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Image for DOS: Upgrade History V1

 

  • Version 1.99 – Feb 12, 2007
  • Finalized for Vista Restore.

 

 

  • Version 1.98d – Jul 9, 2006
  • Changed CD/DVD speed setting method.

 

 

  • Version 1.98c – Jun 20, 2006
  • Changed command line restore with /CD to not display completed prompt.
  • Corrected potential “image stream corrupt” error message when restoring image files from non-direct burned discs.
  • Added work around for some CD/DVD drives that could cause the “Accessing Disc” prompt to remain on the screen for a very long time.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.98b – Jun 8, 2006
  • Updated Std Mbr Code
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.98a – Jun 1, 2006
  • Tweaked CD/DVD support to support more drives.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.98 – Apr 30, 2006
  • Added support for full formatted DVD-RW media.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.97 – Apr 13, 2006
  • Added new SEQVOLID option.
  • Compiled using updated compiler version (code size increased approx 14k)
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.96b – Mar 16, 2006
  • Corrects a couple of bugs that affect DVD writing.
  • Changed to work more DVD drives. (should be back to 1.95 level of support plus new media)
  • Increase timeout for USB devices so that USB 1.1 writing (UHCI=1) doesn’t timeout.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.96 – Mar 13, 2006
  • Skips clusters marked bad in NTFS (missing from IFD/IFW)
  • New CD/DVD handling.
  • Corrects problem which could cause Unrecoverable Exception saving files to an NTFS partition.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.95 – Nov 20, 2005
  • Added ability to provide partition id on command line restores. (note: the A option can conflict with the id when using hex (0x) notation. e.g. id 0x6A with A option must be entered as 106A and not 0x6AA (0x6ANA would be okay))
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.94a – Oct 25, 2005
  • Changed to work around issues with certain BIOSes.

 

 

  • Version 1.94 – Oct 10, 2005
  • Added new J (No Eject) and T (Write MBR) options.
  • Added new TZ= IFD.INI setting.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.93 – Sep 5, 2005
  • Added new “Additional Options” prompt to interactive menus when restoring to allow users access to the X, A or Z options.
  • Restore will attempt to restore the ordinal MPT ID’s.
  • USB2 Changes and new USBLIO option (use with VT6202).

 

 

  • Version 1.92a – July 14, 2005
  • Corrected problem with file dialog that could cause some files to not be listed (you could still type the name to retrieve it).

 

 

  • Version 1.92 – July 9, 2005
  • On write error during CD/DVD – it will prompt for a new disc instead of exiting.
  • Added new Validate Disc option to validate each disc as it’s created.
  • Added support for an IFD.INI file to set options (instead of environment only)
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.91 – June 5, 2005
  • Added basic file dialog to allow browsing folders on Save As.
  • Added support for more USB2 devices.
  • Added work around for some ATA/ATAPI issues.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.90 – May 16, 2005
  • Modified command line option to allow custom file size. (;Msizeinmb) (2047 max).
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.89 – Apr 12, 2005
  • New command line L option (doc in kb).
  • Added workaround for some DVD drives with problems.
  • More USB device support.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.88 – Mar 07, 2005
  • Added new command line option Z.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.87 – Feb 10, 2005
  • Added additional USB delays (2sec per 5min) but should take care of most devices.
  • Added UHCI option to allow old built-in USB 1.1 ports to be used (please note that USB 1.1 is very slow). To use this option you set it up in the environment then view devices under the USB2 menu option. Because this option is set in the environment, you must be using a DOS based boot image for devices to show. (custom CDBOOT.F35 for example)
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.86 – Jan 6, 2005
  • Added additional check for DVD+R DL media.
  • Added additional delays to USB2 to combat devices which would cause the program to hang intermittently for a period of time before continuing . Adds about 1min per every 15min.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.85 – Dec 22, 2004
  • Adjust values to correct problem burning to DVD-R disc on some drives via USB2
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.84 – Nov 19, 2004
  • Enhanced X command line restore option to expand less. e.g. X100 (expand less 100MB)
  • Added new M command line restore option to move restored partition to first location it will fit.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.83 – Nov 11, 2004
  • Allow command line restore to specify filename with /cd option. (/cd0filename)
  • Allowed restoring from CD’s as files (burned externally).
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.82 – Oct 27, 2004
  • Added /V Validate command line option.
  • Corrected Possible Dump when selecting USB2/1394.

 

 

  • Version 1.81 – Oct 15, 2004
  • Corrected possible setting of bad file attribute.

 

 

  • Version 1.80 – Oct 12, 2004
  • Added direct IEEE1394 and USB2 High Speed support.
  • Added CD speed selection when using menu system.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.74 – Oct 4, 2004
  • Corrected a critical problem saving certain EXT2/3 partitions.
  • Packaged with makedisk.cfg file for use with MakeDisk (free software page). Note that it is setup to use CDBOOT.F35. If you want to use a MSDOS or FreeDOS diskette image then replace base3 to equal the diskette image)
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.73a – Aug 27, 2004
  • Changed to eliminate problems with particular dvd drives.
  • Allow image /? from command prompt in windows to get version/parameters.

 

 

  • Version 1.73 – Aug 21, 2004
  • Corrected restore/validation problem with 2GB image files burned to DVD with BINGBURN (other).
  • Other misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.72a – Aug 11, 2004
  • Work around added for problem with certain cd/dvd drives which caused IFD to keep asking for a blank cd.

 

 

  • Version 1.72 – Aug 8, 2004
  • Added new X (expand) switch to command line restore.

 

 

  • Version 1.71 – Jul 9, 2004
  • Changed to prevent possible lockup on some machines.

 

 

  • Version 1.70c – Jul 6, 2004
  • Misc. changes and work-arounds.

 

 

  • Version 1.70b – Jun 28, 2004
  • Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.70 – Jun 24, 2004
  • Corrected possible crash caused by unnamed volumes with garbage in the EBR.
  • Added ability to directly access data in FAT/FAT32/NTFS partitions.
  • Added new ATA and IGNVLAB options and changed format of environment variables used (old variables continue to work for now but you should update to the new IFD= format)
  • Due to the new ATA option, access to ATAPI CD/DVD drives has also changed.
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.61a – May 30, 2004
  • Disable extra check of CD disc after close since some drives return error 05 24 00 00.

 

 

  • Version 1.61 – May 26, 2004
  • New command line options for restore (image /?)
  • Updated cdboot.f35 to correct problem with no device found message booting the CD on some systems.

 

 

  • Version 1.60 – May 25, 2004
  • Requires less free conventional memory.
  • New validation option to validate the image files anytime after they are created.
  • Other improvements.

 

 

  • Version 1.51c – Feb 23, 2004
  • Changed “process” to “progress”
  • Other misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.51b – Feb 10, 2004
  • Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.51a – Jan 24, 2004
  • Changed CD loading to pre 1.51 technique to prevent some systems/drives from continually asking for a blank CD.
  • Changed restore to not change FAT BPB drive number.

 

 

  • Version 1.51 – Jan 17, 2004
  • Added option to display interactive menu on bootable CD.
  • Other Enhancements.

 

 

  • Version 1.50b and c – Dec 23, 2003
  • Added pause when the “This program must be run under DOS and not from a DOS box.” message is displayed.

 

 

  • Version 1.50a – Nov 22, 2003
  • Corrected DVD+R closing.

 

 

  • Version 1.50 – Nov 21, 2003
  • Improved CD/DVD support
  • Other Misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.40a – September 4, 2003
  • Corrected problem with it continually asking for the last CD when attempting to restore bootable DVD -R/-RW media.
  • Added work around for an (Award) BIOS bug that could cause a CD booted restore to hang.
  • A couple of other misc.

 

 

  • Version 1.40 – August 14, 2003
  • IOBS is now applied on both imaging and restoring (previously it was only used when imaging).
  • Other misc changes.

 

 

  • Version 1.39a – June 17, 2003
  • Corrected to find certain CD devices which weren’t detected in 1.39.
  • Added new /C option for use with restore switch (can be used in place of the /O switch to clear the MBR and (delete) the EMBR before restoring). Those options only documented on the command line help (image /?)

 

 

  • Version 1.39 – May 19, 2003
  • Faster/Better detection of CD devices.
  • Asks validate question up front.
  • Requires less memory to create compressed image (equivalent to 1.37c)

 

 

  • Version 1.38a (and 1.38b) – Apr 16, 2003
  • Allows restore to a smaller free space block (up to the last actual used area in the file system) if the source image was created with 1.38 (IFW 1.07) or later and is FAT/FAT32 or NTFS. Note that the program size is 20K larger than 1.37c so if you are running low on memory then you may need to stay with 1.37c.

 

 

  • Version 1.37c – Feb 14, 2003
  • Adds new IOBS=A
  • Uses CDCMZ implicitly with DVD media.

 

 

  • Version 1.37a – Feb 4, 2003
  • Adds support for DVD-R/-RW/+R (+RW already supported)
  • Adds new environment variables (IOBS and INPA) to solve network performance issues – see user manual. (Manual missing IOBS=3 also supported)

 

 

  • Version 1.36 – Dec 9, 2002
  • Changed the default CD closing method and add new environment variable CDCMZ. Set CDCMZ=1 to use an alternate CD closing method.

 

 

  • Version 1.35 – Nov 14, 2002
  • Enhanced support for keeping lilo active after a restore.
  • Changed program to prevent an “unable to update entry” error message when restoring an image on a system a low amount of conventional memory.

 

 

  • Version 1.34b – Oct 3, 2002
  • Allows a slow PC with a Buffer Under-Run Free CD drive to continue whereas before it would display a message that the pc was too slow.

 

 

  • Version 1.34a – Sep 23, 2002
  • Comes with and supports smaller CDBOOT.F35 files.

 

 

  • Version 1.34 – Sep 9, 2002
  • Added new byte-for-byte verification feature.

 

 

  • Version 1.33d – August 26, 2002
  • Brings back some CDROM drives that turned up missing with 1.33b.

 

 

  • Version 1.33c – August 19, 2002
  • Corrected an issue restoring to unaligned partitions.
  • Changed configuration to correct reboot problem on some machines.
  • Changed how the boot CD is detected. This only affects some machines with multiple CD drives where Image would require the CD be moved to the first CD drive to do the restore.

 

 

  • Version 1.33b – July 14, 2002
  • Imaging directly to a CD drive with buffer under-run free encoding will no longer attempt to prevent an under-run because some drives don’t acknowledge the write speed setting.
  • Corrected interactive menus to display a CD-R/RW drive when creating a CD where two ATAPI devices are on the same channel and the slave is the CD-R/RW drive.

 

 

  • Version 1.33a – June 19, 2002
  • Misc. (clean-up) changes.

 

 

  • Version 1.33 – June 18, 2002
  • This version corrects a problem introduced in 1.30 which caused some users to receive failed validations after imaging to CD. The CD image is in fact okay and can be restored by versions prior to 1.30. If the CD was being restored to (and over) the same partition is was backed up from then versions 1.30+ can be used to restore only that the user must press ctrl-alt-del (instead of enter) when the failure is reported.

 

 

  • Version 1.32 – June 5, 2002
  • The checksum/crc in 1.30 was worthless on large amounts of data. This version changes the way the checksum/crc is calculated so that it is useful.

 

 

  • Version 1.31 – June 5, 2002
  • Third party A.R.E. routine caused some systems keyboard to not work. This version adds a workaround to address this.
  • Corrected calculation for CD Write speed.

 

 

  • Version 1.30 – June 3, 2002
  • Partition images are created more quickly.
  • Corrects a problem introduced in 1.20 which could cause a “Unable to mount file system” error when trying to compress an NTFS partition.
  • Checksum/crc checking on uncompressed data.

 

 

  • Version 1.20 – May 6, 2002
  • Adds support for imaging to DVD+RW devices/discs. Tested with Philips DVD+RW/200. Confirmation of DVD+R disc support will come later. Note that ISO9660 is still used and therefore the entire CD is allocated for the image backup. If the backups are small then you should continue to use CD-R/RW media (you can use it in the DVD+RW drive).
  • Adds support for SCSI or other types of CD-ROM drives via ASPI. You must configure config.sys to load the correct ASPI driver. If you’re have Win98 then see the Windows 98 “Boot Disk” (diskette) which includes several ASPI device drivers otherwise, check the website of the manufacturer of the adapter.

 

 

  • Version 1.12 – Apr 23, 2002
  • Added new IAR (auto response) environment variable for use when creating an image to a file so that it won’t wait for a key when an error has occurred. Implementer would use errorlevel to check for failure. See user manual for more information.

 

 

  • Version 1.11 – Apr 8, 2002
  • Added check for XMS with an XMS specific error message so users will know that himem.sys (or another memory manager) must be loaded.

 

 

  • Version 1.10 – Apr 3, 2002
  • Added ability to restore from CD as file for a image that was created directly to CD and has only one CD. This allows the restore to occur with no prompts.

 

 

  • Version 1.09 – Mar 23, 2002
  • Added ReiserFS support.
  • Corrected issue which could cause a “Reload LILO” message on a restored partition.

 

 

  • Version 1.08 – Feb 22, 2002
  • Updated documentation.
  • Added support that when restoring to a new unpartitioned disk that the disk will be bootable without having to do fdisk/mbr.

 

 

  • Version 1.07 – Feb 21, 2002
  • Added new ;s optional component to file name so that a file size limit can be chosen via the command line. Append ;s to file name where s=0=2GB (default), 1=698MB, 2=648MB.
  • Added new feature to try and restore extended partition (as it was) if volume being restored to free space unpartitioned space from the command line. Image must have been created with version 1.07 or later.
  • Changed the scroll bar to update more smoothly if low compression ratio.
  • Corrected interactive display of hard drive selection when more than 2 exist.

 

 

  • Version 1.06 – Feb 15, 2002
  • Corrected to display error message when there is not enough free space in the last free space block.
  • Added the IBXT environment variable.

 

 

  • Version 1.05 – Feb 11, 2002
  • Added support for the Yamaha CD Drives

 

 

  • Version 1.04 – Feb 2, 2002
  • Added support to restore from CD’s created by a generic burner program.

 

 

  • Version 1.03 – Jan 23, 2002
  • Added new IMSG environment variable support.

 

 

  • Version 1.02 – Jan 22, 2002
  • Added new command line options.
  • Changed to acknowledge the no compression option.
  • Added new prompt after OEM restore that will allow one more CD restore to occur.

 

 

  • Version 1.01 – Jan 21, 2002
  • First Official Release
  • Corrected restore of LILO in an ext2fs type partition.

 

 

  • Version 1.00 – Jan 4, 2002
  • Pre-release.