
Fixed issue that caused an extended partition to be shown as well even though it contained other partitions
Fixed issue that sometimes prevented IsoBuster to see all partitions
Fixed it so that partitions are sorted, since the partition table may not be sorted
Fixed issue causing multi-session optical discs not to produce correct image files all the time.
Fixed rare exception errors when opening certain image files where IsoBuster needed to detect optical vs. HD/Flash etc.
Fixed rare stack overflow error when deleting a file.
Fixed rare exception error when the 'Default' button is clicked in Options

New in IsoBuster 3.0 (Mar 29, 2012)

New in IsoBuster 2.9.0 Beta (Feb 10, 2012)

New in IsoBuster 2.8.5 Build 2.8.5.0 (Dec 21, 2010)

Changes:
A great deal of new extensions were added to the signature detection which happens during a search for missing files and folders. Besides a large number of various files, picture formats and multimedia files there's now also accurate detection of documents such as: *.wpd, *.sdw, *.odt, *.sxw, *.sxc, *.sxi, *.sxm, *.std, *.ott, *.ots, *.ods, *.odb, *.odg, *.odf, *.odp, *.wb2, *.nsf, *.max and most Office document formats, such as *.doc, *.docx, *.xls, *.xlsx, *.ppt, *.pptx, *mdb, *.pst, *.pub, *.vsd, *.rtf, *.db, *.one, *.wri, *.msi
Command line support has been enhanced with a large number of new parameters and combinations. Besides initiating "/scan" and extracting the files found based on their signature "sig:" there is now also the possibility to extract "all:" tracks / sessions / file systems, dynamically change the names of the extract-to files or folders, export file-lists ("/tree") based on a number of parameters/ tokens etc.
Improvements:
UDF scan for missing files improvements, so that in case of many references to VAT tables not the same sectors are read again and again, and so that duplicate UDF FS are not listed anymore
Updated EWF support to the latest and greatest status of the LibEWF project
Ability to "OK to all" on Windows IO errors during extraction to avoid X amount of such dialogs when multiple files are processed
Always display a message after a forced online check, even if it is the most recent version, and even if the user set not to display beta or final version warnings
The cue file full path was displayed in the Save Dialog control instead of only the filename.
Ability to build lists, showing the extents of fragmented files. [Business] feature.
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
Small issue that caused some DVD IBP/IBQ images to be recognised as CD, so that they could not be completed anymore
Small issue that caused some IBP/IBQ images with gaps to be reported without gaps
Fixed a very rare crash caused by a buggy UDF file system, while scanning for missing files and folders.
The md5 file was not put in the proper folder when set to create automatically after image file creation.
Fixed issue that caused the last found file, based on its signature, to be one block short in length.
Fixed exception error when trying to sort file extents.
Fixed extremely rare offset error in image files accessed via CUE or IBP, when the first track doesn't start at address 0

New in IsoBuster 2.8.4 Build 2.8.4.0 Beta (Dec 14, 2010)

Changes:
A great deal of new extensions were added to the signature detection which happens during a search for missing files and folders. Besides a large number of various files, picture formats and multimedia files there's now also accurate detection of documents such as: *.wpd, *.sdw, *.odt, *.sxw, *.sxc, *.sxi, *.sxm, *.std, *.ott, *.ots, *.ods, *.odb, *.odg, *.odf, *.odp, *.wb2, *.nsf, *.max and most Office document formats, such as *.doc, *.docx, *.xls, *.xlsx, *.ppt, *.pptx, *mdb, *.pst, *.pub, *.vsd, *.rtf, *.db, *.one, *.wri, *.msi
Command line support has been enhanced with a large number of new parameters and combinations. Besides initiating "/scan" and extracting the files found based on their signature "sig:" there is now also the possibility to extract "all:" tracks / sessions / file systems, dynamically change the names of the extract-to files or folders, export file-lists ("/tree") based on a number of parameters/ tokens etc. Best check the details in the help file for more information
Improvements:
UDF scan for missing files improvements, so that in case of many references to VAT tables not the same sectors are read again and again, and so that duplicate UDF FS are not listed anymore
Updated EWF support to the latest and greatest status of the LibEWF project
Ability to "OK to all" on Windows IO errors during extraction to avoid X amount of such dialogs when multiple files are processed
Always display a message after a forced online check, even if it is the most recent version, and even if the user set not to display beta or final version warnings
The cue file full path was displayed in the Save Dialog control instead of only the filename.
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
Small issue that caused some DVD IBP/IBQ images to be recognised as CD, so that they could not be completed anymore
Small issue that caused some IBP/IBQ images with gaps to be reported without gaps
Fixed a very rare crash caused by a buggy UDF file system, while scanning for missing files and folders.
The md5 file was not put in the proper folder when set to create automatically after image file creation.
Fixed issue that caused the last found file, based on its signature, to be one block short in length.

New in IsoBuster 2.8 Build 2.8.0.0 (May 18, 2010)

New in IsoBuster 2.8 Build 2.9.9.4 Beta (May 4, 2010)

New in IsoBuster 2.7 Build 2.7.0.0 (Dec 23, 2009)

New in IsoBuster 2.6 Build 2.6.0.0 (Oct 10, 2009)

New in IsoBuster 2.6 Beta Build 2.5.9.5 (Sep 4, 2009)

New in IsoBuster 2.5.5 Build 2.5.5.1 (Jul 9, 2009)

New in IsoBuster 2.5.9 Alpha (May 26, 2009)

Today we released IsoBuster 2.5.9, an Alpha version of what should become IsoBuster 2.6.
An Alpha version because we feel that this version may need a bit more testing, as we ported the project to a newer compiler, to finally be able to make use of IsoBuster's internal Unicode workings via the GUI as well. Mind you, this version has been tested already internally and things are looking good, but an Alpha version just to make sure that everything is working fine from your end as well.
IsoBuster has long been fully Unicode internally which made it suitable to work with all languages and all sorts of characters, for instance when a disc would contain Korean file-names, those filenames would be dealt with properly in the program, yet the GUI, which is heavily dependant on the compiler would still display "?" characters if the disc was inspected on (for instance) and English OS system. Of course it would work fine on a Korean system or when the code page was set to Korean on an English system. But the latter problem is now gone. You can inspect any language based disc now on any language OS. Also IsoBuster's language support now works for all languages on all OS. For instance you can set IsoBuster to work in Chinese (all texts and program features in Chinese) on an English system, working on a DVD that has Greek file-names and so on.
Now that this Alpha version is out there we hope to get as much feedback as possible so that we can address issues should there be any. Meanwhile we're also working on a beta version for what will become IsoBuster 2.5.5. The 2.5.9 Alpha version is based on IsoBuster 2.5.1 which is the official 2.5 release plus various changes and fixes that will also be included in the 2.5.5 release. Once 2.5.5 Beta is released with even more changes and improvements we will port those changes to the 2.5.9 version as well.
Finally, when IsoBuster 2.5.5 final is released, mid this year, IsoBuster 2.5.9 will be promoted to a Beta version leading up to the 2.6 release of IsoBuster later this year.
Changes:
Unicode support via all aspects of the Graphical User Interface (GUI), Dialogs etc.
Improvements:
Improved support for Japanese text in DVD-VR Label and Title
Implemented *.orf file-type recognition for found files based on their signature
"Do not bother me with this message" option in message when going online
Command lines parameters: "/nodrives" and "/nosplash"
Improved error message when it's impossible to open or create a file
Improved font support in the editor window when displaying text other than sector view
Ability to select text encoding (Unicode, ANSI, UTF8, ..) when saving text from the editor window
Ability to select text encoding (Unicode, ANSI, UTF8, ..) when saving file-system data (e.g. file-list) to a text file
Various other GUI improvements
Fixes:
No fixes were required

New in IsoBuster 2.2 (Build 2.2.0.1) (Aug 21, 2007)

New in IsoBuster 2.2 Beta (Aug 7, 2007)

New in IsoBuster 2.0 (Feb 21, 2007)

BD (Blu Ray) and HD DVD support.
UDF 2.6.
Implemented the ability to use other system installed code pages, such as MAC, SYMBOL, UTF8 etc., for ISO9660.
Properties for drives show, next to CD and DVD, also BD and HD DVD Read and Write capabilities.
Installation and IsoBuster.exe are now code signed to make Windows (more or less) happy.
Implemented ASynchronous Drag and Drop (file extraction) on VISTA systems to avoid the VISTA over-write dialogue to become stuck under the IsoBuster window, which looks like a hang, but it isn't.
VISTA style directory icons when ran on a VISTA system.
Start with font Tahoma on XP or Segoe UI on VISTA.
Default to SPTI on a VISTA system, even when the app is not running in admin mode.
Now possible to drag files immediately to the XP writer drive letter (staging area)
HTML help would not launch on VISTA due to OS changes. This is now correctly implemented.
On VISTA the Panel with image-file-name was often not properly painted. Changed the Panel with a another Windows component.
File-extension associations setting in the installer now improved with 'set all', 'clear all' buttons.
HFS( ) Mac File System, with multiple of 512 byte blocks support.
Cut long boot image-file name to spec value (if not delimited by terminating zero) to avoid illegal filename according to Windows.
Improvements in the file-type-recognition code (files found based on their signature): *.qt, *.kbf
Added *.VRO to the file-type list that gets the dialogue that also offers to replace with all zeroes on read errors.
Directory (Folder) names are now ALWAYS trimmed on the right side, if the file-system contains such folder names. Windows cannot create a folder name with a trailing blank, so file extractions to that folder would fail.
Release SPTI handle immediately of all non-optical devices. No reason to keep it open during program execution.
Do not automatically suggest to create an IBP/IBQ file anymore if the "drive" is in fact an image file ! (any image file).
Properties' dialogues for files and folders now show the attributes (A,R,S,H,C)
In certain situations, with certain DVD discs, on certain DVD drives, not all sessions were seen. This is now fixed in the new CD/DVD recognition engine.
Fix in Boot Emulation size determination. Before, the actual amount of 512 byte blocks was not correctly taken in account. In real life however the implementation was correctly dealing with most situations out there.
Fixed that VR recording-sizes were wrapped when the recording is larger than 4 GB

New in IsoBuster 1.9.1 beta (Jun 27, 2006)

Changes:
- IsoBuster splash screen, which will stick until the main window is loaded,
which can take a while sometimes when a drive is just mounting a 'difficult' disc and is not responding to commands immediately.
- IsoBuster theme in About box.
- Various icon improvements.
- Added option to the GUI (in Options) for administrators to grant low level access to storage devices for other users on the system.
- An object selection is now also available and accessible via the Main Window (File / Selected Object(s))
- Multi-language support in the installer itself.
- Shift F10 and context menu (between Alt Gr and Ctrl on the right) button click implemented.
- *.NCD (or subsets of *.NCD) image file support.
- The multi-extent icon next to a file or folder is *not* shown anymore by default, after a fresh install,
to avoid confusion, set it in the options if required.
Improvements:
- Updated some of the auto recognizing features for Movie DVDs.
- Changed the more-sessions-in-one-track interpreter to also be able to deal with Nero Cmd made discs
(they don't have the typical Nero signature)
- Work-around for a particular drive problem (DL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B, or possibly a generation of drives) which caused DVD( R/W) media not to be mounted OK.
Tracks and Sessions were not always correctly identified.
- Improvement to match IBP/IBQ managed image files to actual CDs in certain drives better, has to do with reserved tracks.
- Load read-only (write protect) IBP/IBQ files but put up a dialog warning for the user and allow him/her to unload the image again.
- Addded a dialog for when the IsoBuster.exe has been changed, to warn the user that there might be a virus on the system.
- Filter and replace illegal characters in file names before extraction for all file-systems, not just only for HFS.
- Various internal improvements, staying up to date with drive evolutions.
Fixes:
- Fixed some minor GUI related issues. You probably never noticed.
- Fixed a rare situation where IB could run into an exception error when there is NO file-system layout on the disc.
- Fixed small bug in the HFS file-extension recognition. Not all known extensions were actually assigned.
- Fixed that some files, extracted via the Mac HFS file system, were 2KB too large.
For most files this is no problem, but for text files some editors would display the extra rubbish at the end
which is potentionally annoying.