News (2001)

5 Dec '01 - Version 6.2.5 is out

2 Dec '01 - Version 6.2.x is nearly ready

12 Nov '01 - A new version is out, 6.1.0

1. Improvement: Added compressed file support.
2. Improvement: Added long file name support.
3. Improvement: Added Simple Mode (automatic recovery).

ZARFAT:

1. LFNINFO.DAT format changed.

1 Nov '01 - A new version is out, 6.0.0

ZARNTFS is a newly released part of the toolkit. Not all features are available in this release.

ZARFAT:

1. Bug fixed: With certain BIOSes ZAR may list 128 hard disks when only one or two actually present in the system.
2. Bug fixed: "\" as a recovery target is erroneously treated as current directory.
3. Improvement: Advanced disk caching is implemented to speed up directory tree refining and file copy process.

20 Oct '01 - A new version is out, 5.1.1

20 Sep '01 - A new version is out, 5.1.0

ZARFAT:

1. Bug fixed: Runtime Error 200 at XXXX:YYYY (different addresses) when BIOS reports drive having C/H/S of 0/0/0 but valid Total Number Of Sectors.
2. Improvement: CF/SS determination algorithm improved. New one is about two orders of magnitude faster.
3. Improvement: Added ability to enter CF/SS manually if they are known beforehand.
4. Improvement: Added F1 help.

ZARBBT:

1. ZAR Boot-Based Tools (BBT) is a newly released part of the toolkit.

ZARPARTN:

1. ZAR Partition Finder is a newly released part of the toolkit.

6 Aug '01 - A new version is out, 4.0.2

1. Bug fixed: Directory LFNs are not handled correctly, leading to
   * inability to handle directory LFNs correctly
   * excessive memory usage
   * FIXLFN failures
2. Added: Multilanguage file support. Language files are currently available for English and Russian.
3. Added: Simple interface mode (automatic recovery).
4. Improvement: Memory usage reduced.
5. Added: ability to detect root directory automatically (may fail when volume is severely damaged).
6. Added: ability to save/restore scan results.
7. Bug fixed: ZAR hangs when copying files in DIRECT mode and Simulation Mode option is active.
8. Added: File selection by masks, with DOS wildcards like "*.*"

17 Jul '01 - A new version is out, 3.0.3

1. Added: Long file names for directories (may be buggy!)
2. Improvement: Root directory handling on FAT16 is improved
3. Added: File dates and times are now restored
4. Bugs fixed: Multiple minor bugs in interface
5. Added: New configuration options
6. Added: Raw image support

23 May '01 - A new version is out, 2.0.0

1. Bug fixed: Program hangs encountering the specifically corrupt file record (file of size > 2Gb)
2. Improvement: severely damaged FAT recognition is improved
3. Improvement: directory recognition is improved
4. Added: Several configuration options
5. Added: Long file name support (for files only. Directories with long names are renamed to their corresponding short names)

27 Apr '01 - I'm working on LFN support

Limitations are:

1. Two-pass scheme: First recover short names under DOS, then boot to Windows and rename short names to LFNs.
2. LFNs for directories are not supported.

13 Apr '01 - A new version is out, 1.1.3

1. Bug fixed: Inability to locate AND create destination directory in one attempt causes an endless loop
2. Improvement: BIOS Int 13 (without Int 13 Extensions) is now supported (for drives below 8Gb)
3. Bug fixed: Interface bug with "No compatible disks found" message, which disappears too fast