News

May, 28 of 2008 Website appearance improved.

December, 4 of 2006 New version 1.4.0.157 released. Changelog:

1.4.0.136 - 1.4.0.157 BartPE support reimplemented

March, 16 of 2006 Update 1.3.0.135 released. Changelog:

1.3.0.135 Minor UI fix related to hotkeys for options
1.3.0.134 Now Flashboot instantly asks to reformat the disk if reformatting is required, obscure error message removed.
1.3.0.133 Added option to avoid renaming I386 to MiniNT in BartPE conversion
1.3.0.132 More explanations added when choosing inappropriate folder with windows installation files.

January, 8 of 2006 Minor update 1.3.0.131 released. Changelog:

1.3.0.131 Fixed a bug which caused file corruption when duplicating disk from disk image;
Increased trial version usage limit to 10.

November, 10 of 2005 Minor update 1.3.0.130 released. Changelog:

1.3.0.130 Fixed bug related to XML parsing of license key files

October, 25 of 2005 Minor update 1.3.0.129 released. Changelog:

1.3.0.129 UI enhancement: added support for Windows XP visual theme.

October, 6 of 2005 Minor update 1.3.0.128 released. Changelog:

1.3.0.128 Minor updates to properly support BartPE builder 3.14 beta.

September, 30 of 2005 Minor update 1.3.0.127 released. Changelog:

1.3.0.127 Fixes in protection system to avoid false alarms of some antivirus software.

September, 21 of 2005 Minor update 1.3.0.126 released. Changelog:

1.3.0.126 Made conversion of ISOLinux-based CDs/DVDs more compatible with SysLinux bootloader. Knoppix 3.9 conversion should now work OK.

September, 16 of 2005 Minor update 1.3.0.125 released. Changelog:

1.3.0.125 Fixed error in internal wrapper class for I/O streams. Now '*** Error: Severe failure (exception type not recognized)' message when processing ISO9660 and VFAT image files should not appear anymore.

August, 3 of 2005 New version 1.3.0.124 released. Changelog:

1.3.0.124 - 1.3.0.120 Deep changes in disk geometry translation subsystem. This should fix error 14 during BartPE boot and make BartPE support more compatible with problematic BIOSes. Security updates.

April, 3 of 2005 Minor update 1.2.0.119 released. Changelog:

1.2.0.119 Added new feature: now MBR hooks BIOS disk services (int 13h) and provides workaround when disk geometry of UFD at boot time is different from disk geometry of UFD in Windows at build time. This should fix 'Missing operating system' message appearing at the start of UFD boot for some problematic BIOSes.
1.2.0.118: Added shortcuts in Start Menu -> FlashBoot for help file and uninstall. Fixed a crash when processing certain kind of ill-formed xml files as a license key file.

March, 30 of 2005 Minor update 1.2.0.117 released. Changelog:

1.2.0.117: Fixed a bug with improper relocation of IO.SYS/MSDOS.SYS directory entries which occured in some rare cases of floppy conversion (if MSDOS.SYS directory entry was located before directory entry for IO.SYS).

March, 21 of 2005 Minor update 1.2.0.116 released. Changelog:

1.2.0.116: Fixed raw CD-ROM read.

March, 10 of 2005 New version 1.2.0.115 released. Changelog:

1.2.0.115: Known Knoppix conversion incompatibilities fixed. Security updates in license verification module.

March, 7 of 2005 Minor update 1.1.0.114 released. Changelog:

1.1.0.114: USB disk duplication bugfix to skip "System Volume Information" folder which is always busy under Windows XP
1.1.0.113: Minor BartPE conversion bugfix
1.1.0.112: Save log button added, disk geometry info is now displayed in log
1.1.0.111: Performance improvements in image output module

February, 23 of 2005 Minor update 1.1.0.110 released. Changelog:

1.1.0.110: Ported to Unicode. This should filename corruption for some languages.
Now FlashBoot looks for license file in the same directory where exe is installed, not in current directory. So now desktop shortcut should work for registered version.

February, 16 of 2005 Minor update 1.1.0.109 released. Changelog:

1.1.0.109: Setup program changed to InnoSetup.
This should fix bug of missing FlashBootWizard.exe after setup completion.

February, 13 of 2005 Minor update 1.1.0.108 released. Changelog:

1.1.0.108: Fixed crash at startup under XP Pro SP2

February, 4 of 2005 Minor update 1.1.0.107 released. Changelog:

1.1.0.107: Implemented general case of IsoLinux/EBCD conversion; no more manual fixes are required after disk conversion. Performance improvements.

February, 3 of 2005 Minor update 1.1.0.106 released. Changelog:

1.1.0.106: Fixed `access denied' error under Windows XP SP1 which occured at disk format change (MBR/superfloppy).
1.1.0.105: Fixed a small bug when version 1.1.0.104 terminated with fatal error if nothing was selected in the disk output type dialog [thanks to PolyTech]

January, 28 of 2005 Minor update 1.1.0.104 released. Changelog:

1.0.0.104: UI related enhancements/improvements.

January, 24 of 2005 Minor update 1.1.0.103 released. Changelog:

1.0.0.103: Changes in low level disk access (to ensure proper memory alignment in all cases and avoid excess ioctl). It should fix some floppy disk related problems under WinXP SP2. Also fixed the code which performs .BAT file correction for floppy disk conversions.

January, 20 of 2005 Retail price for FlashBoot changed to 19.95 EUR per copy.

January, 20 of 2005 New version 1.1.0.102 released. Changelog:

1.1.0.102: Added BartPE conversion option.
1.1.0.101: Documentation update: added Wizard passing diagram.

January, 17 of 2005 Website updated to no-frame version for better bookmarking and to enable some search engines to properly scan its contents.

January, 14 of 2005 Minor update 1.0.0.100 released. Changelog:

1.0.0.100: Product name changed to FlashBoot. Fixed the case when corrupted license file produced run-time error.

January, 9 of 2005 Minor update 1.0.0.99 released. Changelog:

1.0.0.99: Minor fixes in protection/encryption. This should fix a bug under Windows XP SP2 when application exited silently just after its start.
1.0.0.98: Some changes of compiler switches to generate more optimized code

January, 3 of 2005 Initial version 1.0.0.97 released.