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IsoBuster 5.3 has been released. (11-December-2023)

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December 11, 2023

I'm very happy to announce the release of IsoBuster 5.3.

Check out the many improvements and new functionality, such as improved DVR support, improved partition parsing, spanned gz files, gzndx files, XA extraction from CD and much more.

Best let the below list do the talking:

Important:

We had to renew our signing certificate again (which is every 3 years) so if you see the annoying “SmartScreen” dialog saying “Windows protected your PC” (blah blah) then please click the “More info” link and next the “Run anyway” button. I'm afraid we all need to train Windows SmartScreen again for a while (sadly). The more people deem it OK, the faster this dialog will go away for everyone.

Changes / New:

  • Support for the Toshiba RD-H100 DTKF DVR
  • Create and Load *.gzndx files to speed up opening *.gz files for random access
  • Spanned *.gz files' support: *.gz.001, *.gz.002, ..
  • Full support for *.gz files referenced from a CUE file
  • Full support for *.gz files referenced from an IMLST file
  • XA Extraction (2336 bytes per block) from CDs with Mode 2 tracks (Files, Image files, CUE etc.)
  • New Command line parameter /setsp: to change the optical drive's speed
  • New Command line parameter /lprogress: to dump the progress dialog progress in a file, so that external processes can track progress
  • PS3 partition parsing on decrypted disks with support for embedded 'OtherOS' partition tables (MBR, GPT, ..)
  • Show PS3 OtherOS bootloader in its dedicated PS3 partition
  • Show Linux Swap file in its dedicated partition
  • Ability to Load and/or Export a Partition list (*.ibpt), to map your partition layout against a drive or image file [Professional license]
  • Support for \\*\virtual:size:pattern files which are virtual files that can be added before, after or in the middle of spanned files

Improvements:

  • Find all files and folders in FAT 12 and FAT 16 volumes that were not correctly formatted according to the specifications
  • Find Panasonic, Philips, Magnavox, ReplayTV and other DVR file systems on previously Windows' formatted disks that still have a valid backup GPT partition table
  • BSD partition parsing improved by taking in account the different flavors (FreeBSD vs. OpenBSD / NetBSD)
  • Automatic creation of a CUE Sheet can be set to 'always' except when there's only one track
  • More extensions that match the Mac Creator / Type fields can be assigned
  • Put up a dialog when IsoBuster is being closed [X] and when it's still scanning or searching
  • Show more metadata for Pioneer DVR file systems
  • Prompt after multiple files' extraction, when there were read errors that required user intervention
  • Improved detection of Windows changing the style from dark to light (or vice versa)
  • When you open a regular (non image) *.gz file, IsoBuster allows you to extract the file (since it did all the work already anyway)
  • *.gzip files are recognized as *.gz files
  • Show *.imlst files in recently opened image files (rather than the first file in the imlst)
  • Improvements to assign file systems to the correct CD track after a scan for missing files and folders
  • Tracks and Partitions take on the 'Compressed' property when located in compressed image files
  • Show the type of encryption that was encountered in the (right-hand side) ListView when you select an encrypted track or partition (e.g., BitLocker)
  • Introduced {%NOBOM} in the file export functionality so that a text with BOM-able CodePage (e.g., {%UTF8}) can also be written without the BOM
  • Added the command /scan:nofs to only /scan when no file systems could be found
  • Do not create a separate UDF file system for UDF system streams, instead, add the streams as metadata to the regular UDF File System
  • Leverage the stored CurrentLBA in GPT backup data to determine its relative position (should it be nested in a partition, or shifted somehow)
  • Option to show the W11-style smoke effect underneath certain dialogs
  • Plenty of other tweaks and improvements

Fixes:

  • Fixed a crash when reading blocks outside the on the fly decompressed *.gz range
  • Fixed a file addressing issue for Pioneer DVRs (OEM, also Sony etc.) when many recordings had been deleted
  • Folder file-names should not get the extension '.mpg' when extracted with the 'only MPEG' filter
  • Fixed setting the CD Read Speed to the lowest speed (would not work on all drives)
  • Fixed issue that prevented listing files found based on their signature on partitions > 1 TB
  • Fixed it so that orphaned EXT file systems with a logical block size > 1024 get assigned a correct partition address

 

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IsoBuster 5.4 has been released. (20-May-2024)

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IsoBuster 5.4 Released!
May 20, 2024
I'm very happy to announce the release of IsoBuster 5.4.

See the list below for all the goodies:

Changes / 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)
PartClone Image file support
NTFSClone Image file support (versions 10.0 and higher)
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:\images\file.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:

Improvement for Audio CD *.pxi image files
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)
 

 

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IsoBuster 64-bit 5.4.1 has been released. (05-June-2024)

SHA-256: 9e2c89eb3b27e849c8fbf1704e43871a58b21d6cef02b2cfd5aef7692870971b

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Changes / 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)
  • PartClone Image file support
  • NTFSClone Image file support (versions 10.0 and higher)
  • 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:\images\file.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:

  • Improvement for Audio CD *.pxi image files
  • 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)
  • Version 5.4.1 fixes some regression in 5.4, in particular when opening generic image files
 

 

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