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DFSee version 9.09 24-05-2008 (c) 1994-2008: Jan van Wijk
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H I S T O R Y 9 . X X
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9.09 24-04-2008 CR Create a valid new BBR on type 0x35 for 'create NEW'
SBVER Command for JFS, set JFS version (to OS/2 or Linux)
Mode=JFS menu, added item to set JFS filesystem version
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9.08 18-04-2008 CR Clear BBR on type 0x35 for 'create NEW mode'
IMAGE Added warning on using SMART with recovery to help
RESIZE Added 'limitations' to help, supported FS
RESTORE Added informational REBOOT message popup at end
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9.07 22-02-2008 DFSDISK Generate full disk-overview in XML format too (.RDF)
LVMsync Fixed close-all-disks to LVM engine (sync LVM)
OS2-EXE Supports using IBM BLDLEVEL now (when NOT compressed)
PART Changed 0x12 type description to 'Recovery'
QUERY DR/PR option tests for removable disk/partition
QUERY DY option tests for 'large floppy format' disk
Resolve variables, '$$' in expression resolves to '$' value
SET VAR command, switch $var substitution in commands ON/OFF
SLT dlg Minor textual update to cancel-SLT build popup dialog
Sw: -$- EXE startup switch, $var substitution in commands OFF
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9.06 06-01-2008 TxWin Added double-buffering to reading VIO screen (traps)
defaults Set bad-sector retries to be -A:1 (was 5)
warnings Duplicate driveletters, extra text for WIN
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9.05 01-01-2008 cmdline Fix syntax error on single '$' characters (9.03/9.04)
disk R/W Allow OS2 physical disk handle-value ZERO (TSHELL)
format Warnings about 'large floppy' FAT32 on OS/2
geocalc Allow sectors/track upto 255 (DANIS506, 2 TiB disks)
list Fixed decimal value shown for very large values
menu Show error 'item currently disabled' on mousclick too
menubar Add application version to right side of menubar
menu run Allow DFSee quit from script ran from the menu
part Warnings about 'large floppy' FAT32 on OS/2
quit Do not exit with the 0x251 DFS_QUIT as rc (make it 0)
run Abort script run when parameter prompt is canceled
script Quit script (and app) on application 'q' command
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9.04 09-12-2007 CR menu Fixed enable/disable of CR/BM-install menu items
FileDlg Fix directory read for DOS version (Watcom 1.7 bug!)
Geocalc Ignore deleted (type 00) partitions in MBR tables
LVM Set correct drive-link seq-nr (P#1262, Mantis 1572)
LVM -c Fix drive-link sequence numbers that are ZERO
Menu Edit -> Set Geometry contents based, toggle 'geocalc'
PART xml Add specific warning for LVM sequence-nr ZERO
SCRIPT Implemented error ignore/quit/confirm logic
SCRIPT Implemented setting $_rc system variable on commands
SET geo Set 'geocalc' disk contents based geometry ON or OFF
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9.03 25-11-2007 CLONE pri-to-pri, fix automatic FIXPBR 'to' part
CMDLINE Allow input of <> when not at start cmdline
CMDLINE Implemented DFSee host variables $_name
CMDLINE Support $variable and {expression} evaluation
JFS -v More info on damaged Inode with startup switch -p
LIST -c Fixed incorrect leading '-l-' option
MENU JFS fixboot, driveletter prompt for bootable JFS
RESIZE Fixed 'ACTIVE' flag being lost on expand
SCRIPT Support named local variables in scripts (perl like)
SCRIPT Support expressions and builtin functions (perl like)
SCRIPT Support IF/THEN/ELSEIF/ELSE, WHILE, UNTIL and FOR
SCRIPT Allow direct disk-read using $_h_sector[secnr]
SCRIPT Added comma-operator to expressions (for loops)
SCRIPT Added tree-based parsing and linenr error reporting
SCRIPT Do not execute lines resolving to empty string
SCRIPT Fix empty string variables like $_p_label
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9.02 10-10-2007 ABOUT Updated registration key text for temporary keys
CLEANUP Add reset ACTIVE flag for logicals, rework code
CREATE Fix type freespace on create log between primaries
FIXBOOT Fixed missing bytes for FAT32 with Win9x bootcode
MBR Added Windows Vista MBR recognition for display
MENU Add 'wipe first disk track' (except MBR/LVM)
MENU Disable Bootmanager items if BMGR is not present
MENU2HTML -h option generates static HTML pages, not PHP
NTFS next-lsn preserved on auto-display related MFT
OUTPUT Added 'underscore' separator line after each command
PART -xml added 'beyondenddisk' warning property
fstype 0x27 for IFShidden, like VISTA pre-install
skipfs startup switch, skips Fs on part listing
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9.01 09-09-2007 Alloc Added 'alloc map, F9, to Reiser and EXT2+3 menus
Clone Avoid 2nd dialog after clone size warning popup
Create menu, removed inaccessible disks from freespace lists
Create Add 'BJFS' for a bootable JFS partition type 0x07
Help Several minor updates to various help pages
Menu Bootmanager Install, item added to "Mode=FDISK" menu
Menu/Dlg Partition selection lists, skip empty disks
Menu2html creates (PHP) documentation for active pulldown menu
Mode=FAT Improved FAT filerecovery search options handling
Move Fix MOVE to begin freespace, fail to clone (smart)
PART Dont close default store when 'large-floppy' present
Unmount From the File menu, allow unmounting 'dummy' disks too
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9.00 16-08-2007 Icons Updated OS/2 and Win Icons to match the V9 release
APMAP Show Apple-Partion-MAP in first track when present
BMFIX BMGR, default to NO I13X check, allow GRUB/Win MBR
DARWIN First port for MAC OS X 'terminal' using GCC 4.x
DFSIMAGE CMD/BAT, added a 'raw' parameter for image creation
DIRTY Update menu-item enable/disable after changing status
EBR Show classic IBM Bootmanager menu name in display
EDIT Disassembler on <F2> or '-d'; Step, Save to file etc
EXT2/3 Added more info to the superblock display
EXT2/3 Add group descriptor strcuture read & display
EXT2/3 Area aware allocation logic (disk-level smart)
EXT2/3 Allocation bitmap logic; alloc, smart image/clone
Edit -> BMGR items moved to 'Fdisk -> OS/2 LVM and Bootmanager'
EDIT Limit HEXED marked-area to a single object (sector)
FAT12 Fix wrong output on large clusters/small filesystem
FILEFIND Dialog, add 'search from current sector' checkbox
FIXBOOT Driveletter prompt dialog in JFS/HPFS menu selection
FIXBOOT HPFS, default to NO I13X check, allow GRUB/Win MBR
FIXBOOT Retain (boot) letter on JFS/HPFS when already there
Geocalc Add LVM DLAT disksize versus OS disksize sanity check
Geocalc Contents based geometry determination (sniffing)
Grub Display summary or details (0 -v) on GRUB MBR sectors
Grub Display details on GRUB bootsectors, incl boot device
Grub Display details from stage 1.5 or stage 2 data sectors
Grub Identify GRUB/LILO non-MBR sectors correct on display
HPFS id Fixed false 'alloc sector' identification empty sector
JFS Better sanity check on IAG filesystem structure data
LVM -n Fix trap when BootDiskId is not set yet for a disk
Linux Recognize JFS FS in 0x83 partition as well as 0x35
Linux Recognize JFS filesystem in 0x83 Linux partition
LinuxLVM Added type 0x87 to CR and change-type selection lists
MENU Made 'Bootmanager menu Add' generic LVM/non-LVM
MENU Updated bmfix menu wording, added I13X to help text
Mode=HFS in menu, recognition in PART display, limited support
Mode=XFS in menu, recognition in PART display, limited support
OS-cmds Allow external cmds on DOS/OS2 only (security issue)
PART Display GRUB summary on -v and -q, if GRUB present
PART Fixed trap on a garbage IBM bootmanager BMP sector
PART Improved rounding of MiB size values to be exact
PART -b Add 'related' column for Creator info or Linux ldr
PART -b- Added label info for EXT2/3 and Reiser filesystems
READ Allow read outside a partition (GRUB stage2, LVM etc)
REISER Implemented allocation map display and smart imaging
RESIZE Enable menus for FAT/HPFS/NTFS only, not EXT2/RSR
RESTORE (verify) updated confirmation text for readability
RESTORE Fix spurious CHS popup after completion of restore
SCRIPT Minor fix for script set-parameter using prompt text
SERIAL Improved batchmode use and wording of popup text
SWAP New mode, allows smart disk imaging skipping the SWAP
SWAP Identify Linux swapspace type1 and type2-v0 or -v1
Switches Interpret -x123 as a longname, not a value: -x:123
TERM Recognize RXVT terminal string as Xterm compatible
TRACE Set cyclic trace to create 9 files, in File menu
VCU Fixed for empty disks, and disks with logicals only
VIRT created from a .PDx, does auto restore of .IMx file
WARNING For sda/hda devicenumber too large (libATA and SCSI)
warnings Surpress disk-warnings too on -w- 'part' option
warnings Toned down the 'HiddenSectors' warning text a bit
warnings made aware of DFSee I13X patches for BMGR and MBR
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H I S T O R Y 8 . X X
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8.17 11-09-2007 Move Fix MOVE to begin freespace, fail to clone (smart)
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8.16 13-05-2007 CR Fix IBM BootManager LSN string syntax in EBR sectors
CLONE Fixed disk-to-disk smart clone cluster-skip on FAT
EDIT hex Only use 32-byte wide startup at 140 columns or more
RESIZE Fixed expanding a LOGICAL resulting in bad alignment
SCAN New -skipbads option for quick scans, default 1 MiB
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8.15 04-05-2007 CR -G:n Set GAP between p-table and bootsector for a logical
DFSTART Fixed check on (now obsolete) DFSDISK.DFS script file
EDIT Fix initial off-screen cursor when cursor not at start
IAG New command to display detailed IAG structures
ICONS Generic DFSee icon same for Linux, Windows and OS/2
JFS Add IAG automatic structure identify and display
JFS open Show more information on corrupt IAG data structures
LVM dlg F2/F5/F8 for HEX edit LVM DLAT, bootsector and BBR
MENU Add IAG structure display items, overview and detail
PART Recognize an empty MBR with Linux GRUB correctly
PTE dlg F2/F5/F8 for HEX edit p-table sector and bootsector
REPEAT Repeat any DFSee command, forever or specified number
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8.14 12-04-2007 DFSCHECK add Reiser and Ext2/3 filesystems analysis scripts
Dist-ZIP add 'versionX.YY' file for quick version checking
Filename in dialogs, preserve single-quotes, allow "Log's"
Hex-edit Alt-E, Alt-J, Alt-K, Alt-S for cursor related marks
Hex-edit Add Alt-1 .. Alt-0 for 1..10 byte sized mark areas
Hex-edit Add Alt-R reverses bytes in mark (endian correction)
Hex-edit Add Alt-C for copy data, Alt-M for copy and move mark
Hex-edit Allow paste HEX-data from clipboard on a single line
LVM Dlg Allow setting of driveletter '*' for 'auto assign'
LVMSHOW fixed for showing info for partition on other disk
MENU File > Open Volume inform when object is a partition
Mouse Make right button available for OS (clipboard etc)
PART -w Warn on primary partition inside EXTended container
PART -w Explain 'Obsolete entry X' in LVM DLAT, run 'LVM -c'
PART -w Reword GPT/EFI warning, incl iMAC, allow total remove
PART -w Warning when I13X BMGR present, but no I13X MBR code
PTE Dlg Custom sort order fields + button, to allow any order
RESIZE Fix maximum size displayed for FAT in expand dialog
RESIZE Keep exact start-sector for non-aligned partitions
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8.13 25-03-2007 BOOTINI On FAT(32), search for correct (ASCII) filename now
CLONE Reword error msg on opening non-formatted TO store
CLONE Reword warning on time-to-complete, hint at status
COPY and MOVE, fix offset for 1st primary on a disk (Cyl 0)
CR/LVM No clear of the BBR (LVM sig) area on new type 0x35
FILEFIND on FAT, fixed incorrect matching on DIR and filenames
FORMAT Use 1-sector buffer on quick-format (avoid USB bug)
JFS Fixed crash displaying a garbage filled superblock
LVMSHOW fix display of LVM info for a specific partition
MENU Add menu items BR code save/restore using RAW images
MENU Display -> LVM info for partition(s); show DLAT/BBR
MENU File -> Open Part/Volume verbose for more info
OS2 I/O Fix Ioctl TrackLayout param size (is cosmetic only)
REGKEY Verbose identification and status (shows expiration)
SUPER 2 JFS, display secondary superblock with 'super 2'
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8.12 04-03-2007 CD Display current working directory without an error
CHECK NTFS, fix alloc error messages on split-tree DIR
CR dlg Fix size=1 sticking after a BMGR partition is made
FORMAT Use drive locking during format (on OS2 and Windows)
LOCK Support lock-by-driveletter for large floppy format
LVM dlg Update of driveletters works again (bug in 8.11)
MAP Fixed display of driveletter line with 'map * +'
MENU Display -> Other partition views; fixed, better help
MENU Mode=FDISK -> Set Partition -> Not active, clear flag
NTFS Recognize Windows Vista NTLDR sectors (named BOOTMGR)
PART LVM column aligned if > 98 cols, using max 114 cols
PART -b Align freespace lines for Linux in its default table
RESIZE Allow '*' for default/maximum size in the dialog
RESIZE NTFS, avoid empty bitmap extent on expanding the FS
RESIZE NTFS, avoid extra bitmap flushing after updating it
STORE Better understandable store description texts
WIPE -V Perform an all-sector verify by reading back
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8.11 18-02-2007 BOOTSECT enhanced display, BPB-Geo/dsk L-geo, JFS bootcode
DESKTOP Fixed auto resize on startup, using MODE command
DISK Switch to Mode=xxFS on large-floppy-format disks
FORMAT + FIXBOOT support Veit Kannegieser's OS2LDR.SEK code
IMAGE Dialog, fix empty 'start' value messing up command
LVM Create LVM signature area for LVM/JFS partition types
LVM Surpress 'BAD' warning on fakeEBR display (fixed Geo)
LVM dlg Allow empty Vol/Part/Letter fields to mean delete
LVMsync Change default to NO synchronize to avoid problems
MAP Show PRM & large-floppy 'removable' status when known
MAP Show large-floppy: FS-format, label, driveletter
MAP -m Reworded int13 limit message line for more clarity
MENU Actions -> Format with FAT filesystem -> new submenu
MENU Actions -> Format ... -> Current, OS2LDR Large Floppy
MENU Remove mode=FDISK duplicate 'D' accellarator key
MENU Exclude removables from 'Boot using IBM Bootmanager'
PART Switch to Mode=xxFS based Part-type for non-formatted
PART Added disk-level warning 'large floppy' format
PART Added table footer with '>' status character legenda
PART Show large-floppy: FS-format, label, driveletter
PART -n Fix table header on Linux default (or part -n -b)
PART/MAP Implement removable detection (like USB) for Windows
RESIZE Fix crash in resize of FAT32 filesystems (8.09/8.10)
RESTORE Dialog, fix empty 'start' value messing up command
RESTORE Fixed display of buffersize for uncompressed .img
SETBOOT Add removable indicator (not bootable) when known
SETBOOT Display (LVM) driveletter and filesystem on -list
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8.10 09-01-2007 FILEFIND Fix crash mode=FDISK, on several unsupported commands
FIXEXT Fix MBR corruption, empty disk! (bug in 8.09 only)
JFS Updated fixboot/ldr templates to eCS 2.0 beta3 level
MENU Display popup when a disabled menu-item is selected
PART Fixed buffersize bug in CorrelateDriveLetters (crash)
PART Show both, and WARN on duplicate driveletters (clone)
RESTORE Fix incorrectly reported size on start other than zero
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8.09 21-12-2006 DFSCHECK Increased imz size to 600 sectors (2*FAT+ROOT)
FAT INIT Detect corrupted 'EA DATA .SF' data files at init
FIXBOOT JFS, fixed label for bootable JFS (was 'footable':-)
LVM MENU BMGR menu delete removes obsolete '--> LVM' string too
LVM MENU Explicit menu item 'Bootmanager menu Delete'
FS MENU Change volume serial number in 'Boot area fix/update'
FS MENU Added selection for any/all filefind HPFS,NTFS,JFS
FILEFIND -a option, to find any/all files, deleted and normal
SERIAL Change volume serial nr on FAT(32), HPFS, JFS and NTFS
BUFFERS Changed ALL code to use variable sectorsize (like 4Kb)
MENU JFS text now 'Unmounted & Clean' for consistency
PART BSIZE buffers allow 2 4Kb sectors, fix 'GPT' crash
PART -b Linux style table with start/end and size in blocks
RESTORE Dialog and -S option use start-sector from IMZ hdr
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8.08 11-11-2006 DFSDISK Fixed disk-selection in script after 'setboot'
FAT FS Fix to use first FAT area by default, not second
FINDROOT NTFS, fixed trap on random data in some sectors
IMAGE -P Fixed incorrect default size to image (read errors)
LVMREDO Added to the list of 'known fdisk' commands
MENU FAT, HPFS and NTFS add 'Reset bad sectors' selection
MENU Removed obsolete 'F9' from 'Disk and Media' menu item
NOBADS HPFS, reset the bad-sector-list to an empty state
NOBADS NTFS, reset $BadClus and $BitMap, to NO bad sectors
NOBADS Reset clusters marked as 'BAD' in both FAT areas
NTSIGN Added command description and usage on '-?'
NTSIGN Fixed confirmation for non-windowed interactive use
PART Add explicit warnings/errors on EBR BACKWARD/LOOP
PART dr Allow select for '-c' LVM letter
PART-xml Add flag1/2 value, fixpbr/chs hints, installable flag
PTE 'SORT' button sorts table on the start sectornumber
QUERY PN returns 1 when partition has valid LVM information
QUERY DN/DX returns #partitions with/without LVM info on disk
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8.07 18-09-2006 DFSMKOBJ CMD creates the OS/2 or eCS desktop folder for DFSee
CLONE Ignore FS-damage on opening destination partition
Screen 7-bit ASCII output default on Linux (unless -7-)
RECOVER JFS/NTFS file recovery preserves file timestamps
CHECK JFS/HPFS recursion guard added to prevent crashes
MOVE and COPY, added specific abort-confirmation in CLONE
MOVE and COPY, added extra 'may take very long' warning
PART-xml Generate XML partition overview to file or stdout
FIXBOOT NTFS, use calculated default for MFTcopy sectornr
EDIT Fix replacement-edit in FDISK mode (from scripts)
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8.06 19-08-2006 DFSCHECK CMD/BAT now do ALL partitions if no parameter given
DFSEDIT CMD/BAT as a quick 'binary-edit filename' solution
DFSDISK Fix a minor BBR drivelink display error (VRAID :-)
EDIT Highlight search-result location using marked area
EDIT Add byte/line MARKED area in hex-edit (Alt-B/L/U)
EDIT Erase now Alt-F (Fill), on MARKED area or whole item
EDIT fn Add delete to end-of-file (Ctrl-D) on editing files
EDIT fn Message popup is specified file does not exist
EDIT fn Confirm file truncation (deleted bytes) at exit
EDIT fn Insert/Delete single bytes at end of the file
JFS LIST Fix 'list -f' trap on check EA on some deleted files
MBR/EBR Highlight partition-table bytes in the hex-editor
MBR/PART Recognize and handle MBR sector for LVM level 14.105
PART Fix I13X recognition new LVM MBR code (level 14.105)
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8.05 10-08-2006 PSAVE Fixed CRASH in OS/2, Win and Linux version (DFSDISK)
IMZ2RAW Fixed write-error when expanding the RAW imagefile
MOVE and COPY, added 'Smart' checkbox to dialog, default on
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8.04 06-08-2006 CLONE Added -skipbads:nnn option, fast bad-sector cloning
CLONE Reset active store on Escape or a failure too!
CLONE/IM Show number of bad-sectors in progress status too
EDIT Add Ctrl-E to erase edited item to a hex value or 0
EDIT fn HEX/ASCII binary sector edit specified filename
FAT FS Detect unmapped clusters, inconsistent bootsector
FILEFIND FAT, fixed finding files with extensions like *.c
FILEFIND menu dialog, new 'verbose' checkbox, default FAST
FILIFIND NTFS, speedup MFT-record search using speedstep 2
FIND Speedstep mode using -i:n option, skip n sectors
FIND dlg Add 'Step' field for the -i:Speedstep option
FIXBOOT FAT, added bootcode type 'W = Win-9x on FAT16'
FIXBOOT NTFS create record from template if no spare
FIXPBR Disallow FIXPBR in FDISK mode for safety
FS FAT Fixed trap if the bootsector was a valid NTFS
IMAGE Exact image size is kept the same on writing
MENU Added 'reselect disk' to FS menus; part to FDISK
MENU Reworded NEWMBR submenu text, better style :-)
MENU Added: 'Edit -> File, Binary edit' to edit files
Menu Edit always starts with 1-sector items
PART Reworded cylinder-alignment messages for clarity
PART Pick-up correct FAT32 label from root directory
PART WARNING on LVM/JFS with DLAT but no BBR info sector
PSAVE Include unformatted bootsectors in .PDx file
RESIZE FAT, fixed maximum size in dialog in some cases
SLT Faster fileinfo on JFS/NTFS/HPFS, no alloc check
STARTUP No 'GETDEVICEPARAMS failed' messages anymore, USB
STORE Added exact image-size in bytes to internal info
STORE Fixed store-nr display: Store #, added imagesize
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8.03 05-07-2006 DFSDISK Correctly displays all LVM-sectors in FS modes too
EDIT Added interactive sector-editor in 'edit' command
EDIT Add the generic FIND dialog using Ctrl-F/Ctrl-A
EDIT Add the GOTO-location dialog to the sector editor
EDIT HEX/DEC switch for LSN/PSN info in status line too
FIND Added find-again logic to menu (Ctrl-A shortcut)
GOTO Dialog enhanced with CHS and MCS-number format
JFS Fix CHECK of damaged Inodes (allocation info)
JFS Fix XTP/DTP identification on blocksize < 4Kb PAGE
MENU Sector-edit item in 'Edit' and <F2> shortcut key
PART Add warnings if an LVM sector has a BAD CRC value
TXWIN Fixed bug in overlapping window-border repainting
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8.02 31-05-2006 ALLOC Area support HPFS, FAT, JFS and NTFS filesystems
CLONE Smart sector support (skip) on disk/filesystem
COMPARE Smart sector support (skip) on disk/filesystem
DFSDISK Allow display of all LVM information in FS modes
FIXBOOT Fixed a program-crash in FAT fixboot (trap)
FIXPBR Geo/HiddenSector warnings clear, optional fix
JFS More error reporting on damaged fileset structure
LOGGING Support for maximum logfile size and log rotation
MENU File -> Trace to 3 cyclic files of limited size
MENU <F9> Now supports allocation display for a whole disk
Mode=xxx Menu wording changed a bit for more clarity
SHIFTR Shift all data in a range of sectors to the RIGHT
SLT2LIST Add selected SLT sectors to list for analysis
Smart Test (smart) allocation for every sector on disk
Store Added AreaSN information for smart-disk support
\path command implemented for the JFS filesystem, and
fixed a bug in this command for HPFS and NTFS
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8.01 05-05-2006 CHECK NTFS, fixed trap on $Secure resident data
CHECK JFS fix the bogus Inode message on '-m'
CR Dialog Added explicit Bootable JFS 0x07 in list
CR Dialog Re-ordered a few fields for better TAB order
DFSCHECK Renamed scripts to 'dfs*.dfs' for consistency
Display bootsector sets 'up' sector to last sector nr
EXT2/3 Super command displays some more details now
FDISK cmd Hint at FS-specific mode for DELFIND etc
FORMAT Refresh internal tables after formatting
FS FAT Init sets global Dirty status for querying
History Ctrl-D in popup deletes an item from history
History Avoid (recursive history) popup from any list
History Ctrl-D on cmdline, auto exec NEXT in history
History Ctrl-D, delete history-item when popup active
IBM BMGR Show Bootmanager version listed in bootsector
JFS Fixed trap in display of ZEROED superblock
JFS DIR Fix dir-block display for blocksize not 4K
JFS INIT Detect invalid Inode extent sectornumbers
JFSsuper Allow but warn on invalid signature like JFS3
LVM dlg lvmSync logic off for removables (OS2 only)
Library Fix a possible crash on PATH larger than 1024
MBR code recognize 'OS/2 2.xx German' style MBR (AP)
NTFS DIR show 'noatt/-bad-' strings on MFT errors
New Menu Display -> Other view -> Warnings only
PART Added warning for BMGR CHS issue in bootsect
PART -x Adds extra FS-specific columns to 'part -s'
Restore Dialog, fix list selection after IMZ2RAW
SET cmd Add 'set logfile ON/OFF' to surpress logging
W2KBM => BMFIX includes CHS check & fix plus old W2KBM
WARNING On type 0x44 (Norton GoBack) when detected
WARNING On Linux CHS/alignment warnings due to geometry
WIPEFREE as new name for ZEROFREE for consistency
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8.00 30-03-2006 Official 8.00 release. UI additions and JFS support
CD/DSK Fixed filehandling and ZIP for DFSDISK/DFSCHECK run
CHECK/SLT Use compact layout showing path and filename too
FileInfo Display path/name uses cache, .LONGNAME or 'magic'
JFS SLT Creates a filename cache for recovery and undelete
JFS DIR Show file and directory EA-size if EA is present
Mode=HPFS Find/Fix items now in 'FS structural fixes' submenu
Mode=HPFS add dump of system area to a compressed imagefile
Mode=JFS add display for specific system/FS Inodes by number
Mode=JFS add dump of system area to a compressed imagefile
Mode=JFS add search and display items for filerecovery
Mode=JFS add creation/update of recovery/undelete filenames
PART Fixed disk-level warning display being discarded
QFI cmd Quick find inodes on JFS by searching Inode extents
SHIFTL Shift data in sectors (left) for custom recoveries
SLT -x Aborts SLT build (in background)
SPEED Better progress reporting, warning if area too small
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8.b5 21-03-2006 Second PUBLIC BETA for the 8.xx release
DFSDISK script, runs windowed for better progress reporting
DFSCHECK script, runs windowed for better progress reporting
PROGRESS Replaced 'dot' style progress by a progress BAR
PROGRESS Enhanced status-line progress with calculated ETA
CHECK Changed progress #items done to percentage complete
CLEANUP Now resets non-std partitiontable flags in primaries
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8.b4 11-03-2006 First PUBLIC BETA for the 8.xx release
-nr +nr Display sector, go backward/forward (GB/GF alias)
BOOTREC Display shows ACTIVE FAT (FAT32)
CHECK for JFS complete now, zero errors on clean FS
CR -C Option also forces LVM -C on -L option
CR dlg Radio button for Recover/Clear mode selection
EJECT New command for removables (like USB)
FIND Fix a search-again loop when at end after a hit
FIXBOOT FAT select BOOTCODE using a popup list
FIXBOOT JFS bootcode template update (Steven Levine)
FIXBOOT Serial-nr value changed to sectornr + timestamp
FIXPBR Updated help, add message popup
FORMAT Serial-nr value changed to sectornr + timestamp
FORMAT Copy bootsector as spare to last sector (LVM-sig!)
FORMAT Make FAT minimal 1 cluster in size (avoiding bugs)
JFS DIR Inode/LSN mappings implemented using lookup table
JFS DIR Display Inode/DirPage for regular directories
JFS SLT Build complete; used by SLT, ID and CHECK commands
JFSINODE Identify (file/dir/deleted/bad) and display contents
LVM Fix change letter for JFS types, dynamic update now
LVM -C Option CLEARs old LVM BBR info (for NEW partitions)
LVM dlg Strip trailing spaces from names that cause problems
MBR-crc Added detection of PQ BootMagic style bootcode
MEDIA NonLinux: IDE/SCSI/USB or PCCARD terminology change
MENU File and Display->Related This +1 and This -1 added
MENU Add SLT-build and ID to the Mode=JFS menu
MENU Media management eject/discover (updated mount too)
MENU Add explicit Mode=AUX submenu for consistency
MENU partition selection now moved to FORMAT menu
MFT-REC Illegal attribute aborts display, fixed
Menutext Use "disk-list" with mount/unmount, avoid confusion
PART Display 'r' removable indicator for USB disks etc
WARNING for FAT16 filesystem found in FAT32 type 0b/0c
WARNING for FAT32 filesystem found in FAT16 type 06/0e/12
Warning made Windows-0x0F extended type a minor warning
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H I S T O R Y 7 . X X
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7.15 01-12-2005 BmgrList Add driveletter to boot-menu list item text
CHSstyle Selection dialog for FIXCHS, CLEANUP and CR cmd
CS -v -m New checksum verification options for scripting
DFSEE enhanced the DFSEE.BAT/CMD with usage on '-?'
DiskOpen Allow OS2 PhysDisk handle 0 (disk 1 locked bug)
FILELIST Dialog, add Kib/Mib/GiB size for file selection
FORMAT FAT12/16/32 formatting including options dialog
FS MENU Checked text "Fixboot/LDR" in "Boot area fixes"
JFS Fixboot bootable/standard bootcode selection
JFS/HPFS LDR (micro-filsystem) recovery commands added
Menu Added FORMAT in Actions menu (FAT/FAT32 only)
Menu Added NTFS dump first MFT-records to imagefile
Menu Added Update NT-signature in MBR dialog/menu
Menu Added Wipe-start-of-disk as seperate selection
NTFS Display ARSHD-attributes in directory display
NTFS Fix allocation handling extreme fragmented MFT
NTFS Leading \ on recover '123.DIR\fn' path/filename
NTFS \ command implemented, gives direct access to file
NTFS MFT INDX display shows Btree branches (directories)
NTFS MFT handling fixed for external attribute data
PART -e:1 to include info on 1st extended container only
Query P0 returns MFT-fragmentation on NTFS filesystems
RUN -P Fix filename handling for script path with spaces
SETBOOT accept full '-query' option as alias for -q
SLTbuild option dialog; multi-threaded on OS/2 and Win
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7.14 07-11-2005 BSFIND -f:pos start sector for the search as mcs-number
CMDLINE Give error on single non-hex char commands like 's'
CREATE Dialog, allow mcs-numbers for size and offset values
CREATE Dialog, add "Offset" from start/end, reserving space
CREATE Dialog, add "Multiple primaries" checkbox avoid hide
CREATE Dialog, add "ACTIVE" checkbox for primary partitions
DFSDISK Fixed a TRAP for a PATH longer than 80 characters
DFSTART Fixed output file naming (failing DFSDISK rename)
FILELIST Dialog generates selection string from wildcard etc
FIND -f:pos start sector for the search as mcs-number
Fileinfo Select on min/max filesize too in FAT, HPFS and NTFS
LIST Uses filelist dialog for selection, ESCAPE aborts
MOUSE -mouse switch fixes mouse-cursor in OS2 FS sessions
NEWMBR Windows disk-signature will always stay unchanged
PRESTORE Dialog enhanced with several selection options
PSAVE Dialog enhanced with a backup description field
RECOVER Dialog for file selection, prompt if no parameters
RECOVER Add min/max file size to the selection parameters
RECOVER 'ignore errors' checkbox now available in filedialog
SPACES Allow spaces in paths and filenames for many dialogs
Status Show RC value in GREEN for RC=0, avoid user panic :-)
TxWin Use open-source, formal LGPL licensed version now
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7.13 28-09-2005 DFSDISK Fixed BAT file causing endless loop running on PC-DOS
MAP Quietly skip unaccessible dummies from the display
NTFS DIRTY command, synchronize mirror-MFT on MFT 0..3 too
NTFS Avoid related MFT display recursion in any case
NTFS Improve extremely fragmented attribute-list handling
PTE/LVM Cleanup window positioning logic to use messages now
TRACE Added -d:xx option, slowdown while tracing (xx msec)
TXWIN Updated for Open TxWindows version change (1.00 now)
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7.12 06-09-2005 BOOTINI -2 option forces updating the file, if default is OK
CHECK Speedup freespace analysis, when cluster > 1 (NTFS)
CHECK More accurate allocation error report, smaller areas
DFSDISK Made EXT2 superblock the default 'superblock' search
DFSDISK Add search for 'NTLDR sectors' Radio button in dialog
DIRTY d command for NTFS, forces CHKDSK on next Windows boot
EXPAND Add EXPAND of NTFS $Bitmap special file for resizing
IMAGE Dialog default changed to 2047 MiB multiple files
MENU Added set FS Dirty/Normal to the Mode=NTFS menu
RESIZE Fix size in NTFS bootsector, for spare-boot location
RESIZE Update $BadClus special file for truncate and expand
RESIZE Update NTFS $Bitmap special for truncate (resize)
RESIZE NTFS filesystem resize considered reliable now ...
SCRIPT Add new pragma 'SETPARAM' allowing use as variables
SCRIPT Add prompt modus for setparam, allowing user input
SETBOOT fixed for LVM-volume names with embedded spaces
SLT -v Verbose output (path+filenames) on no-error lines too
SLT -? Help added, simplified usage and better output format
SWITCH Allow spaces in EXE switches like -l:"my logfile"
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7.11 24-08-2005 BSFIND s finds NTLDR first sectors on disk for disk recovery
CHECK updated for large freespace areas (more that 2GiB)
CHECK reports error for FS being DIRTY or MOUNTED (in use)
CHECK RC set to the resulting number of errors, for scripting
CLEANUP reset the ACTIVE flag on all extended-containers
DFSCHECK Resultfiles now named unique per platform (dfsoHPFS)
DFSCHECK Create a DFSCxxx.Iyy imagefile from filesystem start
DFSDISK Fix behaviour when called without any parameters
DFSDISK Resultfiles now named unique per platform (dfsdisko)
DONTFS script, add Restart-Area display with logfile flags
IMAGE Fixed and improved write-error reporting 2 GiB limit
LOG Dlg Allow spaces in path or filename (Program Files\...)
MAP -m Added explicit OS2 USBMSD.ADD DUMMY disk message
MENU Edit -> Bootmanager Query config - setboot -q -list
MENU Added search for NTLDR 1st sector, for recovery
MFT n -R show/test attribute runlists for non-resident data
NTFS Display logfile flags and volume information on open
NTFS Write MFTrec, Bitmap, mkRunList for better resizing
NTFS 's' seperate sectortype for NTLDR 1st sector added
NTFS LOG show restart-area from $Logfile, incl unmounted flag
No Dummy disks included anymore in menu/dialog select-lists
No Dummy FIXEXT, GENPART, LVMREDO, NTSIGN, NEWMBR, CLEANUP
No Dummy PART, PSAVE, PRESTORE, skip any inaccessible disks
PART -g Output important lines to STDOUT, for scripting/GUI
PART -w better message when ACTIVE extended containers seen
QUERY Add EK/EM/EG as Expand size limit for resizing GUI
QUERY -g Output important lines to STDOUT, for scripting/GUI
QUERY PO return the dirty/mounted status for NTFS filesystems
RAMDISK detection on FreeDOS diskette/CDROM now MUCH faster
SETBOOT -list option shows Bootmanager menu items available
SETBOOT Options compatible to SETBOOT.EXE replacement (eCS)
SETBOOT Automatic close (trace) logfile just before booting
SETBOOT -f-, no explicit flush (allows a PM message on OS2)
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7.10 02-08-2005 Execute logfile timestamp format using ISO format YYYY-MM-DD
PART -w add WARNING for any invalid partition-table-entry
PART -w add WARNING for a DELETED partition entry type 0x00
DELETE default is now -c: clear ALL 16 bytes avoiding 0x00
NTFS MFT display all special $xxx files from Mode=NTFS menu
NTFS slt improved non-resident attribute-list handling in MFT
NTFS slt better display multiple non-resident MFT attributes
NTFS slt CHECK, no false alarms on unused MFT records
RESIZE Set correct extended-container size on resize logical
RESIZE Fix possible bug with FAT resize, ptable not updated
KEYB Added optional codepage to the DFSDOS keyb command
Linux Fix segmentation-violations (7.09, compiler optimize)
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7.09 22-07-2005 LOGGING Automatic log dialog at startup, unless -l- switch
CLEANUP Added to Mode=FDISK menu, cleanup extended chain
EXT/Log New freespace-type when holding EMPTY EBR container
WARNINGs when empty extended containers are detected (EBR)
DISKopen fixed CR bug after using GEO ? 255 on virtual disk
FAT CRC Fix FALSE alarms, FAT1/FAT2 crc being different
PART -w Lowered severity for some really minor warnings
Image -z Huge speed improvement, 30 - 50% faster than 7.08
ReiserFS display more fields from the superblock, incl size
WIPE Accept mcs-numbers for -s and -F options
IMAGE Accept mcs-numbers for -s and -F options
RESTORE Apply start/size values from commandline in dialog
IMAGE -S option now implies -z option too (smart, LZW)
RESTORE Accept mcs-numbers for -s and -F options
IMAGE Apply start/size values from commandline in dialog
CLONE Apply start/size values from commandline in dialog
Mouse Fixed problem with unreachable area on OS/2 desktop
Mouse Added -mouse- program switch to disable the mouse
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7.08 06-07-2005 PTE/LVM Dialogs keep their pos after a move and next/prev
MOVE and COPY menu Add the '-a' option, align to cyl boundary
Startup Fix TRAP on 2048 byte sector media at DFSee startup
TxLib Enhanced mouse-PTR drawing in OS2 version (droppings)
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7.07 29-06-2005 CLONE Automatic buffersize reduction on bad-sector areas
IMAGE Automatic buffersize reduction on bad-sector areas
SCAN Automatic buffersize reduction on bad-sector reads
Desktop output-window and entryfield size/move with desktop
Dialogs Updated layout for better resize/move behaviour
LVM/PTE Added OK/Cancel/Prev/Next buttons for mouse use
CLONEDLG Added OK/Cancel buttons for better mouse handling
WRIM DLG Ignore 'size from IMZ' if explicit size specified
TxLib Implemented complete mouse handling for DOS
TxLib Fixed 1/2 vertical SIZE/MOVE by 1 character at a time
TxLib Added full-window dragging and optimized move refresh
TxLib Added OK and Cancel buttons to the standard dialogs
TxLib Implemented complete mouse support for OS2 version
TxLib Fix screen resize trap and 'mode' missing for Windows
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7.06 02-06-2005 DFSNTLDR on NTFS creates NTLDR image for recovery purposes
FIXNTLDR on NTFS from builtin sector or compressed imagefile
ID -Last -g switch shows filename on STDOUT only (with -q)
LVMREDO added to LVM menu, with standard refresh options
LVMREDO -C option creates NEW LVM info if none is present
LVMREDO Refresh/Recover LVM DLAT sectors, keep driveletters
MENU Updated with NTLDR recovery items in a submenu
NTFS Allocation 100% shown in GREEN for resident files
MOUSE Click 'scrollbar' char on TEXTVIEW/LISTBOX scrolls
MOUSE Added close-button to HELP and TextView dialogs
MOUSE Added listpopup autoclose and better menu-toggle
MOUSE Added close-button to dialog frame/canvas windows
MOUSE Fixed 'mouse-trap' / F10 in scroll-window area
IUSBISO Fixed filename case and space problems in Linux
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7.05 24-05-2005 JFS open No incorrect geo warnings for PBR (heads always 255)
MOUSE Supported for most operations now in Windows version
IMGRAB Fix disk-number used in final part display (cosmetic)
FileDlg Refresh volume list each time a filedialog is started
FileDlg Support CDROM and network drives in DOS version
VOL Volume command/menu support CDROMs now in DOS
DFSDISK Allow spaces in the path and filename arguments
IMAGE + RESTORE, use PARTITION in dialog if nothing specified
MENU Prevent empty disk/part submenu when no ADMIN/root
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7.04 06-05-2005 CLONE -!- option skips the main dialog (clone -!- -p:pid)
DFSDISK Added 'pt -r' display to show all existing LVM info
HISTORY prefixed history popup (F11) retrieval bugs fixed
MENU Added Recover/Init LVM DLAT sector to LVM submenu
MFT NTFS Fixed display bug after PART -r or RESTORE command
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7.03 28-03-2005 CLONE Fixed dialog FROM default selection on -p:xx
DFSCHECK added 'part -g' command at start for extra info
DFSDISK Create unique output filenames for cyl/all/geo
DFSDISK Strip file extension from basename specified
DFSDISK Allow full path specified with basename ($7)
DFSDISK Added complete parameter and option dialog
FAT32 Skip DosFilePtr allows driveletter correlation
FDISK F6 cleared sectors made searchable using type '6'
GENPART Partition-recreate script from current partitions
HISTORY Added menu-generated commands to history as well
HISTORY UP/DOWN/F11 keys control commandline history now
IBM BMGR No warnings anymore when found on disk 2
ID -last Identify filename for the last sector 'in-use'
JFS No warning for wrong HiddenSectors value in BR
MENU New 'add/remove to BootManager menu' item
Progress added 0x prefix to HEX sector value on screen
Sizes Use MiB units upto 10 terabyte, instead of GiB
WARPIN Fixed descriptive titles on PDF shadow objects
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7.02 29-03-2005 HOWTO HTML and PDF version now, more up-to-date contents
WARPIN Self-extracting WarpIn installer supported on OS2
OS2/eCS Added new icons for EXE, scripts and DFSee folder
PART/MAP Allow over 50 partitions per disk and a 1000 total
MENU-fs Fixed 'display files from list' to show filenames
JFS No warning for incorrect PBR GEO (fixed 255/63)
W2KBM Add warnings for 'old DFSee protection' detected
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7.01 21-03-2005 DFSDISK Allow extra superblock search for one filesystem
DFSIBMGR Updated the distributed image to 0F aware version
DFSWIN Works on Windows-NT 4 again (broken in 7.00)
Dialogs Implemented TAB-groups (sets of radio/checkboxes)
FileDlgs Improved FileDialog logic (FileExists, path etc)
FIXPBR -g option fix GEO as well as HS (replaces FIXHS)
FreeDOS Diskette (and CD) now have CDROM drivers and FORMAT
IMAGE Fixed a 'dfs -d- image -V:a' type crash on startup
IMGRAB Automatic post-processing for FIXBPR and BOOTINI
IMGRAB Add -G- and default 255/63 geometry conversion
IMZ2RAW RAW2IMZ wrapper commands to compress/uncompress
Improved filedialogs, default filename, wildcard retrieve
MENU Move all LVM stuff in a new Mode=FDISK submenu
MENU Remove LVM information from a disk (pclear)
MENU FDISK, add HPFS/JFS fast superblock search
MENU fixed item Restore/Compare to Current object
MENU added RAW2IMZ and IMZ2RAW to the Imaging menu
P/S-Geo streamlined display line-format like L-Geo
RESTORE '-S' now takes size to restore from the IMZ header
SIM/WRIM aliases IMAGE and RESTORE added for readability
Sector header display line, always display a CRC value
Startup Auto ReadDiskinfo and open of disk 1 unless -d-
W2KBM Removed extra confirmation & update when OK
BSFIND Added EXT2/REISER superblock search locations
BSFIND Added HPFS/JFS fast superblock search
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7.00 23-02-2005 Version: Official 7.00 major release (regular and SVISTA OEM)
ALLOC Fixed reported allocation percentage large volumes
BMGR Include only partitions from real disks in the menu
CHECK Made SLT refresh the default with every 'CHECK'
CLONE Fixed usage-bug when used by the MOVE command
CLONE, SIM and WRIM, -L option excludes LVM signature area
CMD Add REN and RENAME to the list of trusted commands
CR -M Allow multiple visible primaries while creating
CR -S:n Select a prefered slot-number in new partition-table
DFSDISK Use part -V to show the FS superblock contents too
DFSDISK Fix base-limit bug on read-error causing DFSDISK hang
DIRTY Dirty bit(s) status display and SET for FAT(32)
FAT Display CRC32 over FATs, warn if FATs different
FAT DIR Display/list/count deleted files with the normal ones
FAT DIR Allow damaged FAT area while showing directory info
FIND Honnor -E:i to skip bad-sectors while searching
FIND Fix line-spacing bugs in filefind, delfind etc
FIND Dialog moved to new dfsdgen module
FIND Menu dialog enhanced with Widgets
FIND Added 'AND' argument & throughput
FIND Added 2nd 'AND' search argument & throughput display
HELP Improved PgDn/PgUp to sync on #help item numbers
HELP Improved help in combined File and Prompt dialogs
HPFS CP Fixed display of codepage contents
IM, WRIM Add .hdd/.fdd as default types to open-file dialog
IMGRAB Command alias added for the regular 7.xx DFSee
IMP/EXP Dialog moved to new dfsdgen module
JFS Added superblock #sectors check
LVM -D Avoid change to default p-name in SIG area
LVM -D Enhanced recover from LVM-signature
LVM -D Enhanced recovery of LVM-info from the LVM-sig sector
LVM -n: With part-nr, will set the disk-name if none present
LVM -v- Set BBR to V-deleted = 'available'
LVM DLAT display, correct display of related PID value
LVM etc No needless reread of diskinfo (lvm), saves time!
LVM-BBR Automatic display of BBR sectors with LVM-signature
MBR Recognize V-Comm System Commander
MENU New 'Set LVM geometry to L-Geo'
MENU New 'Delete LVM volume' keep partition intact
MENU Added 6 CLONING items to the menu, using new dialog
MENU Added Edit -> Search string (find)
MENU Added Edit -> Search string (find) to the menu system
MENU New 'Open object to work with' submenu (disk, part etc)
MOUNT + UNMOUNT menu-items added to the File menu
MOUNT Mounts any kind of partionable media (DFSee 'disk')
NEWMBR preserve NT-signature in the MBR (with newmbr -f)
NEWMBR -f:disknr, use MBR code from other disk as template
NTFS Fixed FILEFIND, DELFIND and MFT display of filenames
Output More consistent 0x HEX prefix use
PART -V Echo the executed commands and made generic
PARTINFO added lvmReserved area size field for LVM-sig area
PRITEMS command sets #items todo, for multi-item progress
PTE Dlg Fixed SN/Cylinder text alignment
PTE/LVM Cleaned up 'no changes' messages (less clutter)
RECOVER Fixed crash on invalid NTFS resident-attribute size
RECOVER -u works for normal files as well as deleted ones
RECOVER Translate spaces to underscore in 8dot3 translation
SAVETO + RECOVER updated to support the Linux version too
SIM Dialog moved to new dfsdgen module
SIM added surpress of progress-reporting option -p-
SIM/WRIM add 32bit CRC checking to all compression types
SIM/WRIM add Verbose, debug mode to standard dialog
SIM/WRIM Add open options -DPVI, use in standard dialog
SIM/WRIM Added source select Listbox & HEX format checkbox
SUBFIND 's' on FAT(32) find all 'subdirs from ROOT'
SVGRAB Automatic logging to path+image-name.log file
SVGRAB Avoid using 'newmbr -clean' with grab (less risk)
SVGRAB Force grabbed partitions to visible partition types
SVGRAB Auto-ACTIVE first primary and several bug-fixes
SVGRAB Support LVM-signature area clone and relocation
SVGRAB Added -A advanced option for multi-disk/non-sorted
SVGRAB Route critical error messages to stdout too (for GUI)
SVGRAB Add an fflush for STDOUT Progress using -G switch
SVGRAB Add surpress of progress messages option -m-
SVGRAB Surpress progress output for the for MBR-track
SVGRAB Fixed quoted-string passthrough on argv[] arguments
SVGRAB + SVEXPAND default imagefile extension is now .HDD
Startup Switch -d:max sets number of disks mounted at start
TXWIN Fix program crash on ScreenCols=0, redirected output
TXWIN Fixed moving a ListBox popup Window from Spin-value
TXWIN Add Widget handling to PromptBox/FileDlg dialogs
TXWIN New GROUP Window-US for better autoradio buttons
TXWIN Implemented TXWIDGET handling and generic dialogs
Trace No trace on DFSEETRACE environment var if -l switch
Trace Fixed TRAP on trace timestamping in some situations
UNMOUNT Removes partionable media mapping (DFSee 'disk')
WRIM Better handling and reporting of corrupt imagefiles
WRIM Recover from 1 or 2 bytes missing corruption P#928
WRIM -v Verify IMZ decompression and filehandling (verbose)
WRIM dlg Can do Restore/Verify/Compare now using 'wrim -c'
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6.17 14-12-2004 MENU Add BACKUP/RESTORE partition info items to Mode=FDISK
MENU Set partition -> ACTIVE/HIDDEN/VISIBLE in Mode=FDISK
MENU Complete partition view (part -r -s) added to Display
MENU Display Related sectors N/U/X/T/D/A added to Display
MENU WIPE current sector(s) to ZEROES, for seletive wiping
MENU HPFS find FNODE by PATH for specified file/directory
PRESTORE * restores to SAME disk as file, if extension present
CR -at: Fixed primary partition -at:3f,s exact location bug
MOVE -c NO auto-install of image (DFSIBMGR) over fresh copy
Progress to STDIO only with -G switch on EXE (OEM batch GUI)
SIM Fixed default unit being MiB for the -m:n option
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6.16 24-11-2004 FDISK auto-set commands like 'LVM' now forces a base of 0
FIXBOOT -s, FAT32 force copy spare sectors, even when invalid
FileDlg Fix Linux TxTree/TxTrueName for files > 2Gb
FileDlg Enhanced size/<directory> and fname in footer line
GEO Added new -Sync option and display usage on -?
IM Set correct image size and geometry on open RAW file
LSN New command to display an LSN, specified as mcs-number
LVM / PL Fix BMGR-list in menu-items empty after <Escape>
LVM 1,r Support relative partition numbers to be used
MENU Mode=FAT, fix bootsector, specify sector type (OS)
MENU DFSDISK, try harder, allow alternate geometry input
Output Automatic timestamping when a logfile is active
PART Improved invalid EBR ERROR messages, better reference
PART Added cylinder numbers to many ERROR messages
PART Overlapping partitions changed from warning to ERROR
PART New ERROR reported on multiple links/logicals in EBR
PATH In HPFS and NTFS, fixed incorrect output and trap
Params Updated many commands to allow mcs-number format input
Screen Repaint whole screen on Ctrl-L (Linux standard key)
Startup switch -d- surpresses add physical disks to devicemap
Startup switch -H:[x] sets HEX/DEC default for mcs-numbers
Usage Text standardized for many of the FDISK commands
VREMOVE Reset forced/last geometry for next VIRT disk created
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6.15 05-11-2004 BOOTINI Added '-2' option for 2nd ARC line to be updated too
PT * * Allow multiple partition and multiple disk reporting
PT -r Display PBR and LVM sectors as well as the MBR/EBR
PART -w Fixed warning on multiple ACTIVE on single disk ERROR
PART -w Changed warning on ACTIVE extended to be an ERROR
SIM Added -A for append to an existing (RAW) image
WALK Updated PT-entry display layout, better offset values
WIPESECURE added -f = freespace wipe only, use on filesystems
MENU new Actions-> File and... -> Wipe all sectors in list
MENU new Actions-> Erase, ... -> Wipe all sectors in list
MENU new Actions-> Erase, ... -> SECUREWIPE freespace in FS
MENU new Display-> Other ... -> Part sector(s) view (pt * -r)
MENU new Display-> Sectors for partition -> ... (pt pid)
MENU new Mode=FDISK -> Search partitioning sectors (bsfind)
Linux Fixed crash when using '*' as a program parameter
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6.14 05-10-2004 Linux dfstart, dfsdisk, dfscheck, dfsquick, dfsquery scripts
Linux Fixed clear-screen at startup for non-windowed scripts
DFSDISK Command renamed from 'UNFDISK' for consistency
DFSDISK Documented cmd for 'dfsdisk' procedure (dfscmds.txt)
DFSDISK Made this an 'auto-quit' command for easy scripting
DFSCHECK Run DOxxxx.DFS script on one or all partitions
DFSCHECK Made this an 'auto-quit' command for easy scripting
DFSTEST Script enhanced with display of RAID specific stuff
Keyboard Shift-F1/Shift-F10 now alias for F1/F10 (for Gnome)
LVM Display values on recovery using LVM-signature sect
PART Handle type 0xfd (RAID) just as native Linux (0x83)
PRESTORE Fixed disk-description alignments produced on Linux
VIRT Removed test on .PDx version older than 5.06
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6.13 10-09-2004 DFSee Linux version incorrectly reported as "OS2" (DFS_V)
DFSTEST Script enhanced with a few Linux specific commands
HELP Changed footer-colors in 3D-cmdr scheme to magenta
Key Fixed finding the key in the Linux PATH correctly
MENU Fixed Exit/Speed-w entries missing in Linux version
MENU Linux-device description added to Part/disk lists
MAP Removed extra '/dev/' from top line of MAP display
PTE/LVM Fixed inconsistent Mode=xxx after executing command
QUERY Fixed traps on several values when 0 disks accessible
Screen Fixed garbage windows borders in Linux version (xterm)
Screen Fixed garbage line-drawings when running non-windowed
VOL Fixed size problem in non-Linux (bug in 6.12 only)
VOL Fixed base problem in DFSDOS version (like vol A:)
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6.12 05-09-2004 DFSEE Linux executable, release candidate new in distribution
DEV Alias for "vol" cmd, show device mount info on Linux
MENU "Open device to work with" for Linux (not "volume")
PSAVE change all .PDx file extensions to lowercase for Linux
RUN Fixed SCRIPT handling for CR/LF on Linux
SETBOOT Implemented automatic reboot for Linux
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6.11 25-08-2004 DEVMAP Display device abstraction layer, disk numbers, names
HELP Fixed available sector types display ('???' command)
PART Fix a hang for bootsectors with invalid bytes/sector
PTEdit Partition description matches the selected one now
RECOVER Force unique filename on NTFS damaged MFT records
RECOVER Fixed recovery of zero-sized files for FAT/HPFS/NTFS
RECOVER Fixed path+filename exceeding > 260 char problems
RESIZE Made reboot/CHKDSK and NTFS messages more explicit
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6.10 27-07-2004 CMDLINE Ctrl-Right/Left will now scroll text window correctly
CR -F option to set the ACTIVE flag in partion table entry
F and B fixed 'distance' parameter on forward/backward
FI New command to list single SSN value (list -f)
FIND Show correct progress from LSN-0 (delfind -c)
H and A allow .NNN from sector list as sector number
Hex-num allow valid Hexadecimal SN without leading 0
LIST fixed 'Unidentified types' on non-file sectors
LVM Recover LVM-info from LVM signature sector if found
LVM Dont recalculate VolumeId if explicit -lvmvid option
LVM New lvmpid, lvmvid, lvmdid and lvmbid options
LVM Update LVM-signature sector size/PSN values on -s
MENU add 'Actions .. Move/Copy to freespace area'
MENU add 'Display -> Base, LSN first..last'
MENU add 'File -> Open Freespace area (base)'
MENU Added MOVE to end/begin in a size/move submenu
MOVE added explicit 'reboot required' message at completion
MOVE parameter handling implemented for -e -b and -f
MOVE -A option to avoid alignment of KiB/MiB offset values
MOVE -C- Do not COPY partition contents, partition tables only
MOVE -b Add NO-ABORT warning on overlapping logical-partition
MOVE -c when LVM present will mangle LVM names/ids/letter
MOVE -f -e:* will move/copy to the END of freespace
PART Added sequence numbers for multiple partition LVM volume
PART -q More compact display, using less display lines
Ptable Show DFSee-PID in Ptable display (DISK, WALK, PL cmd)
PL & LVM Correct use of . or -d to use the 'current' disk
PL LVMS Show DFSee-PID in Info, Sign and DriveLink displays
PL LVMS Fixed display of LVM fake-EBR sector (relocation)
PT [pid] Display partition table for current or specified pid
REG-key Show possibly incorrect system date when key seems bad
RESIZE add 'CHKDSK required' message popup when done
RESIZE set HPFS filesystem to DIRTY forcing a CHKDSK
SBVIEW F3 with focus at text window changes to command line
Startup avoid auto-quit on a 'dfsxxx virt' command
VOL -f- required to exclude floppies, -f is now the default
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6.09 14-06-2004 LIST FAT added '-I -C' combo and '-X' option to list EAs
ALLOC on HPFS, warning on invalid bitmap position in table
ALLOC on HPFS, fix bitmap cache handling on read errors
DFSCHECK and other commands added to 'external' warning-list
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6.08 05-06-2004 S2CL New command that translates LSN to Cluster value
CL2S New command that translates Cluster to LSN value
PROFILE run at startup, found in EXE-dir or PATH now too
CHECK on FAT, fixed 'exceeds XSIZE' errors on FAT > 1GiB
LIST Added header texts for single line type displays
LIST HPFS, add location value for Files (data sector)
LIST NTFS, add location value for Files (data sector)
LIST Fat, add location or EA index/data sector/Cluster
WARNINGs for BMGR only given when real BMGR is present
WALK Fixed recognition of EBRs containing garbage code
RECOVER 'LIST -f' on FAT, use LSN of 1st sector in Cluster
TRACE Enabled TRACE command for all versions (retail)
SCHEME Changed blinking title/footer in 3D-Commander scheme
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6.07 25-05-2004 FAT-DIR Correct display of damaged/deleted LFN entries
BOOTINI on FAT16 corrected searching the root directory
SIM/WRIM and RUN, allow DOTs in a file-path (but not filename)
LVM and LVMSHOW will not change the selected disk
PLIST will not change the selected disk anymore
LVM/CR -J option allows recovery of JFS volume information
HPFSinit improved SUPER and SPARE-block bad sector handling
PART Improved bad sector handling in reading bootsectors
BOOTINI Fix index for unsorted primary partition tables
BOOTINI RC equal to calculated index when index is incorrect
FIND '-n', start search in NEXT sector, not current one
Schemes Set default output text window colors on scheme change
FILEDLG Fixed missing file extension on select from list
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6.06 16-05-2004 MENU Added 'Find normal/deleted files' to Mode=FAT menu
FILEFIND for FAT(32) allow 'name.ext' and '*.ext' name syntax
FIND New M for 'multi' option, finds multiple hits/sector
FILEFIND for FAT(32) find files by (partial) name or extension
DELFIND for FAT(32) find all deleted files (no RECOVER yet)
FAT(32) much better recognition of valid DIRectory sectors
BOOTINI display/fix Windows default BOOT entry on FAT or NTFS
MENU Added BOOT.INI display and fix to Mode=NTFS/FAT menus
query EXE-switch now automatically creates 'dfsquery.log'
FINDROOT and FIND now use std status-line progress indicator
PART Filter non-printable characters from labels and names
REG-key Permanent key will NOT expire (until year 2222 :-)
Alt+m key, starts interactive moving and resizing of window
Alt+c key, starts interactive change of window scheme/color
SET scheme/style/color set color scheme and style values
MENU New 'Select window color scheme' in settings menu
MENU Added '_' caption on menu-bars for monochrome scheme
MENU Changed submenu arrow to '»' (Linux compatibility)
COLORS command will display the 256 available output colors
CHARSET command will show the complete ASCII character set
CBOXES command draws several box shapes to show linedrawing
Startup Default scheme now '3D Grey' with blue output screen
Startup -scheme switch sets windowing color scheme
Startup -style switch sets windowing border line style
Startup -color switch sets output text buffer colors
DFSDOS Added 'keyb xx' command for foreign keyboard layout
DFSDOS Made ANSI probing invisible in normal usage
RUN -P option accepts path or wildcard for open-file DLG
Bootable CD/Diskette menu includes a 'run (recovery) script'
Bootable CD/Diskette menu includes an automatic DFSDISK and
DFSCHECK procedure, with output to ZIP on diskette
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6.05 06-04-2004 LVM -n Update/sync DiskID values together with DiskNames
RETRIES on bad sectors, default NO-RETRY now (-A:1)
DFSTART Updated references to DFSUNFD to new DFSDISK naming
MENU Text for BMGR timeout 0 changed to "no timeout"
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6.04 02-04-2004 DFSCHECK CMD/BAT script to 'CHECK' all partitions, with log
DFSCPART CMD/BAT script to 'CHECK' one partition, with log
DFSDISK* Renamed DFSUNFD* scripts for better readability
SET Added 'PEDantic' keyword to switch pedantic ON/OFF
DISK -r Detailed ext-int13 info in pedantic mode (-p switch)
MENU Added EXT2/3 and REISER to the Mode= menu selection
MENU Add 'Read-only, no changes allowed' item in File menu
MENU Add 'Make THIS partition active' to Mode=xxx menus
MENU Add 'Delete THIS partition' to various Mode= menus
MENU Add 'BootManager Default' to Edit menu
MENU Add 'BootManager Timeout' to Edit menu
MENU Add 'Erase, wipe Freespace-area' to Actions menu
MENU Add 'SECURE wipe current object' to Actions menu
WIPESECURE new command implementing DoD spec secure wiping
WIPE Added 'r' param for RANDOM pattern (DoD spec wipe)
REISER Added basic recognition module and rudimentary mode
EXT2/3 Added basic recognition module and rudimentary mode
HPFS/FAT Fixed display garbage bug in Fnode/Alloc functions
CREATE Dialog, set 'clear bootsector' checkbox default OFF
LVM Accept '-menu' alias for the existing '-m' option
LVM New 'Change LVM diskname' menu item in Edit menu
PART Moved 'active' marker to PID column for readability
Compiler WATCOM license notices added to 'about' help text
Compiler changed to Watcom 1.30, for Linux version development
LOG new -r option, flush on every output fragment (slow)
CLONE Use HEX partition type in store-descriptions
PART Updated Linux native type descriptions and identify
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6.03 11-02-2004 FreeDOS Update DSK and ISO to add bootmenu to skip UDMA driver
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6.02 03-02-2004 FileDlg Avoid returning garbage name on 'Not ready' condition
CREATE New -Clear option to wipe bootsec with 0xF6 pattern
FAT-FS Improved error reporting on FAT-structure problems
MENU Add Change partition type in the Mode=FDISK menu
MENU Add a ChangeCurrentDir dialog to UNFDISK selections
MBR Recognize I13X capability AirBOOT for BMGR warnings
OS2-EXE Upgraded to latest LxLite 1.33 Executable packer
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6.01 13-01-2004 MENU Action pulldown, change 'IMAGE to raw/compr file(s)'
FS NTFS Fixed crash on FS-init when bootsector unreadable
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6.00 12-01-2004 CLONE Do not show confusing store-numbers on confirmations
MENU New 'Allocation and SLT identify' item in list actions
RECOVER Fix aborting after a single-failure and "continue"
SIM/WRIM Support removable media changing with option '-Media'
SIM limited size multiple file support with '-m:mb' option
MENU Add "Display from list" to FS menus; long descriptions
SPEED Command and menu-item for RO and RW speed measurement
Autodrop switch -M:2 disables automatic opening of pulldowns
MENU Added W2KBM command to FDISK menu 'Protect IBM BMGR'
WRIM Added DFSee header recognition for multiple files
SIM Added multi file logic and DFSee specific header
SIM Added RLE compressed empty sectors, max 1:8000 ratio
STORE Added partition type value to description (for CLONE)
EXPAND Error-message when maximum-size smaller than current
PART No test HiddenSectors field in FDISK mode, no rc=207
SUBMENU Added drive-letter & Pri/Log type to partition menus
DF5EE Updated binary 'signatures' in templates to ver 6.00
SIM Smart-use imaging with -S option, only in-use sectors
CR MENU Freespace list in physical order and disknumber added
PART No HiddenSector warnings on unformatted partitions
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6.ß5 18-12-2003 Startup Avoid popups for not ready drives (OS/2 + WIN version)
MENU Refresh volume submenu with <F7> (removable A: etc)
DFSIMAGE Rephrased error-text for incorrect parameters
FIXHS Fix 'HiddenSectors' field in bootsec, match Part-table
FILEDLG Highlight title on focus for entryfield and volumelist
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6.ß4 15-12-2003 MENU AutoMenu does NOT drop pulldown, keeps screen visible
MENU New '-M' switch so right-arrow does not open submenus
MENU Fix 'double pulldowns' bug when only menubar is shown
MENU Support first-letter quick-key to select menu-headers
MENU Add 'Recover from list' item to FAT/HPFS/NTFS menus
MENU New menu text UNFDISK 'Find (lost) partitions, fast'
MENU Completed implementation for the 'newmbr -c' menu-item
Dialogs F4 functionkey made equivalent to [OK], ending dialog
Dialogs Button colors set to yellow on grey for readability
FILEDLG Support multiple letter quick-select on DIR/File lists
FILEDLG Keep current-dir on volume-select, no change to root
FILEDLG Do not copy filename from list when just tabbing
FILEDLG Fixed refresh volumelist for new floppy/network drives
FILEDLG Fixed getting help with <F1> help on volumelist field
FILEDLG FileSaveAs now copies basename only, no extension
FILEDLG FileSaveAs now starts with empty filename field
FILEDLG and PART much faster now with disconnected LAN drives
CLONE Fixed partition deselect bug AFTER clone/wipe etc
CLONE Disable 'Clone disk' menu-item if base sector not zero
CD Fixed CD command and 'Change working directory' menu
CRITERR No DOS Abort, Retry, Ignore messages, but auto 'FAIL'
CDROM Changed bootable CDROM to use FreeDOS instead of DrDOS
PART Explicit WARNING when HiddenSectors field is incorrect
PART xx Verbose message on HiddenSectors versus partitiontable
RECOVER Make the current-DIR default for FileSaveAs (not A:\)
RECOVER Esc from File-Dialog or Wildcard prompt now aborts cmd
RESIZE Fixed FAT max-size (could result in 1 cyl freespace)
SCRIPTS Added DFSQREXX.CMD example query script in REXX (OS2)
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6.ß3 27-11-2003 CREATE Fixed EBR size/end-cylinder BUG ('extends beyond ..')
PART Fixed size display .031 MiB value in 'part -n -e'
MENU Made menu-scrolling wrap-around at first and last
MENU Added ZEROFREE to clear unused sectors in filesystem
MENU Added 'change LVM diskname' to the Mode=FDISK menu
MENU Grouped imaging menu-items in a submenu under Actions
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6.ß2 20-11-2003 VOL/MENU file-dialog, fixed volume access for DFSDOS version
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6.ß1 19-11-2003 EXPAND command and menu-item for NTFS, FAT and HPFS
Resize possible from the menu, with new size prompt
MENU Added 'Change working directory' for output
Startup Added 'reading volume/partition info' message
PART Show allocation-map on partition selected with '-a'
MENU Added "Current opened .." store display
MENU Added special Windows-KBD keys for OS/2 only
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5.56 25-01-2004 EXE Fixed registration expiry, moved to year 2012 now
MENU Completed implementation of 'newmbr -c' menu-item
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5.55 06-11-2003 PTE Fixed all of the checkboxes to be functional again
MENU CR Fixed trap when just one disabled freespace area
PART Use 'Disk/Virt' as default diskName prefix, not D/V
MENU disk/part CLONE items now enabled for virtual disks
MENU Added confirmation to reboot from the File menu
CLONE Added -Merge option, skip writing for bad sectors
QUERY Added several new items for auto-RESIZE preparation
TxWin Fixed 'shadow-only' no-title minimized windows
TxWin Fixed trap with <Enter) on an empty FileDialog list
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5.54 31-10-2003 MENU Added 'Create new partition' to the mode=FDISK' menu
MENU Added display Raw partition info (walk disk tables)
MENU Added 'Create default LVM info (VCU)' to FDISK menu
MENU Added 'Recover files from list' to Action->list menu
MENU Added CHECK of filesystem for HPFS, NTFS and FAT
MENU Added reboot to selected OS partition (setboot)
MENU Sector Lookup Table display for HPFS, NTFS and FAT
MENU Added Identify sector; HPFS, NTFS and FAT, using SLT
MENU Added parameter specification for a script being RUN
CREATE Added interactive dialog to specify most properties
FIND Changed progress indicator to include percentage done
CHECK NTFS Bad-MFT-Fixup recognition, continue checking
QUERY Added Minimum and Grabable partition size for resize
RECOVER Use SelDirFileDialog to specify the destination DIR
progress indicators, format now 'xxxx of yyyy Done (nn.n%)'
SAVETO Fixed cmd-loop on bad sectortype currently selected
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5.52 05-10-2003 MENU Added menubar with pull-downs for most DFSee commands
TxWin Added blue background and SHADOW casting for popups
TxWin Implemented standard FileDialog for open and save-as
TxWin Implemented accelerator keys as shortcuts to menus
TxWin Implemented Minimize, Maximize and Restore for windows
PART Added 'Linux' as EXT2/SWAP creator name in the table
GEO Refresh diskinfo after command, to make GEO active
PART -w Better descriptions for DFSDOS 'beyond disk' warnings
SIM WRIM Made -? help text more specific and to the point
VOL IM Added -? help and new -f option for VOL command
DFSUNFD Fixed right disk-selection after ALLOC command
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5.26 01-09-2003 FIXBOOT for HPFS now I13X aware. For LVM systems like eCS/MCP
avoids some of the "blinking-cursor" and the dreaded
"cannot operate your harddisk" failures on booting.
FIXBOOT -? style help added for HPFS/FAT/JFS/NTFS filesystems
FIXBOOT Improved re-display of partition bootsector when done
FIXBOOT for HPFS added set-bootdrive letter for bootable ones
LVM Minor textual updates to make it more consistent
MBR Recognize 2nd Iomega ZIP MBR boot code variant
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5.25 08-08-2003 DFSee Implemented /HELP and /QUERY long-name switches
DFSQUERY New .BAT and .CMD script to show/log DFSee query
TxWin Allow '/' and '-' for EXE-level switch character
PART New -L and -L- options, for preferred drive-letters
PART Show LVM preferred letters if different from actual
RESIZE Enhanced 'resulting part' display, fixed select bug
PART/FAT Fixed 'empty disk' FAT syndrome on LVM created FAT
SIM/WRIM/WIPE better confirmation text with target description
CLONE Added source and target sizes to confirmation text
PL LVM Show CHS value for start and end sector location
PART/MAP Show LVM/JFS multiple warning for type 35 only
PART/MAP Changed "WARNING not formatted" to be a major warning
Popups Fixed hang on <F12> collapsed windows and down-arrow
WRIM Fixed opening/finding imagefiles larger than 2 GiB
DFS*.TXT Minor updates to several documentation files
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5.24 25-07-2003 QUERY With no parameters, show compact partition list
DIRFIND, FILEFIND added proper -? style help text
DFSee -B- switch to surpress banner logo with copyright
PART -S Use double-line spacing with -s or -C format
PART -C Compact (space) separated list for email/newsgroups
LVM Allow -n without -d or with -d:* (to set name on all)
LVM Restrict to 19 char names, shorten too long ones
PART Warnings on LVM 20-char names and consistency issues
FIXEXT Added -all option, better confirmation message
PART/MAP Show bootsector read errors but continue reading
MAP Fixed trap on 0 cylinder geo or narrow screen
PTE Fixed trap on "dfsos2 pte -d:2", no info read yet
PART/MAP Show INT13 details if -p (pedantic) switch is used
PTE Indicate changes and refresh info on the screen
BMP -d -? help; Fixed display for other disk, disk param
TxWin Fixed window-paint bug with large usage text (DFSWIN)
PART/MAP Minor update to geo displays, allow 3-digit S:255=
W2KBM Refresh DFSee-cache after fix, removes the warning
STORE Fixed text for virtuals (used in CLONE/IMAGE etc)
DISK/MAP OS/2 2.xx and Windows-NT-4 MBR code recognized now
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5.23 24-06-2003 PART Detect 3 different versions of BMGR: FDISK/I13X/LVM
PART Format "none" = unformatted, "unknown" = unrecognized
PART -w Minor warning for IBM BMGR when it is not W2K protected
Startup of DFSee or DFSUNFD/DFSTART scripts use "FDISK -m" now
DFSIBMGR Fixed bug for disk other than 1, allow different name
PART Warning when MBR or BMGR has no I13X while required
TYPE Types 0x8a/8e/a8/ab/bb/fa/fb/fc/fd now recognized
TYPE XOSL bmgr 0x78 type recognized now (in PART cmd too)
LVM -n Do not update disk/sector if it is no LVM-sector yet
LVM -c Skip CRC update for non-LVM sectors (non-LVM partitions)
PART -s Added display of (old) BMGR-name, even when "--> LVM"
CHECK Does not set RC to #errors anymore, better for scripts
DISK/MAP Added System Commander MBR code recognition / display
PART/MAP Display INT13 1023 cylinder limit with the '-m' option
SET Added "set ASC 7/8" for 7-bit or 8-bit ascii output
TxWin Updated codepage-437/850 compatibility for TxWindows
TxWin Refined Windows NT/W2K/XP version if no servicepacks
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5.22 16-06-2003 DFSUNFD Support eCS 1.1 for all .CMD scripts (caused error 23)
DELETE Automatic removal of LVM-info entry unless -L- is used
LVM -c Show and remove obsolete LVM-info entries for primaries
FIXCHS Support use IBM/PQ/MS dummy-CHS styles, updated msgs
PART Label shows LVM I13X or FDISK MaxCyl:1023 type BMGR
WALK Display the IBM/PQ/MS/BAD CHS style indicator
PTE pid Fixed selection using a high pid value, seen as SN
PART -w More specific 'NO active' warnings, 1st-disk/any-disk
TxLib Global rename everything to TxLibrary definitions
TxLib Fix centering of title/help text on narrow windows
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5.21 03-06-2003 PART Show non-LVM BMGR bootable with 0x05 (installable)
Register Fixed expiry-at-end-of-month bug for evaluation
LVM/PTE Updated the dialogs for MiB versus Mb usage
PART -w Less alarming INT13 related warnings, single line now
SIM Added compressed filesize reporting, error and finish
Display Change all 4-digit values to float-point XiB type
LVMinfo Fixed display after read errors to see remaining info
Display Changed all Kb/Mb/Gb to KiB/MiB/GiB (IEEE 1541 / IEC)
VIRT Show new disk table after automatic prestore/import
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5.20 24-05-2003 BSFIND Added -? option for short help and usage text
SIM/WRIM Improved error handling in DOS version
VIRT Automatic listdata "IMPORT -d" using PRESTORE basename
SCAN Fixed reporting of number of bad sectors and error msg
Display Consistent use and increased accuracy of Mb/Kb numbers
LVMinfo PSN values in decimal too, to compare to LVM /startlog
LVM PID specified now overrules -p for partition selection
NEWMBR Added alternative -d[:disk] option plus -? usage help
recover Added "never run again" warning on recovery scripts
DFSUNFD Added extra "part -s" to have decimal values available
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5.19 05-05-2003 CREATE Added -A option to "create as" another partition
PTE Fixed display of almost empty entries (just a type)
RESIZE Added explicit warning about resizing bootable NTFS
ALLOC Fixed reported minimum size for FAT (missed some EOF)
OS/2 Fixed trap in "check" command for some systems (I hope)
DELETE Fixed invalid MBR on delete of last logical using 0x0F
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5.18 04-05-2003 DFSUNFD New example RECOVER2.DFS and sample 3 in DFSUNFD.TXT
PART Support nn,r relative PID syntax to select partitions
DELETE Support for -d:D and -p:P,r relative PID (for scripts)
PART Added DELL utility partition type; updated W2K LDM
PART/MAP Fixed Linux device name when logicals in wrong order
MBRcode Added another GRUB MBR variant to be recognized
Errors Added store-description to many reported errors
ABOUT Added OS-version info, inluding OS/2 kernel revision
Startup Warning if DFSWIN used on Win9x/WinME virtual DosBox
Startup Warning for DFSDOS on Windows or OS2 virtual DosBox
Startup Warning if DFSDOS used on DOS with a memory manager
DFSTART Added presence-check for all required DFSee files
DFSTART Added write-permission check for current directory
DFSUNFD Added write-permission check for current directory
display Changed cylinder text 'C:' to 'Cyl' for readability
Alt-F12 Switch output buffer color: NORMAL - BRIGHT - INVERT
HELP -? Added for use with the commands SET, SETANSI and TRACE
EXE New '-C:2' switch on .EXE sets bright FG colors only
SET 'SCREEN BRIGHT' will set bright FG color only
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5.17 02-04-2003 MAP Added Linux-device names and disk numbers
MAP Fixed Freespace name display for small areas
AUTOBASE Set sane limits when no valid superblock found
FIXSUPER Create/recalculate HPFS superblock (-r option)
DIRMAP HPFS allocation percentage fixed in all displays
PART Added Linux /dev/hda1 style device names
HELP -? SCAN MEM SAVETO IMPORT EXPORT DELWIPE RECOVER
PSAVE Fixed clipped registration text in file headers
LOG Add '-7-' for 8-bit ASCII logfile (default 7-bit)
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5.16 24-03-2003 FDISK Add '-?' help to several commands in FDISK mode
CR Allow MAC DDM in MBR sector and partition maps
FDISK Display MAC DDM & partition maps when in MBR
CREATE No cyl-alignment fixup for exact nnnn,s sizes!
PTE Fixed 'smart' updates and field update on ENTER
PTE Fixed dialog & field positioning on larger screen
FAT32 Avoid giant CHECK output for damaged partitions
Screen Avoid popup-window corruption by status text line
DFS*.TXT Documentation update for consistent store naming
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5.15 10-03-2003 HELP Rearranged help texts on <F1> to be more helpful
FINDROOT Fixed for HPFS, had been broken since version 5.01
DFSee Use 32-bit cylinder (CHS) values, up to 2TiB disk
VOL Fixed reading/writing with DFSDOS (DFSIMGA.BAT)
FAT Fixed DIR display at cluster 0 (allocation error)
PTE/LVM Avoid direct recursion (F6 or F8 from the dialog)
PTE Support scrolling text window while dialog is up
PTE Fixed logical PgDn/PgUp hang on empty Part-tables
PTE Use decimal numbers by default; settings stick now
screen Alt-F12, and "-C" switch invert text window colors
CREATE Fixed conflict with -t:type and -I:image options
DFSWIN Fixed window update on large console (scroll-bars)
status Display currently executing mode and command string
PART Made 'active logical' a minor warning only
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5.14 23-02-2003 PTEdit Minor fix of obscured text in the dialog window
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5.13 22-02-2003 PTEdit Full function interactive partition table editor
PART Warnings for zero or too many active partitions
PART Warnings for extended partition marked active
PART Warning for partitions that overlap the previous
BSFIND Improved output, no separate 'list -s' needed
ABOUT Added more info (OpenWatcom), uses dialog window
TxWin Better support for large and overlapping windows
WRIM Fixed write to a volume in OS/2 version (DFSIMGA)
scripts Fixed bad 'PART $*' syntax (DFSUNFD and DFSQUICK)
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5.12 29-01-2003 TRACE Added -r for close/reopen log on each line (flush)
DOS32A Tuned stacks, buffers and message display (quiet)
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5.11 28-01-2003 WALK Added -? usage help to the DISK and WALK command
PART All options using standard syntax '-' now, not '+'
BSFIND Included the FAT32 spare-sectors in the search
PART Check for illegal backward or looping EBR links
PART Check for invalid partition table entries
TRACE Added logfile-only, -screen and -timestamp options
WALK Detect illegal backward or looping EBR links
UI/SLT Higher memory limits (requires 15 MB avail memory)
CR Current disk (-d) is now default, -d- is all disks
LIST Make -l- the default with -d (to list directories)
LIST Use standard option syntax with '-' instead of '+'
VIRT Open new created virtual disk unless -o- is given
CL Fixed recognition of 'CL' and 'SET' (FDISK switch)
CREATE Fixed a trap on "100,t" type size specification
DFSDOS Added DOS32A DOS-extender (D32) and version string
TP/UI Support scroll buffer output 'behind' popup windows
TRACE Functional tracing to logfile and/or screen (debug)
DFSUNFD Added 'all' sector search on first 8 Gb in all cases
DFSINFO Updated for changed 'part' option syntax and run cmd
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5.10 14-01-2003 LVM Opt -R + support USB-memory-sticks (1 sect/track)
LVMSHOW Use -R option on LVM to avoid creation of LVM info
SIM/WIPE Cleanup of . $ .NNN and 'this' symbolic values
CLONE Use 0xFE as bad sector pattern (eye-catcher)
DFSee <F12> collapses desktop/scroll-buffer window
FATSIM Added -z option for .IMZ compressed FAT images
PART Added FreeBSD/OpenBSD OEM/format to table display
GEO Fixed rare errors on OS2/DOS with forced geometry
SETTYPE Made 4th parameter (old type) optional again
WIPE New "z" as zero-pattern shortcut parameter
PRESTORE Added more detail to all confirmation dialogs
PART/MAP Fix logical/wasted freespace text display
VIRT Allow .PDX files older than 5.06 to be used
SETBOOT Using more detailed confirmation dialogs
DFSTART Changed default base-filename to DFSTARTX.*
DFSUNFD Fixed special cases GEO and ALL parameters
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5.09 02-01-2003 LVM Fixed addition of (delete) in LVM dialog screen
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5.08 01-01-2003 DFSUNFD Improved progress reporting and error handling
RUN Find .DFS scripts in exe-directory or on the PATH
Main EXE return value in range 0..254 (for DOS batch)
Startup Fine tuning of logo, about text and registration
WALK Improved bad MBR/EBR detection and warning message
SIM/WRIM Speedup when using compression (up to 2x faster!)
CR Don't allow 0x00 type, new type 0xDF=DFSee-TMP
Many mcs-numbers now accept GiB, KiB, Heads and Track units
LVM Add warning when creating a new LVM/JFS partition
Dialogs More info on DELETE/START/SETA/SETTYPE/FAT2OS/PCLEAR
PART Fixed disknumber display for more than 10 disks
PART/MAP Changed freespace naming for better readability
PART/MAP Added diskname to display, LVM or DFSee-generated
FDISK Recognize sectors cleared with 0xF6 pattern
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5.07 12-12-2002 DFSUNFD Optimized further by using DFSUNFD.DFS native script
DFSUNFD Fixed abort on unregistered versions (no dfsee.key)
LVM Fix to get an unique PartitId with basePSN + disknr
PART Display type 0x44 as Adaptec-GoBack/Restore (Win-ME)
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5.06 05-12-2002 SETBOOT Fixed access-violation in DFSWIN.EXE on rebooting
PART -c or '+c' or '++c' performs CHECK on each partition
LVM -D forces default values to be used (delete existing)
FIND Fixed UNICODE search when using the -u[:str] option
LVM Renamed from LVMSET + cleanup of code and docs
VCU Clear old info and generate new default LVM info
SETTYPE Use smart FAT sector type assign 01/04/06/0b/0c
LVMSET JFS signature sectors are now updated (name/letter)
LVMSET -d:disknr works with more options and parameters
LVMSET speedup of single partition work, removed iterator
LVMSET * operates on ALL partitions (or all on one disk)
Commands -Q option suppresses all output for this command
MAP Display textual warning if MBR is unreadable
CREATE -L option for automatic LVMSET after create
CREATE Use smart FAT sector type assign 01/04/06/0b/0c
LVMSET -c -d -n option: CRC and diskname update
LVMSET -V option, request default new volume name
FDISK almost modeless, commands work from all FS modes
NTFS fixed Init bug with MFT 'inconsistent structure'
LVMSET activated by the F8 function-key, start dialog
ALLOC show the partition MAP when in FDISK mode
LVMSET Added 'sync start/size' checkbox to dialog window
TRANS WARNING on illegal head/sect numbers being used
LVMSET -P option/switch forces dialogs to be default
LVMSET Added specific interactive dialog for update
DFSREAD Clear buffer to zeroes on read errors
VIRTUAL fixed trap for bad .PDx geometry values
Commands restructured code for addition of dialogs/menus
Startup Run the native profile.dfs script when present
CLONE Reduced amount of screen output before confirm
MODE Set display size and windowing dynamically
RESIZE Automatic execution of LVMSET after resize
DISK Add 2nd German Warp-4 version to MBR list
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5.05 11-11-2002 RESIZE Allow resize of UNKNOWN filesystems (with warning)
FAT2OS FIXBOOT fixed OEM-name for OS/2 bootsector on FAT
EDIT Activate with F2 and Alt-E/A/U/H for prompted edit
EDIT automatic write back (prompted) unless -w- option
WRITE new confirmation and new -at:sn option/prompt
HPFS changed text "boot code area" to "micro-FSD"
CLONE Fixed order of to/from in confirmation dialog
NTFS Support partition/file sizes up to 2048 GB
NTFS Fix IMG extent-display (when no bootsector present)
DFSee Added functions for HUGE size display (> 4GB)
NTFS Accept partially corrupted MFT records
SIM/WRIM -First and -size options instead of arguments
WIPE -First, -size and -Prompt options
FILEFIND Find dir-entry for file(s) on FAT filesystem
SUBFIND Find subdirectories sectors (. and ..) on FAT
DFSee Removed all DOS16 specific code preparing for menus
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5.04 26-10-2002 Read: -A: switch, number of read-attempts (retry on error)
DFSee -O: switch, Output Normal, Verbose, Quiet or Maximum
DFSee -E: switch, ignore, quit or confirm generic errors
CLONE -E: option, ignore, quit or confirm on read errors
SIM: -E: option, ignore, quit or confirm on read errors
DISK: Windows-98 added to MBR list
DFSTART Allow one-digit sequence number for resulting files
DFSUNFD Use -data option on export to save important sectors
IMPORT: new -data option, reads sector contents from a file
EXPORT: new -data option, saves sector contents to a file
DISK: VirtualPC, DRDOS, MSDOS 6.22-NL, Win-XP in MBR list
CA: Fixed MFT/FNODE allocation check display
VIRT: automatic filename.PDx template extension for init
DISK: Linux GRUB boot loader in MBR list
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5.03 01-10-2002 DFSTART Allow a '-Q' switch to stop session automatically
DISK: Added Warp 4 English and German to recognized MBRs
CHECK: Allow check on volumes when already selected
VOL: Minor updates, analyse FAT32 trap
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5.02 22-09-2002 NEWMBR std code now I13X capable, error messages in English
NEWMBR -I option to load MBR boot code image from a file
CREATE -I option for initialization image from a file
PART Support -t- option, to suppress display of table
PART Display one line MBR descriptions with '-m' option
DISK Display MBR description for well-known MBR boot code
PART Mark partitions without LVM info as "--No-LVM-info-
VIRTUAL fixed geometry bug on VRE/VIRTUAL iterations
VIRTUAL automatic PRESTORE to VIRTUAL using .PDx file
VMAKE use VIRTUAL as a more readable synonym
VSTAT show usage and R/W status for all virtual disks
CHECK fine tuning of the allocation progress-bar sizes
PREST no sector confirmation, when using the "-c-" option
FINDCP stop search after 1st CP found, unless "-All" option
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5.01 10-09-2002 PART LVM 'bootable' indicator for non-volume partition
PART Add warning on multiple extended container
PART Fix CHS warnings for logical outside container
ALLOC Fixed FAT alloc display trap on empty partition
CREATE Fixed CHS for sectors >= 64 on CREATE
DISK Add warning on sectors/track >= 64
DISK Force extended Int13 use on GEO cyl >= 1024 with -I-
DISK Display 'deleted' partentry too (type == 0)
DISK ext-int13 data to EDD 3.0 spec and -I- sw
Display Non-windowed, no status on last cmd and -Q
MAP Fixed map -g to show geometry again
SETBOOT Auto 'show' on SETBOOT change, fix warning
WRIM Fixed WRIM write bufsize on compressed data (BUG!)
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5.00 05-08-2002 DFSDOS 32-bit DOS extended version, full function
FIXBOOT Fixed FAT FIXBOOT for OS2/MSDOS/IBMDOS bootsector
DIRFIND fixed finding files for FAT32 partitions
CHECK added statusline progress and progress-bar
COMP new command to compare partitions, images and disks
Status progress on statusline for long-running commands
Option -b for buffer size SCAN/SIM/WRIM/CLONE/COMP/WIPE
SCAN Improved SCAN speed and use new progress display
CHECK fixed HPFS codepage errors and various FAT problems
SLT allow 400.000 files / 300 GB HPFS in DOS version
DELFIND fixed logfile-format on FILEFIND/DELFIND command
FS allow specific modes like FAT16 or FAT32
LOG support resuming previous logfile with 'log .'
QUERY fixed 'query fv/fp/fl' values
CHECK allow checking volumes too, not just partitions
Added <Esc> check to multicmd to avoid DFSUNFD problems
New registration format and name for 5.xx: dfsee.key
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H I S T O R Y 4 . X X
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4.28 08-07-2002 NTFS initialization, avoid infinite loop on damaged MFT
PART autoPid, previous partition selectable as 'part 0'
CREATE autoPid, created partition selectable as 'part 0'
CREATE use '-d:disknr' on autoshow commands that end in '-r'
PART new '-d:disknr' restricts output to a single disk
PART new '-?' option or '?' parameter will display usage
RESIZE textual updates; fixed -max limit rounding bug
LVMSET easy navigation using 'd' and 'x' commands afterwards
LVMSET now has an LVMSHOW alias and shows size in MB too
LVMSET added -s option to synchronize size & LSN values
LVMSET allow -v- and -p- to delete volume and partition name
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4.27 24-06-2002 DFSIPART.CMD/BAT new script to create/restore partition images
CREATE -o option for automatic open partition after create
DIRFIND add -l:wildcard option to list files automatically
VOL better BASE size determination (OS/2) for imaging
WRIM better warning on imagefile being too small
RESIZE '-m' option resizes to the partition size (expand)
RESIZE is now a synonym for TRUNC, and the preferred name
DIRFIND fixed parsing for the path parameter to make it work
FINDBASE HPFS, set correct base END value as well as start
PART added new XPLDM type for Win-XP Logical Volume Manager
WIPE changed default pattern from 'DfsWiped' to zeroes
TRUNC support resize to a LARGER size, up to partition size
MAP new '-g' option to force geo display (at startup)
Several source updates for WATCOM port (version 5.0 beta :-)
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4.26 09-06-2002 SETLET etc, explicit warning dialogs on Win2000/XP and more
TYPE fixed trap for displaying a range of system types
reset pending 'abort' status for non-windowed use (trace)
BATCH command reintroduced for non-DOS, useful with scripts
PART some fixes allowing stable operation up to 80 partitions
MAP fixed bad output and traps on more than 54 partitions
MAP fixed trap after CR and no refresh using '-r'
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4.25 30-05-2002 CR accept '83h' and '0x83' style hex numbers in options
CR fixed false-BM-name creation for NT (possible trap)
CLONE issue size warning only when really needed
START fdisk startable command, new 'Clear' option
PART changed color of freespace to cyan for readability
MAP Support -d:nr for disk and -d or '.' for current
CR Don't change current disk on CR PRI partition
DFSTART script, use 'dfstart' as fixed basename for files
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4.24 28-05-2002 PL Auto display of LVM/JFS fake EBR sectors
CLONE no size-warning if no parameters given, just usage
CR '-d' or '-d:0' will use current disk (after VMA -o)
VMA '-o' option, making it the current disk (for CR -d)
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4.23 23-05-2002 New FIXCHS command to match CHS values to LBA/geometry
New FILEFIND command to find HPFS/NTFS files for recovery
CLONE fix sector limit at end and check destination size
CR improved confirmation dialog text with size and type
CR fix parsing of numeric values for '-t:' option
Allow trailing '\' on SAVEAS/RECOVER path for convenience
Report correct 'number of files recovered' after RECOVER
LIST new '+gs' option to list using the 'Sys' geometry
Use 'Sys' = system geometry when using OS r/w API's, this
fixes several bugs when using a forced geometry with 'GEO'
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4.22 12-05-2002 New DFSTART script (BAT or CMD) for inexperienced users
New DFSIMAGE script to save or restore diskette images
New DFSAMPLE script as example to make your own scripts
FIND, WIPE and WIPELST: new -h, -a and -u options
PART Allow '-warnings' as option for readability
DFSDOS Fixed read/write to a volume (diskettes only)
DFSDOS Fixed a bug reading/writing large-disks
SIM: new '-b:nn' option and show compress/buffer size
WRIM: new '-b:nn' option to set buffer size up to 63
SIM: added confirmation dialog consistent with WRIM
WRIM: auto select .imz or .img image when file exists
WRIM: fixed imaging to/from floppy (bug since 4.13)
GEO: new command name, get/set disk/volume geometry
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4.21 19-04-2002 Updated evaluation period for non-registered usage
WRIM: Fixed bug with compressed data (assert failure)
WRIM: Show list of imagefiles when directory is specified
PART: Improved handling of MBR without boot code at startup
EDIT: allow batch mode when all values given (no prompting)
WRIM: speedup (multi sector) and better progress report
CREATE: changed dummy-CHS value to use more standard values
EDIT: fixed data garbling for -h: option (input Hex data)
PART: warnings for non-std dummy-CHS and wrong CHS values
PART: Added -w: warning selection options (see DFSCMDS.TXT)
CREATE: fixed cylinder alignment for -x:nnn option (off by 1)
WRIM: Added -test option (no real write)
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4.20 16-04-2002 Updated intro-text to show the new "www.dfsee.com" domain
Fixed a CREATE failure with multiple freespace areas and
specifying an exact location of the new partition. (-abs:)
Fixed wrong size on 1st of a multiple partition JFS volume
Fixed "DFSUNFD * all", actually a parser bug and possible trap
Added a confirmation dialog for external (unknown) commands
RECOVER "-E:" option allows ignoring errors, quit or confirm
RECOVER "-O:" option allows quiet, verbose or extreme verbose
Fixed passing of options without a value to the FDISK module
Allow numeric find types like "8" for searching FAT32 sectors
Set default find option to repeated search if no value specified
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4.19 03-04-2002 Find dfsee.reg key in exe-dir even when it is not in the PATH
Allow system dates like 01-01-1999 in key verification
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4.18 18-03-2002 Added 'edit' command prompting dialogs for position and data
Added JFS and NTFS Volume name to partition table displays
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4.17 06-03-2002 ZEROFREE '-test' option and select with -part, -vol or -image
'wipe -f' and 'zerofree' command to wipe FREESPACE only
Updated FAT bootsector recovery, force FAT32 on 0b/0c type
Use script basename for $0, not full name, allows easy reuse
Large-file > 2GB support on SIM and WRIM (OS2 4.50, JFS)
Large-file > 2GB support on IM and VOL cmd (OS2 4.50)
TRUNCATE command implemented for HPFS filesystems
EXPAND an HPFS partition using DFSEE and CHKDSK (see DFSHOWTO)
Window-collapse to title with <F12>; to look behind a window
Instructions to create a 700 Kb free memory DOS BOOT diskette
to reliably run DFSDOS.EXE (see dfshowto.txt and DOSBOOT.ZIP)
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4.16 22-02-2002 SCRIPTING, RUN native scripts with arguments (see DFSCRIPT.TXT)
MsgBox moved to upper-right corner avoiding text cluttering
Added say/sleep/autoshow to DFSMDOS; new 'REM' remark cmd
Fixed a size-calculation bug in DiskGeo and other displays
Replaced win/nowin commands by -w+ and -w- EXE-switches
Support HPFS386 deleted FNODEs; UNDELETE no OK on HPFS386
Made ignore-lock default (-i switch); removed 'batch' cmd
Allow comment on each DFSee command using the ';' character
Scroll horizontal now with the Alt + <> or Alt + . / Alt + ,
keys in the output window and in the MsgBox text
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4.15 07-02-2002 Fixed NTFS 'check' command and SLT-build inconsistency
Removed external commands when working in shell mode '-S'
Improved CLONE confirmation dialog with FROM and TO info
Added warning dialog to CLONE when cloning non-disk to disk
Keep same maximum-PSN (end of disk) when new base is specified
Added '-7' switch to assure 7-bit ASCII will be used only
Larger scroll buffer, 4000 to 9000 lines (OS/2 and NT versions)
Fixed an off-by-1 error on find result offset reported
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4.14 28-01-2002 Performance improvement for CLONE, WIPE, SIM and WRIM commands
'-S' global switch for 'shell' mode (disables quit and <F3>)
New LVMSET command to set volume name, partition name, add or
remove from BM-menu and change/remove driveletter (hide)
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4.13 22-01-2002 CLONE command to copy whole disks or partitions to another
PRESTORE accepts explicit filename to use another disk
Added 'part -a' and 'part ++a' to display allocation maps
Added display of HPFS bootdrive in Bootsector display
Updated NTFS SLT and CHECK; Check now sets RC to #errors
NTFS supporting sparse/compressed files in allocation
Created DFSLDOS running in 310Kb = 317000 bytes (FDISK only)
Minor change in dialog button colors for readability
Added '-q' option to PART and DISK reducing displayed detail
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4.12 08-01-2002 DFSTRUNC script updated to find suitable FAT/NTFS partition
Made DOS version run in 600Kb again (no HELP windows!)
Give 'trunc' usage even when no partition is selected
Made Cl2Lsn generic( CL command); Added NTFS truncation
Fix FAT alloc display bug with slightly off values
Added generic ALLOC display to NTFS and HPFS, autosized
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4.11 26-12-2001 DFSTRUNC script to create freespace, truncating FAT partition
TRUNCATE cmd makes FAT(32) partitions smaller, keeping data!
BASE cmd enhanced with new options, overview: 'base -?'
PRESTORE options changed to '-list' and '-verbose' (was: vw)
Fixed Read-only after 'part xx' command and '-R' switch used
Fixed drive-letter assignment for WIN2000 and Win-XP
Allow reset of READONLY on a store with 'store x -R-'
Added warnings for extended-container size mismatches
Added EXE-switch '-p' for a pedantic warning level
Updated FIXBOOT for FAT32 to allow 'fixboot -spare'
Updated partition detailed display with better geometry
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4.10 30-11-2001 Fixed several non-512 byte sector problems (CDROM traps)
Fixed several traps on bad HPFS sectors
Fixed trap-D with CDROM present (2048 bug, DFSUNFD 9 disks)
ReadOnly in status, and detect RO img; -R option on VOL/PART
Added -R switch/option forcing global read-only mode
Added -I switch forcing std Int13 use when cylinders < 1024
Fixed CHECK/SLT command, added -r option for refresh
Updated CR and SETBOOT for new parsers, added usage texts
Updated all cmd-parsers; DFSMDOS now runs in 380 Kb
-? = help on command line switches, as in 'DFS -?'
-t = auto timestamp to screen and log (also on -q and -l)
-m = autoshow cmd, allowing multi-command too
Add Intel EFI spec GPT_DISK type (recognize Win-XP types)
Add "-r" and "-a" to "part" replacing the '!' option
Add "-e" option to settype and fixext allow work on extended
First parser usage in FIND / DELFIND, updated usage text
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4.09 05-11-2001 Fixed garbage paint bug in status line & scroll buffer (OS2)
Some UI enhancements to the command line/scroll buffer:
Ctrl-left: one word backward; Ctrl-right: one word forward
Ctrl-B: clear to begin; Ctrl-E: clear to end of field
Esc or Ctrl-Backspace: clear whole entry field
Esc in scroll-buffer (after a <tab>) will move to entryfield
History recall with Ctrl+UP will now always get previous cmd
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4.08 30-10-2001 Use DFSMDOS in DFSUNFD.BAT allowing low memory situations
Automatic scroll to end of output window before each command
New FATSIM and FATWRIM commands to save/restore fat tables
New FAT32 FINDROOT command, finding all possible root clusters
Added copy of the spare sectors (6&7) for FAT32 FIXBOOT
Added extra warning for create type 00 (usually an error)
Use spare MFT in NtfsInit if the base MFT is damaged
FAT directory display update so 'cl 0' is displayed as 'Root'
Search position of 1st and 2nd FAT if bootsector is damaged
Fixed FAT label display in partition table display (part)
Added FAT32 root directory location to standard bootsector display
Changed SWAP/EXT2 naming for type 82/83, more Linux centric
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4.07 18-10-2001 Fixed BUG with multiple physical disks showing same information
Added '-x' command line switch, avoids read diskinfo at startup
Added detection for EBR-loop, read will terminate at 100 EBRs
FIXBOOT for FAT and FAT32 (beta only, works on most partitions)
Show DIR of available imagefiles when IM parameter ends in '\'
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4.06 15-10-2001 Added FAT32 2nd/3rd bootsector display with freespace value
Made 'nonstd type 0f' a non-critical warning ("part warn")
Show all critical warnings on PART display
Fixed extended-int13 usage for Thinkpads (and possibly others)
Added low available memory tests and warnings to DOS versions
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4.05 10-10-2001 Store cmd improved; User can now switch with "store" command
Switch "-a" on DFS switches ANSI output OFF (clean output)
Fixed cmd-parser bug ('vma 1000 02' would select part 2)
Updated status line with 'Store' and partid display
Updated 'part -' to 'part ,' and 'part ,*'; improved output
Automatic reread of diskinfo after FIXBOOT commands
Included fix for black buttons (texts) on full screen displays
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4.04 01-10-2001 Fixed trap in DFSINFO.CMD on corrupted codepage sectors
New messages on corrupt codepage sectors in HPFS 'check'
Added some specific sector displays to DFSUNFD script
Display last accessed PSN on some reported errors (like 0x87)
Reduced memory usage with 60Kb in DFSMDOS (non-windowed only)
Cleaned up registration code and messages
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4.03 20-09-2001 Fixed trap in DFSINFO.CMD (any 'empty' command really)
Added Confirmation dialog message boxes with help (Yes/No)
Added help system for every windowing item (F1)
Fixed "More .." bug with auto-quit & batch mode
Nicer window frame on larger screens > 80x25
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4.02 17-08-2001 New argv/option parser used (recover -u -8.3 -q ...)
Better scaling in FAT alloc; show last-used cluster
Fixed find-free BMPRIMARY entry at create
Fixed HPFS 'fixboot' with wrong superblock contents
Fixed NTFS 'findroot' when start is not MFT record
Read-failure msg on OpenDisk (error 31)
Fixed HPFS delfind for invalid parent Fnode
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4.01 31-07-2001 Fixed FAT32 with type-06 trap (multi-os installs!)
Improved DFSUNFD script, ALL-sector and Geometry parameters
New query options to query registration and version numbers
Commands in dfs*.txt ordered alphabetically now
Added dfsprint.cmd (with thanks to Peter 'webfoot' Skye)
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4.00 18-07-2001 First SHAREWARE version; Improved LVM feature display
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H I S T O R Y 3 . X X
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3.42 09-07-2001 'list +s' with sector type description; DFSUNFD dsk-2 bug fix
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3.41 07-07-2001 Improved DISK/WALK output; bug fixes; 'PL' updates sector list
Display of LVM feature sectors; HPFS hotfix display
Allow comment on any cmd using ';' (use % for delshow etc)
Fixed trap on illegal NTFS dates (win2000, $SECURE)
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3.40 25-04-2001 JFS enhancements; DIRTY command and enhanced FIXBOOT
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3.39 20-04-2001 First JFS support, display superblock and fixboot for JFS
Extra parameter on H|h and A|a cmd to force size in SECTORS
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3.38 16-04-2001 LVM signature sec in PSAVE, PRESTORE and PL; BSFIND start 0
HPFS FINDCP & FIXSPARE commands; 'PART D:' works on multi JFS
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3.37 06-04-2001 More LVM stuff, signature sector, update to bsfind, CRC check
Minor changes to 'part', warnings only displayed on request
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3.36 22-03-2001 Correct part-list on NT; 'DIRTY' cmd for HPFS; h/H 64 sectors
W2KBM avoids W2K CHKDSK screen; SETBOOT works with LVM BMGR
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3.35 28-02-2001 NT native reboot & create 8.3 names on FAT in saveto/recover
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3.34 26-11-2000 Never use (OS/2) LVM drive-letter info when using DFSNT
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3.33 14-11-2000 No sudden exit from DFSNT when STDIO is redirected
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3.32 23-07-2000 W2KBM cmd for BMGR with Win2000; VMAKE virtual disks
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3.31 22-06-2000 NTFS fixboot made more forgiving on validity checking
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3.30 19-06-2000 Recognize and handle corrupted NTFS boot records better
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3.29 18-06-2000 PRESTORE command implemented, making PSAVE useful at last
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3.28 28-05-2000 Added Minor layout fixes to 'list' + DFSUNFD.CMD/DFSUNFD.BAT
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3.27 23-05-2000 Added 'list +b' command, for 'bsfind' analysis (UNFDISK)
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3.26 21-05-2000 Added 'list +s' command, shows sizes in MB for 'bsfind' lists
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3.25 01-05-2000 Added set driveletter to NT-version (SETL, CDR, NTMAP, NTDEV)
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3.24 04-04-2000 Fixed traps on corrupt HPFS CodePages & BMGR names on CR/DEL
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3.23 26-03-2000 Fixed undelete very long filenames and import large LSN files
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3.22 21-03-2000 Reboot using external-program fixed
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3.21 14-03-2000 Minor fix to AUX module, several other small fixes
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3.20 12-03-2000 New "-q" and "-b" startup options; AUX module, supports VRAID
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3.19 05-03-2000 Set NT disk-admin signature with NEWMBR and NTSIGN cmds
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3.18 28-02-2000 Minor fixes; F4=SCRFILE; fixed major CREATE bug! (up to 3.17)
New DFSMDOS.EXE, FDISK and most generic functions only, runs
in minimal memory environments (needs about 330 Kb to run)
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3.17 11-02-2000 New PSAVE command; New 'PART -' output format; Cylsize in Geo
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3.16 31-01-2000 Show proper offset in edit HEX dump; Fixed 'SCREEN ON' cmd
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3.15 26-01-2000 NT FDISK mapping; PCLEAR cmd; Find Unicode strings; TYPE fix
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3.14 06-01-2000 Fixed FAT check bug; Fixed trap on NTFS CheckAlloc (DELFIND)
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3.13 02-01-2000 Fixed history corruption (DFSDOS); added history display
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3.12 01-01-2000 HPFS B-tree display fix; updated QUERY cmd; F-keys & history
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3.11 29-12-1999 FAT2OS cmd => OS2,NT,IBMDOS, MSDOS; QUERY cmd sets exit-code
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3.10 29-10-1999 PC-LINT check; NTFS undelete BETA (DELFIND, SAVETO, RECOVER)
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3.09 19-10-1999 FAT display EA bug; NTFS MFT fixes and display enhancements
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3.08 26-09-1999 NTFS MFT fix; offset in Part-table hex-dump
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3.07 14-09-1999 Added DIR LSN ref to HPFS check msg 2000; Minor fix SET cmd
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3.06 05-09-1999 LVM sector access via nav.xtra; version in prompt; SET cmd
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3.05 30-08-1999 NTFS MFT allocation update; find deleted MFT records
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3.04 15-08-1999 Aurora GEO; display speedup; UNDELETE speedup + enhancements
NTFS improved MFT display and translation functions
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3.03 04-08-1999 DFSDOS Ext-Int13 fix; ANSI colors cleanup; display sizes
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3.01 25-07-1999 Windowing enhancements; DFSDOS fixes; More LVM support
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3.00Σ 09-07-1999 New 'bsfind' command to find bootsectors quickly
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3.00ß 07-07-1999 Small but significant fixes for text-based windowing
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3.00 10-07-1999 Win/nowin commands and LOGO text; dirfind cmd fixed
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2.99 28-06-1999 More minor fixes; introduction of text-based windowing
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2.96 11-05-1999 Minor fixes in LVM display, find and delfind commands
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2.94 20-04-1999 LVM and minor JFS display updates; plist LVM + plist WALK
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2.93 07-04-1999 Reboot internal for DOS/OS2, DFSNTX.EXE for NT; geo at start
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2.92 31-03-1999 Added some more system-types (TYPE); minor fixes DOS2OS
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2.91 28-03-1999 New NTFS MIR cmd; .NNN, BM-name and cleanup fixes; TYPE cmd
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2.90 25-03-1999 FDISK delete; newmbr; settype; setaccess; startable; create
plist; dos2os; cleanup; setboot
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2.89 16-02-1999 Fix Fnode-display for huge 0-size file; DFSDOS ANSI detect
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2.88 15-02-1999 Final touch on MAP display; DFSBW/DFSQUICK.bat more generic
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2.87 14-02-1999 Minor MAP display updates; No auto-read diskinfo
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2.86 07-02-1999 Fixed WRIM doc; MAP command; TRANS command; small fixes
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2.85 25-01-1999 NT admin warning; Small FAT bugfix; TrackZero freespace
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2.81 16-12-98 Allow "diskgeo" for images & non-alpha chars in *.img name
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2.80 13-12-98 DOS Cyl count fix; TZDFSEE dates; NTFS RunList; list +d / +c
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2.84 24-01-1999 Calculated CHS warnings/info; FreeSpace info; list +g
Fixext cmd fixes 0f-type extended partitions back to 0x05
setptype cmd changes type of any partition to any value
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2.83 12-01-1999 Extended type 0f as extended; NTFS display MftSize & DirSize
Part * and part $* display; fixed bootsector display trap
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2.82 01-01-1999 Set exit RC; bootrec Cyl size; HPFS auto CPinfo; INT13 ext.
Physical Geo in DFSDOS In13ext; show limits with 'base'
NTFS fixboot cmd; Part-table display fix; BeOS-FS recognition
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2.79 29-11-1998 NTFS fixups & directory display; FAT dir bug; FreeSpace bug
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2.78 22-11-1998 Added HPFS bootsector creation; fixed WIPE trap, DFSDOS WRIM
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2.77 17-11-1998 Added NTFS runlist display; Fixed trap on HPFS autobase cmd
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2.75 21-10-1998 No default SLT generation on "part", "vol", "im" and "fs"
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2.72 30-07-1998 New $ option to 'part' for size info table
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2.70 28-07-1998 Fixed date-time display for HPFS (bug was OS/2 only)
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2.67 04-06-1998 Added optional LZW-compression on SIM and WRIM commands
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2.65 10-05-1998 Fixed 'f* * xxx' bug + new % speed-up option; FAT32 support
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2.64 04-05-1998 Small bug-fixes + support for named-pipe to LPT on sim/wrim
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2.63 19-04-1998 Fixed DFSDOS WRIM and IM commands (file I/O); Fix "FS xxxx"
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2.61 29-03-1998 Saveto xxx.DIR orphan naming; DispHex update; displ NTFS-MFT
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2.60 08-03-1998 Single snlist; recover/saveto; dirfind, wipe; color in DFSNT
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2.58 22-02-1998 Fixed More... bugs; Fixed FAT EA & label bug; show EA details
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2.57 15-02-1998 Name DFSee; VFAT Details; FAT Os2Ea display; "find" cleanup
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2.55 25-01-1998 DOS version; diskgeo cmd; More write capabilities; bugfixes
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2.54 28-12-1997 More FAT commands; generic More ...; fix DELFIND bug
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2.52 07-12-1997 Check spare/super; BPB display; Specific FAT & NTFS commands
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2.50 24-11-1997 HPFS checksum management; cs, edit and write cmd
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2.47 11-11-1997 Updated SLT error display; new check cmd (chkdsk); +/- cmd
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2.43 28-10-1997 Support for undelete of directories including EAs
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2.42 18-10-1997 Support for EAs in "saveto" and delsave cmds
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2.41 12-10-1997 Multiple file UNDELETE with delfind/delshow/delsave cmds
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2.40 06-09-1997 import/export of LSN lists; getbs/fixbs badsector mgmt
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2.37 24-08-1997 Path display on find Fnode; Wildcard select on list +f
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2.35 18-08-1997 Path info in Fnode display and "list" output; MEM cmd
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2.32 20-07-1997 Reporting & ALBLK fixes to saveto; new "ca" cmd CheckAlloc
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2.30 06-07-1997 Improved 'find' syntax and functionality; Undelete support
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2.28 21-06-1997 Added autobase command for HPFS (find HPFS partition start)
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2.25 15-06-1997 Added Wrim command; Improved lock implementation (nested)
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2.24 10-06-1997 Added Img and Sim commands; date/time on Dirblocks;
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2.20 19-05-1997 Win NT beta version; Search speedup; prio command; cleanup
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2.12 06-04-1997 Added logical volume support using "DASD" type access
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2.06 16-03-1997 Updated ACL support on HPFS386; Scan badsectors
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2.00 03-02-1997 Removable media (NEWDASD); (part) D: cmd; invisible primary
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1.91 21-01-1997 New fixroot, fixcp and saveto commands for recovery actions
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1.87 19-01-1997 Fixed MBR/EBR walk; multiple cmds using #, BM-labels in part
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1.70 20-12-1996 Update ColoradOS/2, DASD limits; REQUESTABLE (OS2FISYS forum)
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1.64 16-10-1995 Cleanup for delivery on ColoradOS/2 CDROM
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1.62 13-10-1995 RUN cmd runs REXX; Added Free-space and inconsistency report
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1.52 13-09-1995 new '/' cmd shortcut; First released version! <== OS2 BBS
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1.39 20-07-1995 32-bit port; Sector Lookup table; bug-fixes
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1.00 27-11-1994 DHPFS initial version, hex dump super+spare blocks
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