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A new version, ZAR 8, is currently under development. Still there is
no specific deadline set, but generally we expect it released in
about six months. Some (beta) previews might be published earlier
than that, but, again, no concrete timeline so far. Major changes
will include the following items:
- DOS version will be discontinued. Support will still be
provided for our existing customers, but ZAR/DOS will not be
available for purchase once ZAR 8 is released.
- The core is under complete redesign. The goal of this is to
allow for easier inclusion of additional filesystems, including
the upcoming WinFs filesystem.
- As a side effect of the above, Windows 9x (98 and ME)
support might also be discontinued. FAT filesystems will
be supported, but the host machine requirements might
include Windows 2000/XP or later.
- Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery will be integrated into ZAR
and discontinued as the separate product.
That said, we expect initial version 8 release to contain these
major features:
- FAT16/32 and NTFS (with compressed files) recovery.
- Image recovery functions similar to that of Zero
Assumption Digital Image Recovery (image recovery part will
remain free as far as pricing is concerned).
- Full Windows 2000 Dynamic Disks (LDM) support, including mirrored,
spanned, striped and RAID5 volumes.
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