(Current version is: 17.x)

Disk analysis, exploration, maintenance and recovery utility

FDISK - PTEDIT - HEXEDIT - BROWSE - RECOVERY - UNDELETE - IMAGING - CLONING - RESIZE

Display File Systems (DFSee) is a generic partition and filesystem utility. It supports partition-tables (FDISK, LVM), (V)FAT, FAT-32, ExFAT, HPFS, NTFS, JFS, EXT2/3/4, HFS+, APFS and some functionality for ReiserFS, XFS, SWAP and GRUB

DFSee is NOT free software, however a fully functional evaluation version is available without requiring immediate registration. For regular use several licence models are available, starting with a cheap single-user individual registration for just 49 euros.

DFSee can be used in several ways:

As a replacement for the classic FDISK and (OS/2) LVM programs
DFSee is a complete replacement for the partitioning tools as found with DOS, OS/2, Win9x and Windows-XP/Vista/7/8/10
It is also a replacement for the LVM utility that comes with eComStation, and all OS/2 versions 4.50 or newer, and the disk-utilities in ArcaOS 5.x. Only the more obscure features like disk-spanning is not supported.
Apart from the standard create/delete type of functions there are a lot of special commands to display information and fix all kinds of problems related to partition-tables and LVM information. A fully interactive partition-table editor is included as well (PTEdit), both for classic MBR-style partitiong as the more recent GPT (Guid Partition Tables).
Finally, this FDISK capability in DFSee is being used by some large organisations for automatic (and unattended) roll-out scenarios.
To recover from partition problems and disasters (UNFDISK)
An often used function here is the DFSDISK command/menu-item that automates the collection of needed information to 'UNDO' an accidental FDISK operation or other partitioning related disasters. Another important feature is the ability to save and restore ALL partitioning information in a regular file that you can keep as a backup on a diskette so recovery operations will be MUCH easier.

As a tool to copy whole disks or partitions

Two main functiones are available:

IMAGING Whole disks, partitions or parts of a partition can be saved to an imagefile, either RAW or in a compressed format. The imagefiles can be restored to the same or a different location resulting in backup or copy functionality.
For large images, and using removable media to store them, it is possible to limit the size of the generated files and create multiple numbered files for one image. For direct writing to removable media like diskettes, CDR or DVD-R (streaming) it will prompt for media-change too.

CLONING Cloning can make an exact copy of (part of) a partition or disk to another area on the same or another disk. This can be used as a very fast backup facility (speeds of 30 Mb/sec are not uncommon) and to move partitions arround.
On the bootable CD, the bootimage uses an Ultra-DMA driver to allow maximum speeds on modern ultra-DMA IDE disks.

These DFSee functions are comparable to programs like Norton GHOST and PowerQuest DriveImage

As a minimal directory and file BROWSER, much like a filemanager.
This is an easy to use and powerful way to access files in filesystems that may otherwise be inaccesible, either beacues there is some filesystem damage that prevents it from being 'mounted' in the normal way, or because you need to access it from an operating system that does NOT have a driver for this type of filesystem.
Once in the browser, you can navigate through the directory structure and edit/view/copy one or more of the presented files.
As a tool to 'UNDELETE' files that have been accidentaly deleted.
This feature is implemented for HPFS and NTFS only, but on those filesystems it is a very powerful tool. It works by finding all deleted files (DELFIND), and then letting the user make a selection based on a wild-card filespecification and a recoverability outlook percentage (DELSHOW). The actual recover operation will copy the matching files to a specified directory, if possible on another disk (RECOVER).
Note that the recently added 'Browse' functionality makes this even easier to use, by selecting the Undelete command/menu-item and simply selecting from the presented files.

As an analysis and recovery tool for most used filesystems.

This includes boot-sectors, superblocks and low-level directory structures. For most supported filesystems some specific commands are available that fix common problems with that filesystem.
To support a large number of possible filesystems, DFSee uses specific modes of operation. Every mode has its own set of dedicated commands and recognized data formats (sector types). Generic commands (and sector types) are available in all modes. On selecting a data-source (disk, partition, volume) DFSee will try to recognize the involved filesystem and activate support for it automatically.

The most important modes are:

FDISK for partitioning work, default active at startup

APFS the Apple Filesystem, used in new iOS and macOS

AUX Auxilary mode for unrecognized data

EFAT Enhanced FAT filesystem, intended for huge media

EXT2/3/4 native filesystem on Linux, EXT3/4 are journaled

FAT classic PC filesystems including FAT32 and VFAT

HFS the journalled filesystem HFS+ for MAC OSX

HPFS native filesystem on OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS

JFS journaled filesystem on OS/2, eCS or ArcaOS

NTFS native filesystem on Windows-NT or Windows-2000

REISER journaled filesystem on Linux by Hans Reiser

XFS the 'X' terabyte journaled filesystem on Linux

Commands specific to a mode are available in that mode only, except for the FDISK commands that are available all the time just as all the generic commands are.

As a simple but powerfull binary (or HEX) display and edit tool.
This includes a full-fledged interactive binary-editor and an integrated Intel x86 disassembler module.
DFSee can access data on hard-disks, operating-system volumes like diskettes or CDROM and (image) files like DFSee compressed images or VirtualBox disk files.

Introduction and tutorial

DFSee is a text-mode program, and has hundreds of different displays, so just to give you a some impressions:

A collection of screenshots from a recent DFSee version ...
Over 40 screenshots with short descriptions of many of the DFSee functions!
Has large-size GIF images (630x620) in a perfectly readable font.

Tips and DFSee usage information in several HOWTO chapters

A screenshot of DFSee, when started without any parameters
This screen-shot includes explanations on all relevant screen-parts visible in DFSee and some additional information.
It shows DFSee version 3.05, all items explained are still present in the later versions.

A tutorial on DFSee by Tony Butka (Southern California OS/2 User Group)

Original English version A review by Paul Floyd in the february 2002 VOICE newsletter
Die Deutsche ubersetzung The German translation by Manfred Agne

Disclaimer

Although DFSee has been written with recovery and analysis in mind, and tries to take the safest approach to all operations, I can not give any guarantee regarding use of the DFSee program. The power of the program may lead to unexpected and undesirable results including data-loss in the hands of inexperienced users.

Only use DFSee and any function in it, if you know exactly what you are doing, or when instructed by someone who does!
Really READ warning and confirmation messages, don't just acknowledge them!

Known bugs

No major known bugs at the moment ...

What is new in DFSee

Downloads available too!

Release history

17.0, Minor fixes, and released as OPEN SOURCE EDITION, no registration required

VER Warpstock release build
LABEL Add REBOOT hint to menu help en LABEL command itself
MENU Fix Set Geometry Dialog for 255/255 Radio Button
MENU Fix Force Operation mode ExFAT
DUMP Minor fix to display DUMPFILE size correctly

16.9, Fix for file-recovery to ensure timestamps are always set on recovered files and recover assumed contiguous file on ExFAT

RECOVER ExFAT new warning hint when ASSUMING files are contiguous
PART Fixed possible crash (string overflow) in certain displays
D or DOWN: Correctly go to FS-entry sector, even if bootsec empty
EXPORT/IMPORT sector list, fixed displayed the filename used
RECOVER, SAVETO and BROWSE streamlined WARNING/ERROR reporting
RECOVER, SAVETO and BROWSE recovery, always set file timestamps
CMD_WARNING on FileSaveAs alloc fail, is OK, so set timestamps!

16.8, Help updated for the ArcaOS 'OS/2 Type 1' GPT partition type; No functional changes!

CR: Rebuilt with the now MIT-licensed open-source TXLib windowing library
CR: Added the symbolic 'AOT1' GPT type to the help tekst

16.7, Support for the ArcaOS 'OS/2 Type 1' GPT partition type; Small enhancements to auto logfile naming

EXFAT: Recover: Contiguous file save after FORMAT, FAT-entries 0
FORMAT: Added numeric RC value display on a format verify error
GPT: New 'OS2 ArcaOS Type 1' GUID GPT partition type aka 'AOT1'
LOG: Allow '@' char in filename as synonym for '^' (auto-seq-nr)
LOG: Allow LAST '@' or '^' anywhere in the filename (auto-seq-nr)
LOG: Replace single ~ before delimitter char by YYYYMMDD date
LOG: don't discard ~ in name when NOT at end or numbered ~N
MENU: Avoid hang by ignoring history key if menubar is up
Map: Avoid <> characters in output to avoid HTML quoting errors
PART: Avoid <> characters in output to avoid HTML quoting errors

16.6, Bug fix release; GPT 2TB partition-size limit lifted; DFSPUPPY 4GB stick minimum; Some crash fixes

PALINDROME date release, minor release with just a few bug fixes :)
GPT: Fixed crash when using the -name:'newname' option (16.6 beta)
Disp: Fixed spurious crash when displaying nearly empty bootsectors
MENU: Create partition: Freespace list correctly display size > 2Tb
GPT: Fix creation of partitions larger than 2Tb (avoid truncation)

16.5, Bug fix release; JFS CHECK: Inode error 0x200; DOS menu hang; List number format

WARPSTOCK release, no functional change, minor documentation fix
LIST: Fix display format for decimal numbers over 12 positions
DOS version: Fix crash (or hang) when selecting the Scripts menu
JFS CHECK: Fix bogus errors reported on Inode allocation (0x200)

16.4, Extra confirmation on bad-sector SCAN; PRESTORE disknumber fix; Several FileDialog usability enhancements; STARTABLE improvements

Official first complete build on the new development macBook PRO
Fixed extreme-slow startup of macOS version when SIP not disabled
DFSPUPPY.TXT/DFSUSB32.TXT files added to WPI and MSI installers
FileDlg: Accept new absolute-path+wildcard in filename field na
FileDlg: Files list now DISABLED for DIR-selector (output only)
FileDlg: HIDE Unix system dirs like /dev when showhidden is off
FileDlg: Handle [OK] as ENTER if filename-field contains wildcard
FileDlg: [OK] with empty filename field, discards the dialog
FileDlg: [OK] with wildcard or dir-name is handled by dialog
IMAGE: Fixed option handling, make sure '-S' always implies '-z'
MENU: Added Mode=Fdisk->Partition Table Operations -> Edit Tables
OS/2 OS: Updated background image for the DFSee Desktop folders
OS/2 WPI: DFSee Interactive/Large/Huge now as single 'RUN DFSee'
OS/2 WPI: Updated background image for the DFSee Desktop folders
PART: Recognize Linux native FS in a GPT Windows-BasicData type
PART: Update Windows 'administrator required' message for Win-10
PRESTORE: Fixed restore to a SPECIFIED disknumber, not SAME
SCAN: Add extra confirmation, with object-identification (store)
STARTABLE: Allow CLEAR of active logical; and FORCE active option
STORE/Confirm: Use InsFS as AUX alias on unformatted type 0x07
Windows MSI: DFSee Interactive renamed: 'RUN DFSee' (like PUPPY)
Windows OS: Prompt to resize buffer if scrollbars are present
Windows OS: -W and -W- option to force/disable the resize-check

16.3, No UPX compress on Linux to avoid LD errors; Extra DFSPUPPY variant DFSPUP32; Small fixes

ABOUT: Add OS version details for Win10-1903 and macOS Catalina
CR: Numbers allow an 0t or 0T prefix to force a decimal value
FIXEXT: Fixed crash on caused by 64-bit sector number display
LINUX: Not UPX compressed anymore (corrupt ELF header, may fail)
PART: Presence of type 0xEF UEFI-syst does NOT imply GPT style!
PUPPY: Updated the DFSPUP32 startup scripts (older urxvt used)
PUPPY: Updated the DFSPUPPY.TXT to match the latest IMZ versions
PUPPY: Fixed disk-number passed to DFSPUPPY for DFSPUP32 stick
PUPPY: Suppress tabbed URxvt terminal window on DFSPUP64 stick
SCRIPT/SWITCH: Numbers allow 0t or 0T prefix for decimal value
USB Scripts: Updated 'RETRY after LOCK' message with 'NO FORMAT'

16.2, Hide hidden-files by default in BROWSE; F10 key or RMB pops up context menu; Several fixes and refinements

APFS: DO show file/dir name when Inode not found in BROWSE/Show
BROWSE: Cleaned up the context-popup-menu for single file select
BROWSE: Do NOT show HIDDEN (by attribute or .filename) by default
BROWSE: Keep same file/dir selected, on Hide/Show items ()
BROWSE: Add a hint to file RENAME dialog to keep the SAME length
CR dlg (GPT/MBR) popup type-list menu on or mouse button 2
CR/mcs-numbers: Allow hex/oct prefix/postfix on positional params
FAT: Added usage with '-?' for FATSIM, FATWRIM, FINDROOT and PATH
FAT: New 'FATSYNC' command directly copies one FAT area to other
FAT: PATH command fixed for specified LFN directory entry numbers
GENPART: Create log on current dir; Use explicit -t: / -s: values
IMAGE/CLONE: SMART protect MBR-area full cylinder for bootloaders
MENU: 'Change partition Type', new hints to FS-conversion in HELP
MENU: Finetune menu-header + button layout and line-wrapping
MENU: GET DFSPUPPY IMZ and MAKE DFSPUPPY STICK text made generic
MENU: Renamed 'Display' heading to 'View' for consistency & space
NTFS: Hide or Show $xxx root systemfiles like $MFT in the BROWSER
OS/2: WPI installer updated to update the DFSee folder in-place
PART: No display corruption from unprintable characters in labels
PTE dialog (GPT) popup type-list menu on or mouse button 2
REG: Temporary reg keys may allow up to a year of evaluation time
SET: 'RMBMENU on/off' sets RMB to menu-open key translation
UI: FileDialog, popup volume-list menu on or mouse button 2
UI: FileDialog, '..' parent-DIR never considered to be HIDDEN
UI: Right mouse button opens (popup) menu when RMBMENU is set ON
UI: arrow/PGUP/PGDN keys on minimized window scroll output window
XFS: Add more field definitions for the superblock, and display

16.1, UNIX filedialog bugfix, APFS and HFS+ refinements; Hide hidden files in BROWSE and filedialogs, Settings in seperate SET menu

APFS: Added collision detect/resolve on DIRRECORD filename HASH
APFS: COL command searches filename HASH collisions in a volume
APFS: Fixed crash in 'Browse' when selecting empty subdirectory
APFS, HFS: Added hidden files (DOT f-names) filtering for BROWSE
APFS: Show name of first volume as LABEL for a disk or partition
APFS, NTFS, HFS: Display 'D' (FAT) attr indicator in DIR display
BROWSE: F11 key toggles between SHOW and HIDE 'hidden' items
BROWSE: Added HELP item for the BROWSE startup Dialog and fields
BROWSE: Menu item 'Show hidden Directories/Files' in Edit->DFsee
HFS: Exclude (hard)links if no auto-resolve on recursive recover
HFS: Menu toggle option 'FolderAlias Auto Resolve'; Init meta-DIR
HFS: Menu toggle option 'Hardlinks Auto Resolve'; Init meta-DIR
HFS: Support DIR-hardlink/Folder-alias, as needed for TimeMachine
HFS: Support hardlinks in Browse, Recover and directory display
HPFS, FAT, EFAT, NTFS: Added hidden/system filtering for BROWSE
HPFS, NTFS, FAT: Consider all DOT filenames as HIDDEN for BROWSE
ISO: Hidden attribute (or DOT filenames) filtering for BROWSE
JFS: Hidden/System attrib (or DOT f-names) filtering for BROWSE
MENU: Moved Settings/Properties from EDIT menu to new 'SET' menu
MENU: Added 'Fdlgs, show hidden Dirs/Files' to the 'SET' menu
PUPPY: Download fixed for macOS; Create from download dir; Close
SET HIDDEN: Set 'filedialogs-show-hidden-files', default is OFF
UI: Auto-insert OFF field length now 74 (all except cmdline)
UI: SPACE, INSERT or '+' on menu-item mimic ENTER (toggle mark)
UI: Automatically re-open same menu on settings/property toggle
UI: FileDialog, .filename considered HIDDEN on ALL platforms
UI: FileDialog, better handling of new typed abs/relative paths
UI: FileDialog: toggles between SHOW and HIDE 'hidden' items
UI UNIX findfiles: .filenames treated as having a HIDDEN attribute
UI UNIX fixed FileDialog bug (missing entries, if dead symlinks)

16.0, New filesystem support for ISO (9660) and APFS (Apple), menu improvements, various small enhancements and bug fixes

APFS: Version2/3 updates based on Apple File System Reference
APFS: ALLOC command to display FS usage (main and fusion tier2)
APFS: APFS filesystem in a type 0x73 MBR partition is recognized
APFS: Added display of Checkpoint-Map blocks, NEXT to C-super
APFS: Browse functionality implemented for directory-tree browse
APFS: BtreeNode display: allow -r, -p and -name select with -raw
APFS: Create a Volume selection list for 'vi' command and menu
APFS: Create bitmap caches for main and (fusion) tier2 devices
APFS: DESC command shows Btree RECORD types (CATS/DUMP/LEAVES)
APFS: DUMP and Tree/Node display, FS-Tree details and filtering
APFS: DUMP command enhanced with -name:wildcard select DIR/XATRR
APFS: DUMP command enhanced with -x:transactionId filter value
APFS: DUMP command fine-tuned for a display width of 120 columns
APFS: FINDPATH or '\path' commands will display file information
APFS: FOLDER command; Auto folder-display on select from snlist
APFS: FileSaveAs (recovery) implemented for std file data-stream
APFS: LEAF command determines fist/next leaf-node ID in a tree
APFS: LEAVES command displays tree-contents (faster than dump!)
APFS: LEAVES/DUMP commands support Inode name wildcard selection
APFS: New CP command refreshes to latest or given checkpoint
APFS: Recovery of a symlink will create a file with the linkname
APFS: Support -q and -v verbosity on PART and other displays
APFS: VIRT command translates virtual object-ID/Xid to blocknr
APFS: Xfield display in FS BtreeNodes, for filesize and filename
ATTACH: Option -i, Use a better geometry for attached IMZ image
BSFIND: Force sector 0 (MBR/Boot) to be 'found' and always listed
DISKLIST: Execute 'media -update' before display of the list
Display sector: Add 'Block:0x....' to end of identifying line
GENPART: Create correct commands for GPT partitioned disks too
GPT: Use GPT-style on a HYBRID-GPT/MBR with Auto-GPT set to ON
HEXED: Do NOT go to END of output, popup at current scroll-pos
HEXED: default 16 columns, F6 key cycles 16-32-64-128-256 width
HEXED: default position at the END (column 99) of regular output
IMAGE/RESTORE: Fix incorrect default size when using -P (dialog)
IMZ: fix XMZ indexfile creation for truncated/partial IMZ files
IMZ: for a partitioned-disk IMZ, prompt for partition to browse
ISO: Add display of 'path to root' for directory block displays
ISO: BROWSE initial list building and navigation implemented
ISO: Display DIR including Joliet LFN and Rock Ridge Posix info
ISO: Display El Torito (bootable CD) hdr info, link to boot img
ISO: Display and navigation of directory blocks implemented
ISO: FINDPATH or '\some\path\to\file' resolves file information
ISO: Initial support for the ISO9660 filesystem (DVD/CDROM)
ISO: SAVETO command including file copy and recover from BROWSE
ISO: Supply file-info to support 'list -f' and Browse Display
JFS: DIRTY cmd Improved cmd help, and superblock 'dirty' display
JFS: DIRTY command 'query' parameter sets RC to FS status value
LIST: -f option improved display for non-file records in the list
LOG: Support ~1..9 date/time filename substitution (see 'log -?')
MENU: Edit->LVM Information' uses a submenu for partition select
MENU: Edit->Partition Tables' uses a submenu for partition select
MENU: Mode=APFS 'DUMP all FS-tree records' and show DIR NameHash
MENU: Mode=APFS -> Display SpaceManager info, shows alloc info
MENU: Mode=APFS -> Refresh to last Checkpoint, updates FS view
MENU: Mode=APFS -> Select container Volume, selects one Volume
MENU: Mode=APFS added SpaceManager display and two DUMP variants
MENU: Mode=Fdisk -> RESTORE partition info: Select disknr or SAME
MENU: Mode=ISO -> Select Volume Descriptor (UPCASE,Joliet,Boot)
OPTIONS: verbosity -q and -v changed to the generic -O:s|q|n|v|m
OS/2: Added 128x128 PNG versions of the standard DFSee icons
RESTORE: Fixed crash on restore IMZ file smaller than 1024 bytes
UI: Changed initial-focus to the [OK] button in DIR-select dialog
UI: Fixed scroll bug when not at end of scroll buffer (PgUp, Up)
Windows: Attach all physical disks, allowing disk number gaps
Windows: Fix dsk identification strings with disk number gaps
macOS: Added 'Terminal' app keyboard customization tips to help
macOS: TxFsShow, macOS, Add 'diskutil list' info for device

15.6, More robust download scripts for UPDATE and DFSPUPPY; Auto single/multi select on Linux; OS/4 kernel info

ABOUT: TxOsVersion: Recognize OS/4 kernel used on OS/2 (OS/2)
CONFIRM: Avoid inconsistent abort behaviour on Escape key used
DFSGETPY script, test/prompt for writable DL directory; no COPY
DFSGETUP script, test/prompt for a writable download directory
FILEDLG: Callback signals possible target PATH change (UNIX)
HELP: Updated menu help for PUPPY download and program updates
IMAGE DLG: Default single/multi file based on target-FS (LINUX)
MEDIA/DISKLIST: Fix AHCI detection on config.sys syntax variant
SCRIPT: Function 'dirwritable(path)' tests for a writable DIR

15.5, Disk identification strings; Auto single/multi-file select on image; Selectable profile; logfilename with DATE

ALLOC: Better progress text: 'Get ALLOCATION info, at Sector:'
CR: Updated help (cr -?) with examples for 'mcs-number' syntax
DISK SelLists: Show disk ID in description (Linux/Windows/OS2)
DISKLIST: Output format now 2 lines, 2nd is indented description
EXTn: Avoid segmentation violation when no superblock present
FILEDLG: Callback function to signal volume/driveletter change
IMAGE DLG: Auto default for single/multi file based on target-FS
LOG: Trailing '~' char in logfilename expands to current DATE
MEDIA: Show the disk-identification string when available
MEDIA/DISKLIST: Correct Disk-ID string for QSinit PAE RAM-disks
MENU: Add REASON to message about disabled freespace areas (CR)
MENU: DOS VERSION, add 'download updates' DISABLED, with reason
MENU: Edit ->Settings/Properties, DFSee ->Auto log DATE postfix
MENU: Partition open/select items explicitly add the -a option
OS2: Show disk-id string on IDE DANIS506.ADD (media/disklist)
OS2: Show disk-id string on SATA OS2AHCI.ADD (media/disklist)
OS2: Show disk-id string on USB USBMSD.ADD (media/disklist)
PART: Do NOT show FS allocation unless '-a' option (saves time)
PRESTORE: Fixed parsing a .PDx disk-number (was broken in 15.4)
PROGRESS: Make sure values up to 99.99% are rounded DOWN not up
SET INSERT off | on | N: sets (auto) INSERT entryfield length
SET: 'LOG DATE' sets LOG auto DATE postfix on (or OFF or NUM)
STARTUP: switch -logdate sets logfilename auto DATE postfix ON
STARTUP: switch -insert:n sets (auto) INSERT entryfield length
STARTUP: switch -profile- disables execution of standard profile
STARTUP: switch -profile:name executes specific profile script
UI: ENTRYFIELD, auto INSERT: ON for large fields, OFF for small
UI: ENTRYFIELD, delete mark, when typing INSIDE the marked area
UI: Use 7-bit ASCII output setting for window drawing as well
UI: Windows, force codepage 437 unless '-7' EXE switch is used

15.4, DFSPUP64 USB stick; Auto mouse-marking OS/2 and Windows; Reworked Help-menu; DFSFAST disk analysis

ABOUT: Fixed duplicate 'Current user' line when using -P- option
ABOUT: Updated 64-bit macOS compiler version to 10.0.0 (Mojave)
ABOUT: Added macOS version 14.x 'Mojave' as recognised version
Auto-disable OS/2 'Mouse Actions' and DragText 'Mouse Marking'
Auto-disable Windows console 'Quick Edit Mode' during DFSee run
Auto-redraw when Windows console is made larger (like maximize)
Better support Windows-console larger than screen (like 80x300)
DFSFAST: Faster variant of DFSDISK, for EXISTING disk partitions
DISKSERIAL: Display disk serialnumber info (LINUX IDE/SATA only)
Detect DFSPUP64 stick XenialPup64 88-color rxvt (use COLORTERM)
Fix detection of gnome-terminal when using a COLORTERM variable
HEXED: Added framing borders to HEXDUMP style clipboard copy
IMZ/VDI: Avoid 'switch to FDISK' popup on the 'attach' command
IMZ: Browse FIRST partition when IMZ is for a partitioned disk
IMZ: Fixed to use the specified directory in file-open dialog
LINKS in rgkey/help explicit .php (resolve in xenial64 terminal)
MENU->HELP: Item 'Sector Types' help now uses a popup text view
MENU->HELP: Added submenu for TXScript for syntax, variables etc
MENU->HELP: Added User-Interface submenu for keyboard, mouse etc
MENU->HELP: Added help item to document generic command options
MENU->HELP: Added GPT symbolic names to the partition-type help
MENU->HELP: Added seperate item for UI-library standard commands
MENU->HELP: Added seperate item for UI-library startup switches
MENU->HELP: Added download of the 64-bit/UEFI DFSPUP64.IMZ image
MENU->SCRIPTS: Add create 64-bit/UEFI Xenialpup64 DFSPUPPY stick
MENU->SCRIPTS: Add 'Fast Analyse disks (support)' DFSFAST script
PRESTORE: Fixed restore MBR of a GPT disk, using verbose display
PRESTORE: Optimized TAB order in selection dialog, from the menu
RADIO/CHECKBOX: Use other color as focus indicator, user feedback
SCRIPT: DFSF32ST updated for GPT and OS/2 LVM huge-disk geometry
SCRIPTS: DFSF16ST, DFSIFSTD, DFSJFS35, synced to DFSF32ST update
SET SYSMENU 0/1/2 Set/show OS/2 or Windows mouse-marking control
STARTUP: switch -l- is now default, use -l to get logfile dialog
STARTUP: switch -sysmenu:n mouse-marking setting OS/2 or Windows
STARTUP: Only report INT13 disk limits in pedantic mode (-p:2)
STORE: Show filename in one-liner for image files (window-title)

15.3, Binary File/Hex-editor, BROWSE and Menu enhancements; Additional MBR/GPT types; Several bug fixes and improvements

BROWSE: enhanced filter selection-dialog with modified AFTER date
BROWSE: Include empty files in default selection filter (size 0)
BROWSE: 'Specify custom file filtering' CHECKED (ON) by default
BROWSE: Fixed bug with 'Reduce list to SELECTED' for FAT/EXTn/HFS
CMD: Avoid CMD.EXE popup VIO window on OS/2 external commands
CR GPT Dialog: Added 'srv' 'dmcrypt' and 'luks' to gpt-type list
CR GPT: Added 'raid', '0xfd' and 'fd00' as valid symbolic types
CR GPT: New 'home', 'srv', 'root32', 'root64', 'dmcrypt', 'luks'
EDIT -dir: Maintain and use persistent 'last-used-directory-path'
EDIT filename: Allow access to last (partial) sector correctly
EDIT filename: Force binary mode on opened image using 'im -RAW'
EDIT: Explicit -A- to disallow append/delete from (binary) file
EFAT: Fixed crash with '\path-to-file' file/dir locator command
EFAT: Fixed incorrect 'invalid cluster value' errors on CHECK/SLT
EFAT: Use Dir-entry cache to avoid incorrect size of directories
FAT: Added usage hint 't -D' to display deleted DIR entries too
FAT: Allow DIR display from list .NNN, even when FAT says 'free'
FAT: Recover: Contiguous file save after FORMAT, FAT-entries 0
FATSET: Manually set a FAT-allocation chain for contiguous range
FATWRIM: made FAT-2 the default to write to, better usage info
HEXED: Fixed scrolling UP/PGUP with partial sectors (buf size)
HEXED: Show additional (green) cursor in HEX and ASSCII areas
HEXED: show marked-area in prev/next buffers too, when visible
HEXED: Copy to clipboard when NO MARK, copies in HEXDUMP format
HEXED: Alt-H or double-click in OFFSET column toggles mark format
HEXED: Vertical click-drag in offset area creates a HEXDUMP mark
IM: -RAW option forces RAW mode, no decompress/index .IMZ/.VDI
LIST/RECOVER: Enhanced selection-dialog with modified AFTER date
LIST/SLT: Made the 'info' value 16 bits; display as 4 hex digits
macOS: Fixed crash on displaying commandline history buffer F11
MENU, File: add the 'Change Current Directory' to BASIC mode too
MENU: Grayed several menu-items when no (proper) object opened
PART/VOL: Write pending (FAT etc) changes before open new object
PART: Added new undefined/ignored/temporary/backup MBR type 0xd7
PART: Recognize Linux 'LUKS' encrypted MBR partition type 0xe8
PART: Classified all CHS-related warnings as MINOR (use part -w)
PART: No warnings for MBR-part types 0xd7 and 0xdf (temp/backup)
PART: Removed warnings for partitions beyond int13 cyl-1023 limit
PART: Reworded WARNING: Partition type 0x35 with missing LVM-BBR
PART: Supress 'No ACTIVE partition' warning if AirBoot is present
RESIZE: Disable ALL resize menu-items for non-supported filesystems
RESTORE: Open destination RAW image (-I:fname) as R/W (RAW2IMZ)
SET MENU: style: Autodrop, NoDrop or Delayed-drop and Right-Move
Startup -M:n switch: added value 4 for Delayed-drop menu style
Startup: Show status-prompt when using non-default start command
UI CMD history: (F11 key) timestamp now in microSeconds from start
UI FILEDLG: Directory picker, set initial focus to Directory-window
UI FILEDLG: Optimize vertical size, while keeping titlebar visible
UI MENU: No menu activate when clicking top-line in output-window
UI HEXED: optimized paint of marked area, faster and no-flicker
UI OUTPUT: optimized paint of marked area, faster and no-flicker
UI TXTVIEW: optimized paint of marked area, faster and no-flicker
UPDATE scripts: Use 'wget --no-check-certificate' avoiding errors

15.2, Clipboard Copy/Paste and Mouse marking; Filedialog/HFS/NTFS enhancements; MacOS SIP warning; Minor fixes

BSFIND: Changed '-f' start position default mcs-unit to sectors
Bootsector: Removed (usualy incorrect) BeFS bootcode detection
CC: Clipboard Copy, copy lines from output window to clipboard
CMD: External command output, crude TAB expansion to 8 spaces
CP: Clipboard Paste, copy clipboard text to the output window
CV: Copy selected value to the clipboard as a (Hex) string
DOS: Support the (local) clipboard functions, within DFSee only
FILEDLG: Filename entryfield, allow path-separator '\' or '/'
FILEDLG: Support Drive + rel-path + wildcard like 'H:sub\*.log'
FILEDLG: Support relative-DIR like 'test\' or 'nx\images\*.imz'
Filenames in commands, allow either '/' or '\' path separators
GPT: 'pid -name:newname' will change the name of a GPT partition
HEXED, DISASM: Fixed DISTORM bugs when compiled for 64-bit (macOS)
HEXED, DISASM: Highlight current instruction code bytes at top
HEXED, DISASM: Mouse doubleclick will 'jump' to that instruction
HEXED, DISASM: Use temporary mouse-drag MARK for clipboard copy
HEXED: Correctly highlight current buffer for odd nr of columns
HEXED: Extra PREV and NEXT buffer (total 9 now) for large screens
HFS: Better HFS superblock detection (no BSFIND false positives)
Linux: Copy-TO-Clipboard goes to both PRIMARY+CLIPBOARD X-selections
MBR: Include version and language for detected Airboot bootmanager
NTFS: FINDMFT command to locate the MFT area (for fixboot)
NTFS: FIXBOOT (non-spare) correct cluster size for FS < 2 GiB
NTFS: Menu item: 'Find MFT location, for Fix' doing a FINDMFT
OS/2: Set status title on CMD-window title-Bar and Window-list
PART: Avoid 'no active partition' warning on APM style 1st disk
Switch -lvmsize forces use of LVM disk size + related warnings
Switch -sigint enables Ctrl-C aborting, disabling Copy-to-Clipboard
UI: Ctrl-C handling in Windows respects '-sigint' switch now too
UI: Alt-A in HEXED marks whole current item (sector/cluster/block)
UI: Ctrl-C/Alt-C Copy-to-Clipboard for HEXED, ASCII or HEX-pairs
UI: Ctrl-C/Alt-C Copy-to-Clipboard for MsgBox (warning/error/about)
UI: Ctrl-C/Alt-C Copy-to-Clipboard for TextView (mostly help items)
UI: Ctrl-C/Alt-C Copy-to-Clipboard for Lists, Buttons, Menu-heading
UI: Ctrl-C/Alt-C Copy-to-Clipboard for Output-window (marked or window)
UI: Ctrl-V/Alt-V in HEXED paste from clipboard with ASCII or HEX-pairs
UI: Ctrl-A MARK-ALL entryfield, msg/help text and output windows
UI: Ctrl-X/Alt-X CUT entryfield marked-area to clipboard, unmark
UI: Cursor for INSERT/REPLACE mode larger, to platform standard
UI: DELETE in entryfield deletes marked-area, one char if no mark
UI: Dedicated desktop footer text when output-window has focus
UI: Drag-MARK: Auto scroll LEFT/RIGHT if mouse outside window
UI: Drag-MARK: Auto scroll UP/DN when mouse above/below window
UI: Entryfield Ctrl-V/Alt-V PASTE from, Alt-C COPY to clipboard
UI: Fixed Ctrl-C bug causing input-repeat or garbage on OS/2
UI: HEXED: Display marked-area in ASCII pane and in HEX pane
UI: HEXED: Fixed odd behaviour on Pgup/Dn with large window size
UI: HEXED: Support 'wrapped-line' marking by mouse-dragging
UI: INSERT mode, 'set insert on/off' command sets insert state
UI: INSERT mode, default ON at startup, -insert- switch reverts
UI: Mouse Alt+Click or Ctrl-Click MB2 copies (mark) to clipboard
UI: Mouse Click+Drag MARKS in Help/Msg/Text/Output/HexEdit window
UI: Mouse Ctrl+Click pastes from clipboard in Entryfield + HEXED
UI: Mouse DoubleClick (sometimes Single Click too) UNMARKS
UI: Paste Entryfield/HEXED to mark ONLY if cursor is IN mark
UI: Set OS window title on program exit, try to restore original
UI: Set OS window title to currently open object description
UI: Support multi-line marked area in Output-window and Help
UI: UNIX, insert STARTDRAG msg to get correct mark anchor position
UNIX: Error popup on missing clipboard utils xclip/pbcopy/pbpaste
UNIX: Relocated temporary filename(s) to temp dir '/tmp/....'
macOS: Startup 'su'/'disable SIP' hint on inaccessible bootdisk
macOS: Changed 'Display OS device/disk info' to show ALL disks
macOS: Menu item: 'Show SIP status' (Invisible macOS boot disk)
macOS: Probe /dev/rdiskN devices on startup, to see more disks
macOS: Recognize APFS FS in FileSystemOnly (synthesized) disks
txLib: New ExecRedirectIO function similar to `command` on UNIX

15.1, Apple HFS support, more 'about' details, 64-bit macOS version and some minor updates

64bit verification version; Delivery/setup of macOS DFSee.app
ABOUT: Linux: Show description for distribution, when identified
ABOUT: Linux/macOS TERM info and (sudo) user on an extra line
ABOUT: macOS: Report macOS version numbers as well as Darwin ones
ABOUT: OS/2: Show description for distribution ArcaOS/eCS/IBM
ABOUT: Show the DFSee version info itself with '-c- (for logging)
ABOUT: Windows: Report logged-on username and computername
ABOUT: Windows: Report actual Windows-version for win-8x and 10
ABOUT: Windows/macOS: Show verbose OS-version description string
ABOUT: Show 32/64 bit arch/os for Linux, macOS and Windows
CMDLINE: Fix working of the (Commandline) history-buffer for 64bit
CR: New type 0xAF for creating macOS HFS+ style partitions on MBR
EXE compress: Update to UPX 3.94, compress Linux and macOS-64 too
GPT/MBR-type-07: Recognize Bitlocker encryption in a fake FAT32
HELP/TXT: macOS 'wget' install hints; update DFSee URL to https
HFS: Implemented FileSaveAs() for file recovery (browse, recover)
HFS: Build parent-CnID and (folder) name cache for all CnID values
HFS: CATS command searches Catalog-file for parent/filename combo
HFS: CATS expanded to allow search Thread-records (no name) too
HFS: FOLDER command much faster by using B-tree, not linear search
HFS: Implement FsFileInfo() as required by 'list -f' and Browse
HFS: Implement FsFindPath() as required by 'findpath' and Browse
HFS: Implement FsMakeBrowseList() as required by the Browse dialog
HFS: Resolve full-path for CnID or Catalog-node lsn+index combo
HFS: SYMLINK display in 'list -f', Browse and Node/Dir displays
HFS: Show 'Hlnk' hard-link and 'Fdrp' Finder-Alias in Leaf-nodes
JFS: Recognize Linux JFS in type 0x07 with GRUB-like bootrecord
JFS: Get Part-size from Part-tables when BR is not JFS specific
Linux: VOL: Fix mount location for sda1 with sda10..19 present
macOS: 'setup' script makes sure the DFSee.app is allowed to run
macOS: Build better 32bit version with regular GCC on Snow-Leopard
macOS: Setup script automatically selects 32 or 64 bits executable
Mode=FDISK DELETE: added some trace to debug a crash situation
PART: Avoid boot-driveletter warnings on non-OS/2 bootable JFS
Printf: Corrected many format strings for 32/64 bit compatibility
REG/IMZ: Fixed compression handle-type for 64-bit environments
Version: Cleanup old vers_XX.Y files when updating from the menu

15.0, Set LABEL, better JFS/EXTn filerecovery, recursive directory recover, BROWSE improvements; more HFS and APFS support

APFS: Added Mode=APFS with minimal function (superblock display)
APFS: BL/CL command to translate between blocks and sectors
APFS: Display all known APFS block types, incl checksum verify
APFS: Display container superblock with most relevant values
APFS: New DUMP command displays recognized blocks in filesystem
APFS: Vol-superblock display with formatted date/time incl nsec
ATTACH/VIRT: Use correct geometry/BPS for MEMDISK MiB..TiB sizes
BROWSE/SAVETO: 'Recurse into subdirectories' option, default is ON
BROWSE: toggles 'Percentage display' versus 'Fast' list build
BROWSE: restores original list from starup of the browser
BROWSE: Automatic minimize () on display of item metadata
BROWSE: Automatic minimize () on recovery of any dir/file
BROWSE: No confirmation-popup but printed message on file recover
BROWSE: Preserve multiple 'marked' items over list sorting
BROWSE: REDUCE list fix for mix of Dir/File selected (sort issue)
DFSDOS: Reduced minimal buffer memory from 50Mb to less than 5Mb
DISKETTE: RAMDISK from 12 to 3 Mb, and option to skip (low-memory)
DISKLIST: Show size of displayed disk in GiB units for readability
EFAT: Build Parent-cache before Browse, aborts building it
EFAT: Speedup SLT/Parent-cache build, specially on large clusters
EXT RECOVER/BROWSE: Better path+filename retrieval on damaged FS
FORMAT: Select correct clustersize for non-std BPS like 4096
File recovery: 'Recurse' option recovers directory contents too
Find normal files DLG: Do NOT allow path-separator or wildcards!
GPT: Add 'APFS Container' GUID with matching type 0x73 MBR-alias
HFS: Display some catalog-file details at filesystem open/init
HFS: FOLDER command to display Catalog contents (DFSee DIR format)
HFS: Formatted display of catalog-file header, leaf and map nodes
HFS: LABEL command to set new Volume label, up to 255 characters
HFS: NODE command to display Catalog header, index and leaf nodes
HFS: Supply label value from catalog-file for table/map display
JFS FILEFIND/DELFIND: Continue after (CRC) errors when -E:i used
JFS RECOVER/BROWSE: Better path+filename retrieval on damaged FS
JFS: No endian-swapping of first 8-bytes in UUID edit and display
JFS: Specific linux UUID and Volumename displayed with superblock
LABEL: EFAT command to display/edit the 11-character volume label
LABEL: EXTn command to display/edit the 16-character volume label
LABEL: FAT command to display/edit the 11-character volume label
LABEL: HPFS command to display/edit the 11-character volume label
LABEL: JFS command to display/edit the 11 / 16 char volume label
LABEL: NTFS command to display/edit the 32-character volume label
LABEL: ReiserFS cmd to display/edit the 16-character volume label
LABEL: XFS command to display/edit the 16-character volume label
LIST/RECOVER/BROWSE: Set default minimum filesize to 0 (all files)
LOG/TRACE fix opening a new log/trace file in ROOT directory
LVM: Updated startup warning LVM IGNORED for missing primary info
MAP: Include the Volume LABEL line in the standard MAP layout
MENU and CLONE TO/FROM partition lists: Use LVM/GPT name if no FS-label
MENU: In most Mode=xxFS: new submenu "Set Volume info/status"
MENU: LABEL edit for HPFS,NTFS,JFS,FAT,EFAT,EXTn,XFS,ReiserFS,HFS
MENU: Submenu items: Volume label, Serial-nr, UUID, dirty/clean
MENU: Mode=HFS, new Display Catalog info submenu, directory view
MENU: Mode=HFS, new Volume-info submenu with Edit/Display Label
PART/LVM: Ignore BBR read error, continue (analyse LVM on all disks)
PART: Fix devide-by-zero crash on a GRUB boot partition type 0x06
RECOVER/SAVETO/BROWSE: new 'recurse into subdirectories' option
RECOVER: 'Recurse into subdirectories' OFF when not a single directory
RESTORE/IMAGE: -q option reduces screen output to progress only
SCRIPT: Added $_d_unixdev[DSK] variable to retrieve disk device name
SCRIPT: Avoid interpreting options like -D as a subtraction operation
SCRIPTS: Menu, start USB-stick creation scripts quieter (-Q)
SCRIPTS: USB-stick creation, show disklist and less verbose
TRACE: TRACE: Much less verbose on EVEN trace levels, maximum on ODD
XFS, ReiserFS: Supply label value and UUID for table/map display
XFS: Display most of the superblock contents, including Inode-use
macOS: Show correct (removable) or r/R indicators for removable disks

14.11, BROWSE speedup and enhancements; CLONE BAD-SECTORS menu; RECOVER improvements; CR improvements

ALLOC: Status msg when checking allocation on huge files > 128 MiB
BAD-sectors marked with 0xFE pattern, searchable/shown as type '5'
BROWSE/NTFS: Correct path in description line for multi hard-link
BROWSE/NTFS: Correct recover-path for multiple hard-linked files
BROWSE: to toggle recovery-mode; speed-up for all filesystems
BROWSE: Display file/dir metadata from popup menu (like MFT-record)
BROWSE: In recovery mode, show all files (min size/percentage 0)
BROWSE: Speed up display (on huge files) when not in recovery mode
CDISO: rebuild with cleaned up BOOT.IMG to make DFSDOS.EXE fit again
CLONE/IMAGE/RESTORE etc; better alignment of read/write error msg
CLONE: Correct area-start in arealist when using -skipbads option
CLONE: Generate 'retry-bad-areas' script on disk-2-disk -skipbads
CLONE: auto display bad-sector areas skipped when using -skipbads
CR/SETTYPE: Support 2 or 4 digit HEX value for GPT types, like EF
CR: -N option creates an EMPTY MBR when needed (No code, zeroed)
CR: GPT EFI (ESP) default to 128 MiB only when NO size specified
DISKLIST: List available disk numbers plus info on screen/stdout
GPT2MBR/MBR2GPT: Correctly select disknumber specified as param
GPT2MBR/MBR2GPT: -N option creates an EMPTY MBR, No code
GPT: Reworded warning when GPT tables present without an MBR guard
IM/IMAGE: Fix name generation XMZ index in multiple-dot filenames
IMAGE/RESTORE dialogs, layout + more verbose text for readability
LINUX: Detect and report 'Removable' property for disk devices
LINUX: Initialize disk-name to device/model info, when available
Menu: Clone -> Disk, BAD-SECTORS' -skipbads / Area-Retry script
Menu: Edit->Search sectors and output->Search for 0x00 EMPTY sectors
Menu: Edit->Search sectors and output->Search for 0xFE BAD sectors
NTFS: Better multiple hard-link paths shown in MFT-record display
NTFS: Fixed 'u' command after MFT-display (nav.up, LSN parent DIR)
PARTITION select lists, add disk-number for better identification
RECOVER/SAVETO: -A- option skips allocation check (will be faster)
RECOVER: Add 'Recover x from y' file count in status progress info
SPEED: Fixed divide-by-zero crash on buffersize 512 or larger
TXWIN: Avoid special chars in radio/check buttons use '*' and 'x'

14.10, DFSPUPPY related fine-tuning; Enhancements in several scripts; Some smaller big fixes and enhancements

CMDLINE: '+' and '-' goes to NEXT or PREVIOUS sector respectively
DFSPUPPY script, prompt directory when not found at default location
DFSUSB32 script, set EXEDIR as current to find imz, restore DIR at end
EDIT: Default itemsize changed back to clustersize (from 4096 bytes)
HEXED: Allow navigation when CURR buffer empty (non-existing sector)
IM: Set correct base (start - final) for IM opening an IMZ image
LINUX: Do NOT attempt to update window-title for console (no X-term)
LINUX: Support DFSPUPPY initial DFSee evaluation registration keys
MODE: WIN version only, avoid reset to 80 columns if set larger
NEWMBR: Fixed -f:from-other-disknr option to actually work that way
NTFS/JFS: Fixed recovery/copy of sparse file segments (write zeroes)
RECOVER/SAVETO: Changed default option to NOT discard path component
Recover files from List: fixed wildcard handling (broken since 14.0)
mode=AUX: Display 'not-implemented' error message for many commands
mode=NTFS: Allow abort with from infinite related-MFT display
x.DFS: Better message on incorrect DFSee script execution (no 'run')

14.9, GPT handling/conversion improved; Media re-scan; APMap support; Help-sections in scripts; Fixed auto-update and 'scan -w' crash

ATTACH/DETACH: Automatic switch to FDISK mode when in another mode
CONFIRM: command can take take an -H:sssiii helpid as option
CREATE Dialog: NO-align and MAX-size default if Partial-Cylinder FSP
CR: Allow creation of a (small!) partition in a Partial-Cylinder FSP
DFS*.dfs scripts: Added a HELP section for confirmation popup help
Disk-style 'FLP' for LargeFloppy renamed to 'FSO' for FileSystem Only
EDIT and key: Made default view HEX/ASCII editor instead of auto
FS: Recognition of Linux/MacOS FS if no bootsec (IM, ATTACH, VOL etc)
GPT: Display GPT-hdr and table contents even if no guard part present
HELP menu: Pre-load help for most DFSee scripts (for Help->Select)
HELP: Support reading single HELP-sections from TX-script file
HFS: Recognise 'cerd' as last mounted FS, as a valid HFS superblock
LOADHELP: Added -S and -H:sss option for help-sections in Script
LOADHELP: Strip CR and LF characters from all lines (UNIX etc)
LOADHELP: Search target file in EXE-dir, PATH and current-DIR
MEDIA: '-update' option updates DFSee disk list (partitionable media)
MENU: Enable wipe-freespace in filesystem, for any valid FS detected
MENU: File->Attach/Detach/Display disks->Update DFSee disk-list c-U
PART/MAP: Support APM style disks, and allow partitions selection
PART: Disk-style 'APM' for Apple-Partition-Map (macOS disk images etc)
PART: Warnings if GPT-table and MBR partitions present, or no GPT guard
PTEDIT: Extra warning when adding AA55 signature to APM-style disk
RC: Improved error explanation on compound or multiple commands
RC: Improved handling and reporting of Read-Only/lock-error issues
SCAN -w: Fixed crash on Windows/Linux/macOS and default buffer size
SCAN: Fixed bogus errors reported at end of objects (large buffers)
SCRIPT: Strip spaces at start/end of each line (continuation!)
SCRIPT: message() and confirmed(): optional helpid 2nd param
SCRIPT: no execute of message() and confirmed() in syntax-only
STORE: Improved Last-accessed-LSN/PSN value, added Base-Final PSN
UNIX: Fixed crash on excessive fast keyboard/mouse input
UPDATE: Fix DFSGETUP/DFSINSTL scripts bad ZIP name (dfsee_install.zip)
WIPEFREE: Allow any object with a filesystem, not just VOL/PART

14.8, UIKEYS command in menu; Supress trivial warnings; More Unix key definitions; HEXED 16x32 mode; Better terminal detection

CMD: Filter excessive WGET progress logging from output window
FAT: FIRSTFREE cmd finds first free cluster, write back if FAT32
GEO dialog: added another default geometry 240 heads, 32 sect/track
HELP Program Updates/Download includes link to OS/2 and WIN 'wget'
HEXED: Alt-arrows, resize the number of colums/rows one by one
HEXED: Ctrl-F2/Alt-T Toggle between initial and fixed 16x32 size
KBD: LXT/Gnome/xterm: Home/End + Ctrl/Alt/Shift PgUp/PGDn etc
KBD: LXTerminal: Ctrl/Shift/Alt arrows and Ctrl+Shift Left/Right
KBD: macOS Terminal: Add shift-Delete; add '+/-' key as 'INSERT'
LVM: 'Edit->LVM information' on GPT partition, msg crash fixed
Linux: Download/Update script 'dfslwget' works on most Linuxes now
MENU: 'Edit->Sector, HEX 16 columns, 32 rows size (Alt-T / Ctrl-F2)
MENU: 'Edit->Settings/Properties UI -> Select #colors, Palette (UNIX)
MENU: 'Edit->Settings/Properties UI -> UI Test keyboard + Mouse
MENU: Display -> Other partition views -> Non-trivial warnings only
Output-window UP/PGUP: do NOT scroll beyond first non-empty line
PART: Do not count trivial warnings in 'minor warnings not shown'
PART: Use warning classification major/minor/trivial for disks too
QUERY: Marker line between different disks, show non-MBR (CRP/FLP)
SCHEME: use BRIGHT foreground colors in the 'commander' schemes
SET MARGIN sets wanted display-width (MAP, PART, ALLOC, progress)
SET PALET 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 88 | 256; #colors for UI and output
SET PALET: Support 1/2 color palette (minimal) for all platforms
SET SCREEN BRIGHT: Map grey to normal-white, console readability
UNIX: Better detection of 8/16/88/256 color terminal capability
UNIX: Detect a Linux-console pretending to be xterm (PUPPY linux!)
UNIX: switch '-screen:WCx*' sets 'C' columns, all available rows
WIPE: Changed confirmation text and logic for a wipe starting at 0
Windows: Enabled MSI install from Help -> Program Updates/Downloads
OS/2: Enabled Warpin install from Help -> Program Updates/Downloads

14.7, OS/2 GET-update from web; Unix large screen support; Hex-edit tuning; Large-floppy/LUKS-crypto disk protection

ABOUT: Show DFSee/TxLib build-date to YYYY-MM-DD for consistency
ABOUT: Accept s-F4 as shortcut key, works from all Unix terminals
Clearly identify/present (free)space for non partitionable disks
DISK: Recognize another MBR variant 'IBM Thinkpad factory preload'
HEXED: Avoid changing item-size (sectors) on using GOTO (Ctrl-G)
HEXED: Default item size 4KiB (block); Overrule with 'edit -s:n'
HEXED: Mouse click on ASCII [ or past ] columns to scroll UP/DN
HEXED: Slightly different color for buffer before/after current
HEXED: Speed up initial loading by optimizing first window paint
HEXED: Tune window width for up to 128 HEX columns; relSN value
HFS: Correctly identify HFS SB in 4096 byte sector size disks
Kbd: treat shift-up/dn/left/right/pgup/pgdn just as Ctrl or Alt
Kbd: shift-F5/F7/F8/F10/F12 alias for Alt-Fx on UNIX (windowing)
Kbd: Linux: new rxvt codes ctrl-arrows/PgUp/PgDn Ctrl/Shift-Fkey
LOG: Fixed rotating '-m:size' limitted log on mac/Linux platform
LUKS: Recognize 'Linux Unified Key Setup' in sectordata, display
LVM: Work on MBR-style disks only (not on GPT, FLP or CRP style)
Linux: Probing for NVMe SSD, HVM virtuals and MMC (SD) devices
MAP/ALLOC: Support and use screen widths up to 768 columns wide
MAP/PART: Enhanced 'partitioning style' to: MBR, GPT, FLP or CRP
MAP: Detect LUKS encrypted disks/partitions, show relevant info
MAP: Optimize color usage for max diversity on various platforms
MENU: Extra spacing between menuheaders if wider than 100 columns
MOUSE: No scroll but OPEN on click right-side of drop-down-menu
NEWMBR on large-flop or LUKS-crypted fails in batch or OEM-engine
NEWMBR on large-flop or LUKS-crypted, extra warning in confirm
NEWMBR without parameters does CURRENT disk ('.'), not ALL ('*')
OS/2: External commands without need for extra to start
OS/2: Filter WGET progress output to re-use the same line in SB
OS/2: Filter WGET progress output, no repeated lines in the log
OS/2: Fixed version number in DFSHIST.TXT and WPI distribution
OUTPUT: Accept shift-arrow keys etc to scroll the output window
OUTPUT: No command timestamp when echo is supressed for a command
PART: Default block/clustersize 4096 bytes (when no bootsec value)
PART: Encrypted GPT partition info, with FileVault header data
PART: Fixed crash with '-b' or '-n' on large-floppy-format disk
PART: Include Encrypted partition info, with (LUKS) header data
PART: Include Encrypted disk info (LUKS) and wider 'info' column
QUERY: New 'query DSTyle' partitioning style MBR, GPT, FLP, CRP
SCRIPT: New variables $_d_pstyle (string) and $_d_cryptdisk
SCRIPT: Updated DFSGETUP/DFSGETPY scripts to report missing 'wget'
UIKEYS: Show key-description as well as decimal TXLIB key-value
UNIX: Fixed bug on terminals over 32K cells; MAX width now 768
UNIX: More iTem/Terminal key codes (like Ctrl-up/dn, shift-F11)
UNIX: Set desktop to 80x25 if reported screensize 0x0 (in debugger)
UNIX: Support small screen in large terminal window (-screen:WXxY)
VCU/PCLEAR/FIXCHS/NEWMBR: No writing 'untouchable' disks (FLP/CRP)
VER: New command to display single line of version/packaging info
XML: New tag diskstyle="str" = "MBR, GPT", "FLP", "CRP" or "UNK"

14.6, Enhanced mouse support including Linux and macOS; DFSPUPPY bootable USB stick support; 88/256 colors on Linux/macOS

ATTACH/DETACH: renamed from MOUNT and UNMOUNT, to avoid confusion
BROWSE JFS: Honnor abort request ( key) building name-cache
CD: Support leading '~' to represent HOME directory (env variable)
CD: Allow a trailing path seperator on specified path to go to
DEV/VOL: On Linux, combine 'df' and '/proc/mounts' info for list
DEV/VOL: On OSX, use 'df -h -l -m' output to list mounted devices
DFSPUPPY/DFSUSB32 scripts: Better error handling (Windows Locks)
EXT-CMD: Display info: (executed by the operating system)
FAT(32): Fixup directory display; Display 1st cluster-to-be-used
GPT: Allow non-standard ASCII name instead of Unicode (ISOHybrid)
GPT: Process GPT even if no valid guard/EFI MBR part (ISOHybrid)
IMAGE Dialog: Add buffersize option 'Disk geometry track size'
JFS: Recognize Linux formatted FS in none-0x83 type, no bootsector
LINUX: Allow '/mnt/home/dfsee/dfspuppy.imz' path for create stick
LINUX: startup, attach /dev/vdX disks (virtio, ParaVirtualisation)
Linux/macOS UI: Implement mouse events (xterm 1002 classic mode)
Linux/macOS UI: Implement mouse events (xterm 1006, 1015 modes)
MacOS: Own set of shell scripts; New dfsmwget/dfstrun for download
LOG: Keep absolute path (no wandering) and honor -dir:path switch
MBR: Recognize 'Puppy Linux std MBR, DFSee Slacko USB' (dfspuppy)
MBR: Recognize 'Syslinux generic MBR code (ISOHybrid)' (Suse Leap)
MENU: Added '[Basic]/[Expert]' mode indicator/button combination
MENU: Edit -> Settings/Properties, DFSee -> Show type 0x00 as part
MENU: File -> Attach RAW disk image, fixed attach command (use -i)
MENU: File -> Attach physical disk, accept RAW image (Linux, OSX)
MENU: File -> Device and Volume management-> Display/Unmount etc
MENU: Help -> Program Updates / Downloads -> Get & install updates
MENU: Optimize menubar layout for menu-cycle button (Expert/Basic)
MENU: Scripts -> 'Make Puppy-boot (USB) disk' creates bootable USB
MOUSE: Button-3 click: Present context-sensitive help (like )
MOUSE: Ctrl-click, any button, close the (help) window or a dialog
MOUSE: Menu HELP on ITEM under cursor; Ctrl-click never exit APP
MOUSE: Right 3 columns of output-text-window act as a scrollbar
MOUSE: Support Basic<>Expert switching by clicking the indicator
MOUSE: Support contiguous list marking by dragging (browse window)
MOUSE: Usage hint menu toggle + text-scroll in output window title
PART: Allow primary to start at 0, update ERROR text (ISOHybrid)
PATCHKEY: Command to replace keyvalue in current sector by actual
PROGRESS: Replace clock() by TXTIMER high-res duration/throughput
REGKEY: Inform on start/exit if using evaluation/upgrade temp key
RESTORE: Fix crash when -b:N option specified, smaller than in IMZ
SCRIPT: New $_dirsep script variable holding dir/path seperator
SCRIPT: New $_exedir script variable with executable-path, no sep
SCRIPT: New $_exename script variable with executable-name, no path
SCRIPT, DFSINSTL: New script to install a DFSee program update
SCRIPT, DFSIFSTD: Don't fail due to 'NTFS auto open' on Linux etc
SCRIPT: Added getenv(variablename) function to TX script language
SCRIPT: Make help available from menu BEFORE running any scripts
SCRIPT: Update help on 'defaultparam' for assigning string values
SET PT0: Set partition-tables to show type 0x00 (deleted/hidden)
SET SKIPFS: Set FS to skip on match driveletters (FAT32.IFS bug)
SWITCH: -dir:path Sets default directory for File Open/Save etc
TIMING: Replace clock() by TXTIMER, high-res (fixes bugs on UNIX)
Trusted Cmds: 'WGET' for macOS/Linux, 'ZIP' and 'UNZIP' for all
UI: Cleanup colorschemes; Optimized 3D-Commander for Linux/macOS
UI: Definitions for Puppy Linux (rxvt/urxvt) F1..F4, s-F11, s-F12
UI: Take BG-grey color from the 88 (rxvt) or 256 (xterm) palettes
UI: Support 16-BG-colors (3D-grey) in rxvt and OSX Terminal/xterm
UICC: New command to show 88/256 color palette in a 'cube' layout
UIKEYS: Show keyboard + Mouse events, with decoding and timestamps
UNIX: Auto adjust to new terminal window-size on next click/key
UNIX: Support mouse-movement events (DRAG windows to move them)
VirtDisk: in-memory renamed 'Mem-disk', and /dev/MdX now, not vdX

14.5, Support disks over 2TB; Large buffer imaging; IMZ create/verify/restore fixes; Better Smart Progress

ALLOC: Predict smart-usage for better ETA in later imaging/cloning
ALLOC: Signal Smart-use info not available when aborting display
ALLOC: When single-line, output per character (acts as progress bar)
ALLOC: display: show disk/part-ID/Drive being checked in status bar
Added 'DISKUTIL' as trusted command for Mac OSX (to unmount disks)
Allow external commands on any OS (file-redirect, or pipe on OS/2)
BROWSE/IMAGE new compact index-file formats allowing objects > 2TB
BROWSE: Fixed renaming of directories from dialog popup (HPFS/JFS)
BROWSE: Mouse CLICK to select, DBLCLK to enter (subdir or menu)
BROWSE: Support large (2MiB, DOS 256 KiB) buffers in IMZ browsing
CLONE (smart): Better ETA using allocation-info for FS or whole disk
CLONE: Hint at 'compare' fail, on partition clone and auto 'fixpbr'
COMPARE: Fix sectornumber format in mismatch error text (32/64bit)
CR: Symbolic name 'EXT' = 0x83, 'CONT' = 0x05 (extended container)
Calculated Geometry (geocalc): Force 64/32 1-MiB geo on GPT disks
DARWIN: Use faster 'rdiskN' devices, not 'diskN', unless -raw- switch
DESKTOP folder OS2/Windows: Program object 'Browse IMZ imagefile'
DESKTOP folder OS2/Windows: Program object 'HEX edit binary file'
DFSBRIMZ: New shellscript to start an IMZ BROWSE for file/directory
Dialogs: Add 64-bit field-2-value and value-2-field conversions
Directory overviews: Allow up to 99.999 numbered entries (.NNNNN)
Directory overviews: Display filenames in yellows, to stand out
Directory overviews: Display filesizes as 13/20 pos 'dotted' value
EDIT: New '-dir' option to present FileDialog with path + wildcard
EDIT: New '-screen' option maximizes HEX-edit window to full-screen
EFAT: Fix AreaInit Bitmap location (SMART on whole disk, with EFAT)
EFAT: Fixed directory listing layout for 64-bit sector numbers
EXTn: Fix AreaInit Bitmap + convert (SMART on whole disk, with EXTn)
FILEDLG: Better handling of ROOT dir without any subdirectories
FILEDLG: Fixed infinite looping message on invalid initial path
FILEDLG: Require double-click to ENTER on a FILE (exits dialog)
HEXED, update various screen messages for huge sectornumbers (X10)
HEXED: Add Ctrl-Z (UNDO) hint in write-confirm popup and footer-text
IMAGE (smart): Much better ETA caluclation, using allocation-info
IMAGE-Dlg: Add BUFFER select in expert mode, remove Append/Excl-LVM
IMAGE/CLONE: Automatic get Smart-ALLOC info when not there (ETA)
IMAGE/CLONE: Changed default buffersize to 'optimal-for-current-OS'
IMAGE/CLONE: Fixed 'smart optimize' percentage and skipped size
IMAGE: Catch more IMZ compression errors in IMAGE decompress-verify
IMAGE: Confirmation dialog on abort using , allow continue
IMAGE: Do NOT zero unused sectors (full-disk SMART compare errors)
IMAGE: Support large (2MiB, DOS 256KiB) buffers for IMZ create
Image restore/compare/verify: Progress in decimal KBytes imagefile
Improved handling of errors in external commands, better messages
KEYS: command will show mouse event timestamp and DBLCLK detected
Limit external-command RC values to 16-bit, incl Unix '-1' errors
MENU: Actions, 'Open partition, Browse' browse on selected partition
MENU: Display, 'I/O speed, larger buffer (as used for imaging)
MENU: Image, Verify ... (and Image DLG): Fixed verify only option
MOUSE: Detect double-click (quick button DOWN after a button-UP)
More 64-bit updates, most display layouts accomodate up to 511 TiB
NEWMBR: Reread diskinfo before 'newmbr' for up-to-date part count
Opt -b or -b:track sets tracksize as buffersize, -b:N other values
PART -V -a: Avoid display of allocation twice (slow on large disk)
PROGRESS percentage now based on TIME values, not (sector) counts
PTE: Fixed unwanted change from GPT to MBR style after Hex-Edit
PTE: Updated dialog sector first/last fields to accept 64-bit values
Partition displays and option/switch parameter parsing made 64-bit
Prevent 'lvm' command to work on GPT style disks (corrupts PTA)
Psave/Prestore/Image/Restore update for 64-bit sectornumbers / size
RC: New cmd to SET a returncode and explain its meaning when known
RESTORE: Support large (2MiB, DOS 256KiB) buffers in IMZ restore
SCAN: Allow larger I/O buffers, and use optimized default size
SLT, check allocation only when using '-a' or '-m' options (CHECK)
SLT, check allocation only when using '-a' or '-m' options (CHECK)
SPEED: Progress in seconds, add buffersize hint when using default
UNIX: No quit on failing external command, give error explanation
Updated ALLOC map displays for variable 64..256 character width
Updated all ALLOC map displays for 64-bit sectornumber and sizes
Updated statusline and default sector displays for 64-bit LSN's
Updated to support 64-bit sectornumbers and disk/partition sizes
WIPE: Add extra warning when wiping MBR or BOOTSECTOR (start at 0)

14.4, One fix, to the DOS version (bootable CD/stick) only: Image/index file creation

IMAGE/BROWSE avoid image-file truncate (0 bytes) in DFSDOS version on creating an index

14.3, Several minor fixes and some small Menu, Query and DFSDISK enhancements

DFSDISK: Enable creation of an XML file per disk again (done last)
DFSDISK: Cancel BSFIND 'abort' condition, so script can continue
LVM: On create new LVM-info on type 07, set installable flag to ON
MAP -m: Changed 'P-Geo Disk n' terminology to 'BIOS-Geo D n'
MENU Fdisk: 'OS2 LVM and BootManager -> Set LVM-CRC, remove obsolete'
MENU Fdisk: 'OS2 LVM and BootManager -> Wipe LVM sectors in MBR area'
PART/DISK: Non-standard tracksize warning only in 'pedantic' mode
PART: Fix selection by driveletter for 1st partition, like 'part D:'
PCLEAR: Do NOT clear LVM DLAT sectors in MBR track if not confirmed
QUERY: Allow driveletter instead of PID for partition selection
QUERY: I|B PID|driveletter: Query LVM Installable/On-BM-Menu flag
RESIZE: Update LVM (size) information after resizing a PRIMARY too

14.2, Fixed multi-file IMZ browsing, WIPE limit fix, NTFS fixboot update, minor enhancements

DFSCHECK: Support EFAT filesystems, using new DFSEFAT.DFS script
HEXED: Disassembly and Text views, default window size made larger
HEXED: Disassembly view, new comment column: instr bytes as ASCII
IMAGE: Automatic decompress-verify, to catch Decode-stack overflows
IMAGE: Create sets CRC usage as default again (broken in 14.0/14.1)
IMAGE: Finish progress BAR on VERIFY/COMPARE before message display
IMZ: Fixed reading from multi-file IMZ for BROWSE or imz-disk-mount
MAP, BROWSE: Strip spaces at logfile end-of-line (avoid PMMail bug)
MENU-help: added missing help item for Edit -> Set Batch
NTFS, FIXBOOT -V- option selects XP NTLDR instead of Win-7 BOOTMGR
NTFS, FIXNTLDR -V- option selects XP NTLDR instead of Win-7 BOOTMGR
PROGRESS: Show elapsed seconds on status bar if screen wider than 90
UI: Identical block-chars (progress) set to -/=/#/block (in 8-bit)
WIPE: Limit area to the size of opened object, avoid error messages

14.1, Sync with JFS-1.9.7, Crash on close of VDI disks solved, UI enhancements (MAC/Linux)

HEXED: Updated 'Initial LSN' description for extended attributese
JFS: New 1.9.7 level boot code (fixboot) including DFSJFLDR image
MENU: Edit-> Settings/Properties, UI -> UI test Color, Char, Box
MENU: Edit-> Settings/Properties, UI -> UI cycle colorscheme/lines
UI: Better looking draw-characters Linux/Darwin, with 8-bit ascii
UI: Changed default ascii setting from -7 to -7- for Linux/Darwin
UI: Combined COLORS, CHARSET and CBOXES command into new UICTEST
UI: Definitions for Linux (xterm) Alt-F5 .. Alt-F12 key codes
UI: Shift-F9/F12 starts color/scheme cycling with arrow keys
VDI: Fixed program crash (trap) on unmount of a VDI mounted image

14.0, Browse filesystems with exit/view/recover, on disks or diskimages like .IMZ and .VDI

ACCEL: Changed accelerator keys: F6=Open partition; F9=Browse
AL: Low-level display/set individual FS allocation bits (bitmap)
Added compacter RLE-2 and Smart-2 compression types for IMZ images
BROWSE (Mode=FDISK): Support optional start PATH for selected PID
BROWSE-Copy: Warning-popup if file allocation is not 100% reliable
BROWSE-Copy: Warning popup on DIR copy, incl. 'do not ask again'
BROWSE-Dialog: pops up an Actions menu, with edit, copy etc
BROWSE-Dialog: Copy/Recover works on multiple (marked) files
BROWSE-Dialog: Ctrl-BACKSLASH changes current list Dir to 'ROOT'
BROWSE-Dialog: Ctrl-F/Alt-[ marks all Files, Ctrl-G/Alt-] all Dirs
BROWSE-Dialog: Support (same-length) file-rename for JFS and HPFS
BROWSE-Dialog: filter-popup, HEX-edit on file-contents or I/Fnode
BROWSE-Dialog: multi marking with / + show #marked
BROWSE-Dialog: selected file Copy/Recover from list with
BROWSE-Dialog: selected file/dir available after exit (Enter key)
BROWSE/HEXEDIT: New generic FS-function writing resident/meta data
BROWSE/HEXEDIT: Support edit/view of resident data (like NTFS MFT)
BROWSE/LIST -f: Fix alloc-OK percentage for files over 10Gb size
BROWSE: 'View OS/2 EA or Xattr on a File/Dir' in context menu
BROWSE: 40% faster startup on JFS (Build name/parent cache only)
BROWSE: Add FsMakeBrowseList for: EXTn, JFS, FAT, EXFAT, HPFS, NTFS
BROWSE: Add item-type B/F/D to list/recover/browse select strings
BROWSE: Added description for initial browse-contents, BROWSE xxx
BROWSE: Added help-screens for the dialog, and the help-menu
BROWSE: Automatic add 'dotdot' directory to MakeBrowsList on EXFAT
BROWSE: Base implementation of the BROWSE dialog works, no actions
BROWSE: Defined generic directory BROWSE command, accelerator
BROWSE: Descr delfind/filefind on HPFS, NTFS, JFS, FAT, EXFAT, EXT
BROWSE: File-Contents support in: JFS, NTFS, EXT, FAT, EXFAT, HPFS
BROWSE: Filesize (dotted - 999Tb): JFS, EXT, HPFS, NTFS, FAT, EXFAT
BROWSE: Filter shortname (8.3) names from NTFS, reverse with -8.3
BROWSE: HAS_PARENT sninfo flag on HPFS, NTFS, JFS, FAT, EXFAT, EXT
BROWSE: Modify-time in stringinfo: JFS, EXTx, HPFS, EXFAT, FAT, NTFS
BROWSE: Support in FileInfo() to return two file information strings
CLONE-dialog: changed default modus to 'smart' cloning, faster
CLONE/IMAGE: Much better ETA estimation when using SMART logic
CLONE: Improved throughput with SMART (smaller buffer, more ZERO)
CMDS: Expression brackets now must be double {{expr}}, not single
CR:/BMGR install: Popup message for missing bmgr-IMG or MBR code
CR: Honor '-align-' switch to force PRIMARY start within 1st track
DARWIN: Added 42 Alt+ sequences to MAC OSX keyboard handler
DISK: Changed '-i' option to '-std' for industry-std driveletters
EDIT: -v:view 0=HEX, 1=DISASM, 2=ASCII, 9=AUTO (9 is default now)
EDIT: Default to HEX mode when current sector is an MBR or EBR
EDIT: File CONTENTS: support write-back with rsn->lsn translation
EDIT: Restrict min/max sector when editing file CONTENTS (browse)
EXFAT: Create Directory-Parent cache on Init (Open) for BROWSE ..
EXTn: Support recovery of directories and files with inlined data
FINDPATH: Add display of filesize from DIR-entry, when available
FsFileInfo filter on item-type on HPFS, NTFS, JFS, FAT, EXFAT, EXT
HELP: Better help-on-help selection in entry-field and menu-bar
HELP: Better help-on-help selection in entry-field and menu-bar
HEXEDIT/Ascii: = Toggle display of offsets on start of line
HEXEDIT/Ascii: = Style: Rough/Clean and optional split lines
HEXEDIT/Ascii: = Minimum length of 'strings' in ascii filter
HEXEDIT/Ascii: Add filesize and name to title, when available
HEXEDIT/Ascii: Clear excess area in last file sector(s) to zeroes
HEXEDIT/Ascii: Preserve empty lines in pure ASCII files better
HEXEDIT: = alternate-view: Disassemply, Ascii; auto select
HEXEDIT: Support 'sparse' file extents (NTFS, JFS) on file editing
IMAGE-dialog: changed default image type to 'smart-compressed'
IMAGE: -x option and Dialog checkbox to generate XMZ INDEX too
IMAGE: New '-8' option to create DFSee V13.x compatible IMZ images
IMZ: Automatic generation of .XMZ indexfile for faster browsing
IMZ: Fixed passing of correct accessInfo pointer (broken by VDI)
IMZ: new command to BROWSE an partition/disk IMZ compressed image
JFS: Show Total- versus Volume-Blocks as seperate values on open
L-Geo: From MBR table: Linear-Offset more important than CHS-end
LIST -S: Show sectorlist (files) as info-strings needed for BROWSE
LIST -r: Show sectorlist in cluster range format (for bad sectors)
LISTSET: Set (range of) sectornumbers in sectorlist, optional clear
Low-level handling for IMZ compressed images as IM or DISK object
MENU: Add BROWSE to Action menu, and to FS-specific recovery menus
MENU: Only enable direct directory-browsing when supported by FS
MENU: 'Browse/Recover Deleted Files' for HPFS, NTFS and JFS (Expert)
MENU: 'Open (partition) imagefile' to basic menu, for image browse
MENU: Added 'Browse IMZ compressed image' to open+browse an image
MENU: Added two more 'Edit Sector' variants: HEX and Text/Strings
MENU: Help -> Keyboard usage overviewt; DFSee/TxWindows modules
MENU: File->Mount/Unmount/Display disks->VirtualBox disk image
MENU: File->Open a VDI (VBox) diskimage; Open Base/Snapshot VDI
MENU: FORMAT: No errors/warnings on part-select before the format
MENU: Moved 8 DFSee operational settings into an Edit submenu
MENU: 'Image' menu with operations on IMAGES (from File/Actions)
Mode=FDISK made startup default; Support BROWSE (partitions) cmd
NOBADS: Renamed to BSCLEAR; FIXBS to BSIMPORT, GETBS to BSEXPORT
NTFS: Implemented WriteMetaSpace for resident data (small files)
OpenFile dialog + options added to 'im' (open-imagefile) command
PART: -P option to select partition from popup menu, add help/sort
PART: Major WARNINGs in yellow, ERRORs in red, make them stand out
RECOVER: Cleanup of interfaces, return full recovery-path to caller
RECOVER: Discard-path, Force-8.3, Unique-name options in dialogs
RECOVER: Reduce file 'SaveAs' output to a single line, from BROWSE
RESTORE/IMZ-index: Better ETA estimation based on fileposition
SAVEAS: FAT file recovery: Include saving OS/2 EAs (OS/2 version)
SAVEAS: JFS file recovery: Include saving OS/2 EAs (OS/2 version)
SAVEAS: Statusline progress reporting on COPY of files over 1Mb
SAVEAS: Support 'sparse' file extents (NTFS, JFS) on file copying
SLT: Fixed formatting issue with JFS/NTFS single line display
STARTUP: Reorder commands to show errors/major warnings at the end
Switch: -floppy includes diskettes in volumelists (slower startup)
TXLIB: Changed expression brackets from single {expr} to double {{expr}}
TXLIB: FILEDLG: Revert to 'last-known-good' DIR on inaccessible directory
TXLIB: FILEDLG: Show file-window too in 'directory select' dialog as well
TXLIB: FileOpenForWrite for generic open write/append, incl. large files
TXLIB: INSERT key specific to class (toggle in Entry, mark in List)
TXLIB: Introduced 3 alternative text-colors for selection-lists (BROWSE)
TXLIB: List Mark, */=/Ctrl-A = ALL, Ctrl-Z = NONE, -/Ctrl-I = INVERT
TXLIB: MsgBox: enlarged default size for message box popups to 52/78
TXLIB: SELIST: Add 'marked' to list, and 'multiQuickPos' to items
TXLIB: SELIST: Add marked count to top-right of title, when non-ZERO
TXLIB: SELIST: Preserve multiple-select flags on reverse sorting
UNDELETE: New generic command to find, then BROWSE deleted files
VDI: Extra confirmation when loading a snapshot without a BASE
VDI: Support VirtualBox static/dynamic and snapshot disk images
VDI: implemented read/write support, updating last VDI in chain
VDI: implemented read/write support, updating last VDI in chain
VDI: new command opens Base VDI as disk, or adds snapshot to it

13.4, EXT2/3/4 full support, Auto 'Run as admin' on Windows, Auto SUDO for Linux/MAC

ABOUT OS-version: Added specific Windows-8, 8.1 and 10 kernels
ALLOC: Recognize GPT-header+tables as BOOT areas in full-disk ALLOC
CLONE/IMAGE: Enabled SMART for EXT2/3/4, except when META_BG used
DFSDISK/DFSCHECK suppress final message ONLY with option -screen-
DFSUSB32: Issue warning when trying to create a stick on (Free)DOS
DFSUSB32: Updated descriptions to use simple 'DFSEEDOS.ISO' download
EXTCMD: Added extra hint that it may be an incorrecly typed command
EXTn: ABG: Display allocation with a single blockgroup per line
EXTn: ALLOC/smart: Handle BLOCK_UNINIT for normal/backup groups
EXTn: ALLOC: Add BlockGroup# to each line, when exactly 1 BG/line
EXTn: BG: Added GDT/BM/Itable locations + sizes to verbose display
EXTn: BG: Added backup-super, and UNINIT/ZEROED flag indicators
EXTn: BG: Add display of the flags, like UNINIT block/inode bitmap
EXTn: BSL: List backup superblock (+ metadata) groups and sectors
EXTn: DFSEXT.dfs script updated for a complete CHECK analysis run
EXTn: DIR: Better handling of empty entries (skip, no abort) SLT too
EXTn: DIR: Display directory data, including related inode values
EXTn: DIR: FileType string (dir/file) and INDEX root/node details
EXTn: FILEFIND, implemented a QUICK search for file/directory Inodes
EXTn: FINDPATH or '\path' command implemented, search Inode by path
EXTn: INO: Auto show same Inode on 't', and show index in Statusline
EXTn: INO: Calculate sector+index for specified Inode-number; display
EXTn: INO: Detect and show UNKNOWN feature flags (INCOMPATIBLE etc)
EXTn: INO: Display data allocation, BLOCK-INDIRECT or EXTENT-TREE
EXTn: INO: Display linkname for small (inlined) symlink Inodes
EXTn: INO: Display of Inode contents complete, except alloc S_SPACE
EXTn: INO: Show 1st data on from BlockIndirect or ExtentTree
EXTn: Init: determine DIRTY-status from Groups/Bitmap difference too
EXTn: LIST: Show proper File information, path and allocation info
EXTn: SLT/INO: Special inode-7 (RESIZE) handling, for display too
EXTn: SLT: Add allocation for DIR and FILE Inodes, recursively
EXTn: SLT: Added meta-allocation to SLT and to Inode verbose display
EXTn: SLT: Include all SB, GDT, GDT-reserve, Block- and Inode-bitmaps
EXTn: SUPER: Auto show ROOT Inode on from superblock display
FILEDLG: Create correct directory with [Make Dir] for absolute paths
FILEFIND, JFS, HPFS, NTFS: added 'search files only' option '-f'
LINUX: New 'dfs' sudo-start script, setup symlinks to /usr/local/bin
MENU: EDIT: Update some descriptions for 'Force operation Mode=xxx'
MENU: EXTn: Added File recovery submenu, Filefind, Recover, Hex-edit
MENU: EXTn: Added Inode selection by ino# or one of the special ones
MENU: EXTn: Alloc map, by Blockgroup; Display group aligned ALLOC map
MENU: EXTn: Analyse EXT Filesystem (check) and SLT submenu added
MENU: EXTn: List BACKUP Superblocks; List all BACKUP groups (super)
MENU: EXTn: Mode=EXT2_3 name changed to EXTn, to account for EXT4
MENU: EXTn: Show BlockGroup Summary; Show flags and alloc for group
MENU: Error message when trying to add a GPT partition to Bootmanager
PART -v: Added backup-super-BG indicator 'S' for EXTn backup groups
WINDOWS/DOS/OS2: 'dfs' BAT/CMD as alias for 'dfsee', like Linux/Mac
WINDOWS: Include 'DFSRUNAS.EXE' for automatic 'Run as Administrator'
WINDOWS: Resize window on startup now to 80% of screen, lines+cols
WINDOWS: Updated the batch-scripts to work with DFSRUNAS (XP..WIN10)

13.3, Linux huge disk support, GRUB enhancements and 4096 BPS disk support

ALLOC: Avoid crash on empty NTFS, HFS, RSR or EXT2/3/4 filesystems
CR: Fixed 1-MiB alignment for 1st primary GPT partition on 4096 BPS
CR: Make better aligned size-estimate based on -f freespace option
CR/CLEANUP: Preserve an ACTIVE extended in MBR (but reset in EBR's)
DARWIN: Change 'Linux device ...' strings in output to 'Unix device'
DARWIN: Change 'Linux device ...' strings in output to 'Unix device'
DARWIN: Use an exact 1 MiB cylinder size as default disk geometry
DISK: Allow sectorsize of 512-byte multiples upto 4096, except OS/2
EXFAT Fixed bitmap calculations for ALLOC display/Smart on 4096 BPS
EXFAT/FAT32 fixed possible brec bootsec buffer overflow on 4096 BPS
EXT2/3/4: Fix recognition and calculation for non 512 BPS, 4096 BPS
EXT2/3/4: Implemented BG cmd to display group info and block bitmap
EXT4: Automatic display of combined bootsector+superblock, 4096 BPS
EXT4: Smart cloning/imaging and ALLOC supported with BLOCK_UNINIT
EXT4: Discard 'smart' clone/image option if option META_BG (>256Tb)
EXT4: Fix Group Descriptor for non-std sector/block sizes, 4096 BPS
FAT: Correctly handle .NNN selection from FAT directory on 4096 BPS
FIND: Fixed searching in exact MiB boundaries (BSFIND) on 4096 BPS
GPT: Added hints to create the GPT-guard, and EFI-system partitions
GPT: Added the 'BIOSBOOT' GPT partition type to type selection list
GPT: Validate entry last-PSN against HDR to support 64-bit SN better
HFS: Fixed calculations for Blocksize and bits / block on 4096 BPS
LINUX: Fix physical disk size calculation for disks > 2Tb
LINUX: Show EXT2/3/4 native FS in GPT type LINUX_ROOT_X86_32 or _64
MBR: Added recognition for GRUB2 originated generic MBR bootcode
MENU: Handle a GPT-style type for 'Change partition type' (settype)
MOVE: Fix spurious crash when moving to BEGIN freespace
NEWMBR: Select disk before allocating sector (fix 4096 BPS crash)
NTFS: Fixed bitmap calculations for ALLOC display/Smart on 4096 BPS
NTFS: Fixed calculations for $BadClust resize and reset on 4096 BPS
NTFS: Fixed reading of the logfile flags and logstatus on 4096 BPS
PART: Added partition type 0xDA for Linux non-FS data (RAID variant)
PART: Display ACTIVE indicator on extended container (GRUB stage-1)
PART: Force display of first (outer) extended container, if ACTIVE
PART: Open, show Clustersize in sectors, not *512 byte on 4096 BPS
PART: Short descr. of EBR bootcode (if any) added to 'Related' col
RAW2IMZ, IMAGE, CR (partition) fixed size specification on 4096 BPS
SCRIPT: Change $_p_linux... variables to the more generic $_p_unix..
SETTYPE: Support type change for GPT-style partitions using -t:
TRACE: Made '-r' = reopen logfile on each line, the default setting

13.2, Enhanced disk geometry dialog, LVM optimizations on partition create

CR/LVM: Allow -synclvm for driveletter on initial partition creation
CR: Limit CHS values to the maximum values, instead of clipping them
GEO: Dialog, new big-SSD 255/248 checkbox and Cyl/Track size display
LVM: Allow the (documented!) -n:diskname option on a single partition
MENU2HTML: Added (to-BASIC/EXPERT-menu) link in navigation menu-bar

13.1, Auto disk-name change on CLONE, various small feature updates and fixes

ABOUT: Mention 'dfsee.key' instead of just KEY in registration texts
ABOUT: Update version and copyright info in various places for 2016
CLONE: Only show 'Exclude LVM' checkbox in dialog for a type 0x35 part
CLONE: Update (LVM) diskname on disk-to-disk clone; checkbox in dialog
COPY: Re-introduce the 'Copy Part to freespace area' for Basic UI mode
IMAGE: Include nett nr of sectors imaged in the IMZ ascii header info
IMAGE: Show imagefile-write-speed as well as disk-sector throughput
MAP: Unify error reporting on inaccessible disks, reserved USB (Win7)
MENU: Newmbr ERASE tables: fix -clear option to -c (and a few similar)
PART: Fixed formatting error on an LVM Signature missing warning text
PRESTORE: restore LVM feature info from *.Fxx IMZ image, when found
PSAVE: Save LVM BBR feature info on type 0x35 to an *.Fxx IMZ image
PSAVE: Reduced description in header for better text formatting
PSAVE: Fix .PDx header signature for PRESTORE (cosmetic bug in 13.0)
RESTORE: Show imagefile-read-speed as well as disk-sectors throughput
TXLIB: Fixed txwEnableWindow to actually ENABLE from disabled state

13.0, Full support for the GPT partitioning style, including move, copy and resize

Added '-?' online help to 'H','h','A' and 'a' sector display commands
Added warning when GPT guard partition there, but no valid header/array
CR: Accept symbolic names for GPT partition types (WIN,EFI,LIN, etc)
CR: Added dedicated [Manual Edit type GUID] button to CR GPT dialog
CR: Dialogs, cleaned up maximum-size/offset calculation & alignment
CR: Fixed alignment for position and size for GPT (0x800, 1 MiB)
CR: Force '-U' option when creating a GPT guard partition, type 0xEE
CR: GPT Dialog, added sub-dialog with check-boxes for attribute flags
CR: GPT Dialog, added '[x] Do NOT align to MiB boundaries' check box
CR: GPT Dialog, fixed calculation for aligned/unaligned maximum sizes
CR: Implemented "cr gpt" to create/recover a GPT HDR+PTA structures on a disk
CR: Implemented '-attrib:'hex' option for GPT 64-bit attribute values
CR: Implemented GUID/UUID edit dialog, with 5 seperate HEX-only fields
CR: Implemented GPT-style partition-create dialog, with type select list
CR: Implemented the actual CreatePartition() fot GPT, writing HDR+PTA
CR: MBR Dialog, added '[x] Do NOT align to CYL boundaries' check box
CR: Make default size for GPT EFI partition 128 MiB
CR: Supply a default partition name, based on the current type-GUID
CR: alignment fixes, and update of documentation files
CR: changed '-U' option to '-align-' for consistency (do NOT align)
DELETE: Implemented delete of a single GPT partition, or ALL on 1 disk
Don't allow writing outside PSN limits, except for expandable files
EDIT: Implemented Fix '-c:N' (nr of byte columns) option in HEX editor
EDIT: Make sure write (back) errors are displayed and show up in the LOG
EXPAND: Allow partition expand for unknown filesystems (Part-table only)
EXPAND: Fixed FAT16 bootsector validation for sizes close to the limit
EXPAND: Fixed partition type for types larger than 0x10 (HEX-DEC mixup)
EXPORT: fixed crash when using -d option (as used in DFSDISK procedure)
FAT format, no update of (MBR-style) partition type for a GPT partition
Fixed creation of PRIMARY with -G:n GAP specified (like GPT 0xEE guard)
Fixed menu ownership to make accelerator keys work from any window/menu
GPT -fix will move an incorrect-placed alternate hdr/PTA, when possible
GPT: Always SORT table-array when before writing, including 'lvm -fix'
GPT: Better CRC and sanity checks on GPT structures, more specific warnings
GPT: Edit Partition Tables, implemented dialog for single entry edit
GPT: Fix FAT16 filesystem recognition and display for GPT partitions
GPT: HELP for PTE dialog, fix help for the type-GUID listbox in CR
GPT: Implemented GUID 'time+random' generator and 'uuidgen' test command
GPT: No WARNING if alternate HDR is at end-guard, not end-disk (hybrid)
GPT: new command 'gpt' and 'gpt -fix' to display/fixup (damaged) GPT info
Linux: Fixed working of Shift-TAB for Linux terminal (dialog navigation)
Linux: Re-introduced escape-sequence for Shift-Tab, as an alias (from 12.6)
MENU: Added a 'Fix GPT header / tables' menu item in Mode=FDISK
MENU: Added a convert MBR to GPT, and GPT to MBR items to Mode=FDISK
MENU: Changed OSX partition ID from '/dev/disN' to 'diskXsN' identifier
MENU: Create and Open freespace, logical/primary lists updated for GPT
MENU: Restore partition info (PRESTORE dialog): include GPT sector types
MENU: IMZ2RAW improved handling of source path and sizefield with -S
MENU: Updated partition/BMGR selection lists for GPT-style partitions
MOUNT/VIRT allow size in sectors larger than C*H*S (partial cylinders)
MOVE/COPY: Support for GPT partitions, including MBR to GPT or GPT to MBR
MOVE: Retain original (unique) partition GUID when moving GPT to GPT
OSX/Linux: Use 'stty -echo' at start to avoid spurious input echos
OSX: Changed a few key-bindings for better MAC-OSX compatibility (Alt to Ctrl)
PART added MBR type 0xEF for an EFI System Partition (ESP) on an MBR disk
PART: Add 'part -w' hint to Linux NOTE if there are unaligned partitions
PART: Check for the HFS+ FS for GPT 'Apple CoreStorage' or 'Apple Boot'
PART: New warning when a GPT partition has a non-unique partition-GUID
PART: Show number of supressed MINOR warnings when just showing MAJOR ones
PART: Supress 'NO-active partition' warnings for GPT style disks
PL: Supress (OS/2 USB) dummy disks when showing freespace areas (pl f)
PSAVE: Add GPT info to ASCII-header and GPT header/table sectors to .PDx
PTE: Finished handling of field contents for the GPT variant
PTE: Implemented NEXT, PREV, and F2/F5/F8 Hexedit actions for GPT
PTE: MBR and GPT, changed default sector value to HEXadecimal format
RESIZE/EXPAND: Added support to resize filesystems in GPT partitions
SET: 'align' property for CREATE partition, AUTO, CYL, MIB or #sectors
STARTUP: switch '-align:value to set default alignment on partition CR
UI: Entryfields: stylebits to filter on decimal or hex number input only

12.7, Commandline history behaviour now configurable, some Linux usability updates

SET: Fixed crash in 'set screen', added current value display on others
SET HISTORY: commandline behaviour: PLAIN, FILTER, UNIQUE or CLASSIC
HISTORY buffer behaviour: plain, completion-filter and/or duplicate-filter
OSX/Linux: Use 'stty -echo' at start to avoid spurious input echos
Linux: fixed working of Shift-TAB for Linux terminal (dialog navigation)

12.6, Linux readability updates, new SET items, better error handling and several fixes

DFSUSB32 'Create bootable USB': Detect locked FS (Windows) by wipe MBR and retry
DFSF32ST, DFSF16ST, DFSIFSTD, DFSJFS35 scripts: Handle (Windows) locked FS better
FIX*LDR: Allow spaces in DIR names for FIXNTLDR, FIXHPLDR, FIXJFLDR and VIRT
FIXNTLDR: Supply specific version of loader for Windows-7 and up: DFSNTLDR.IM7
GEO: Select correct LVM-DLAT for Geometry, when multiple are present
IMAGE/RESTORE/CLONE: Avoid defaulting 'confirmation' to 'error ignore' in batch
LOG: Fixed autonumbering of logfiles 'fname^' for Linux and OSX platforms
MENU: added 'Ignore (R/W) errors' selection to 'Edit' menu, with indicator
MENU: added UX devicename to selection text for partitions in lists and menus
PART: Moved 'ux' column in table displays to directly after the 'ID' column
SCREEN: '-reset' resets terminal on exit (UNIX: reset, others: CLS)
SET: added 'set error confirm/ignore/quit' to use from scripts (profile.dfs)
SET: added 'set reset on/off' for terminal RESET on program exit
SWITCHES: Fixed several 'long name' switch names (wrong in 12.5!)
UI: Updated CLONE and IMAGE dialogs for wider partition lists (UX device)

12.5, Script and Linux/Mac filerecovery/file-dialog enhancements plus minor fixes and updates

CLONE: Updated help/usage with more complete '-b' option description
CONFIRM command, ignore all keys except Y/N and in non-windowed UI
Disk warnings GEOMETRY/GEOMETRY_EX: added disk-number (Windows only)
Explicit WARNING if disk LVM geometry has more than 65535 cylinders
FINDPATH support either DOS or UNIX style path separators, and usage text
File Dialogs, fixed initial selection BUG in Dir/File lists (visible on Linux)
File Dialogs, fixed new PATH field handling in FileDialog for UNIX/Linux
File Dialogs, made the [New directory] work properly for UNIX/Linux
File recovery: Create/accept proper path seperators '/' for Linux/MAC
HELP minor update to SCRIPT host variable descriptions ($_rc, PRINT)
HELP Sorted most options alphabetically in *.TXT and '-?' online help
LVM: Usage text updated, sorted options, partition versus disk level
MENU: 'mount physical disk' to DFSee list; text changed to 'accessible'
OEM versions build more generic, allowing multiple branding and functionality
Progress -G:0 switch for BAR only, -G:11 for single line percentage (OEM)
Progress -G:0 show leading units/reason short text on progress bars display
RUN: status prompt, updated to better reflect SCRIPT return values
SCREEN refresh on every status-line update using '-refresh' EXE switch
SCREEN refresh using Ctrl-L now available for any operating system
SCRIPT PRINT statement to print (string) expression (debugging)
SCRIPT explicit 'RETURN expression', ends script with given RC
SCRIPT preserve explicit $_rc assignment value by (user) script
SCRIPT return $_rc value when reaching end-of-script (no RETURN)
SCRIPT substitute $_rc for an empty expression on RETURN
SCRIPT updated HELP section for the PRINT and RETURN statements
Scripts (to create various USB sticks with LVM): Fixed confirmation/comment bug

12.4, Minor release with many file recovery enhancements, some HPFS specific ones, and more ...

ADJUST FS size, respect HPFS 64GiB limit in manual command 'resize -m'
EXFAT file recovery: set original file date/time from FILE dir entry
EXFAT file recovery: fix directory interpretation bug causing failure
EXPAND do NOT allow manual override of maximum size in dialog (clip)
EXPAND filesystem/partition, limit size to 64GiB for HPFS filesystems
EXPAND Max accepted size automatically reduced for cylinder alignment
FAT(32) file recovery: set original file date/time, incl create/access
FAT(32) file recovery: use long-filename for recovered file, if present
FDISK/startup: 0-disks/admin-hint in popup requiring user confirmation
FILEFIND/DELFIND -D option to search for DIRECTORIES only (when possible)
GEO Update total nr of sectors and cylinders on byte-per-sector change
HELP (commandline) added the MENU2HTML command to '??' command overview
HPFS DELFIND/FILEFIND Create proper FNODE find-SPACE for fast searching
HPFS Fnode display and 'list -f': show FULL long-filename and path
HPFS file recovery: set original file date/time, when still available
HPFS file recovery: use FULL long filename (>15) when still available
HPFS file recovery: use FULL long name (>15) on all path components too
HPFS: Fixed hang with long-filename display on deleted files/directories
ID '-v-' non-verbose, suppress contents display for the sector
IMAGE/RESTORE correctly set default size when a start offset specified
LIST '-d-' suppress contents display for the '-c' cmd execution option
LIST '-t-' or '-t' TEST option is passed on to cmd given with '-c'
LIST '-v-' or '-v' VERBOSE option is passed on to cmd given with '-c'
LIST: Changed function key from 'alloc' to list display (list -f)
LOG Display DFSee working directory at startup and start of any logfile
PART table (read/view) Fix handling of size value 0xffffffff (truncate)
PART WARNING for GPT header at WRONG sectorsize (512 byte versus 4 KiB)
RECOVER Set original timestamps on DOS/OS2: fix 'off by 1 month' bug
RECOVER Set original file access/modify timestamps on UNIX/Linux too
SCAN sn parameter to set the start sector for the scan as MCS-number
SLT2LIST correctly set default size when a start offset specified
VDISK avoid traps on read/write after changing geometry bytes-per-sector
WINDOWS added hint to reduce security level in User Access Control (UAC)
WIPE correctly set default size when a start offset is specified

12.3, Minor release with HUGE performance improvement in file-recovery and some fixes

CR: avoid rounding UP by 1 MiB for 1st primary or a logical (64/32 geometry)
DELFIND/FILEFIND: Speed up SPACE search with Rsn2Lsn translation cache
DELFIND/FILEFIND: on EXFAT: '-d-' option: outside DIR space too
DELFIND/FILEFIND: on EXFAT: Automatic SLT build for fullpath lookup
DELFIND/FILEFIND: on FAT/HPFS, on-demand create FNODE space (not on open)
DELFIND/FILEFIND: on FAT12/16/32 '-d-' option: outside DIR space too
DELFIND/FILEFIND: on FAT12/16/32: Automatic SLT build for fullpath lookup
DELFIND/FILEFIND: on HPFS: '-d-' option: outside FNODE space too (slower!)
DELFIND/FILEFIND: on JFS (QFI): Automatic SLT build for fullpath lookup
DELFIND/FILEFIND: on JFS: Integrated QFI (Quick Find Inodes) for consistency
DELFIND/FILEFIND: on NTFS: '-d-' option: outside MFT space too (slower!)
DFSDISK (bsfind) recognise JFS superblocks on 64/32 (1 MiB) geometries
EXFAT: Implement directory iteration to allow faster (SPACE) searching
FIND: allow search restricted space (ALLDIRS) only, for faster filesearch
FINDSPACE command to display filefind/delfind SPACE areas, when known
FS: Init Filesystem, ignore empty 'FSINIT' cmd after EXPORT/IMPORT list
ISO: Fix deliverable ZIP files to include the 'dfsi*' executables again
LVM Dialog: Fixed help to show the context sensitive LVM dialog help
MENU: FileFind/DelFind dialog enhanced with checkbox 'outside DIR space'
MENU: FileFind/DelFind dialog enhanced with persistent search argument
UI: Allow up to five checkboxes on value-prompt and DIR-selection dialogs

12.2, Minor release with EXFAT filerecovery and several fixes and new features

ABOUT: fixed item count in 'Expert' help menu to again include the 'About' item
NEWMBR: -n and -N option to create MBR without any bootcode/NT-signature
DISPLAY: sector identification for empty MBR (just 55AA) to correct type
ALLOC: Update global info after 'alloc' command, enabling resizing menu items
Added 'part PID -a' hint on resizing menu items not being available message
CR: fixed auto LVM creation from the 'Create partition' dialog (lvm 1 -C ..)
EXFAT: Added search for normal/deleted files to the recovery submenu
EXFAT: DELFIND cmd, search deleted or renamed files/dirs by name fragment
EXFAT: FILEFIND cmd, search normal files by name fragment (15 chars max)
EXFAT: Fix DIR display (list) for FILE/STREAM entries spanning 2 sectors
EXFAT: resolve FILE (85) from stream/name (c0/c1) DIR entries (filefind etc)
FIND: Better EXFAT directory entry filtering for finding normal/deleted
FIND: Progress SN shown from start OBJECT, not start search (experimental)
PART: Made '-a' the default to show alloc info, enabling resizing menu items
SETBOOT -disk:* updates ALL installed bootmanagers, and is now the default
TRACE: Removed extra debug info display from (WIN32) TxFileSize

12.1, Minor release with support for the EXFAT filesystem, several small fixes and features

AL command, show allocation free/used for specified LSN and optional size
BATCH command, added '-?' usage help and '?' for batch status display
Binary display current sector (Hexdump) keyboard shortcut changed to Ctrl+B
Buffersize adjust restore IMZ: AUTO in BASIC-mode, confirm once for EXPERT
CREATE keep correct minimum size for first logical (move up to cylinder 1)
DIALOG 'Partition Table Edit' (PTE), fix PT-entry line to get initial focus
DIALOG 'Set Geometry', automatically set RADIO buttons to match current L-GEO
DISK warning about OS/2 non-standard sectors/track fixed for disks > 1 TiB
EXFAT BOOTSYNC: calculate CRC and write to one or both boot areas (sync)
EXFAT SAVETO implemented for files, directories, and bitmap+upcase sysfiles
EXFAT Volume Label recgonition from Root directory in table / part -V
EXFAT bootsector recognition in MBR or GPT partitions and Large-Floppy
EXFAT directory including alloc display and list -f type filename display
EXFAT formatted display for bootsector, ALLOC display based on clusters
EXFAT implementation of Bitmap caching and ALLOC functionalty using bitmap
EXFAT list -f and detailed-directory displays debug and touch-up TZ format
EXFAT list -f calculate percentage of correct allocation (recoverability)
EXFAT, completed the Mode=EXFAT menu, derived from the regular FAT one
FAT(32) list -f calculate percentage of correct allocation (recoverability)
FAT-FS display selected dir-entry in statusline next to 'this' sector-nr
HELP/SCROLLBUFFER: Reverse search keyboard shortcut now Ctrl+R (was Ctrl+B)
LVM 'pid -C' option: CLEAR LVM-signature (BBR) for one non-0x35 type partition
LVM -d:x -C' or '-C' option: CLEAR LVM-signature from ALL non-0x35 partitions
LVM auto create MBR DLAT with prompted disk-name on 1st LVM info for a disk
MENU Edit, display BATCH-mode status, and allow toggle ON or OFF
MENU Mode=Fdisk, LVM, 'Clear BBR on non-LVM partitions' wipes obsolete LVM-sig
PART ERROR CHS/LBA-offset mismatch below cyl-1024, changed to a WARNING
PART WARNING for non LVM (0x35) partitions that DO have an LVM BBR sector
PART WARNING if LVM DLAT size or startsector do not match partition table
PRESTORE, suppress 'test on virtual disk first' hint when disk IS a virtual
RESTORE, fixed size related bug in restoring multiple-file compressed image
SAVETO automatic get FAT directory entry from sector list after .NNN select
SLT build implemented for the EXFAT filesystem, including reserved areas
SLT build, change end-of-disk marker to '***** max *****' no number value
Startup, echo the DFSee invocation commandline to the screen and logfile

12.0, Major release with BASIC/EXPERT menu, search/grep in help or output and DUMPFS support

ALLOC partition map support for DUMPFS (dump usually smaller than partition)
BASIC aware dialogs for CLONE, IMAGE, RESTORE, RUN, DFSDISK
BASIC aware dialogs for set-LVM and CREATE-partition operations
BASIC aware menus for File, Edit, Actions, Display, Help and mode=FDISK
BASIC aware menus for HPFS, NTFS, JFS, Reiser, XFS, HFS, EXT2-3, SWAP and AUX
CHECK on NTFS partitions: supress 'bad fixup structure' message on empty MFT's
CLONE, IMAGE, FIND, File-recovery: 'Confirm' to 'Ignore' after an error
CREATE dialog: default for 'allow multiple primaries' changed to TRUE
DFSDISK dialog: default changed to 'Search on Cylinder and MiB boundaries'
DFSEDIT batch/cmd script; Avoid interpreting any physical disks using -d-
DUMPFS filesystem support to show OS/2 dump partition contents (DUMPFS.IFS)
GREP, search the output text window, and present search-results in a list
HELP, Added lists/searching to HELP command and Help menu, including GREP
HELP, added interface to load helpsections from external text files
HELP, consolidated TXwindows and Script help information, incl DFSee variables
HELP, implemented GREP like search, with result-list and toggle key
HELP, implemented item and sections lists and help-search dialog
HELP: '/' key as alias for the function key to start the search dialog
HELP: search dialog 'titles only' option; footer text in GREP list
HEXED, fixed 'IM -A-' option to prevent FILE appending using the INSERT key
IMAGE/CLONE dialog: default for 'smart' changed to FALSE (max reliability)
IMZ2RAW, no PSN limit check on writing to FILE object, to allow extending
LOADHELP command to add additional help contents like user hints and tips
LVMCLEAN wipes obsoletes LVM DLAT sectors in the MBR track (sect 1 .. 254)
MENU Edit, added new item to switch between BASIC and EXPERT user interface
MENU Mode=FDISK MBR area, added selection for 'Wipe LVM sectors MBR-area'
MENU2HTML, make menu doc generator (PHP/HTML) 'BASIC' aware
PCLEAR L now includes clearing all LVM DLAT sectors in MBR track (LVMCLEAN)
SEARCH, or '/' search (backwards) through the output text window for any phrase
SET EXPert on/off/toggle sets or toggles the UI mode between BASIC and EXPERT
Sample scripts directory cleaned up for all platform versions
Startup switch '-expert' switches directly to EXPERT mode (default is BASIC)
TXLIB: Added 'switch to Expert mode' hint after each help item
TXLIB: MENU2HTML change fixed 'txmshots' DIR to specified prefix
User interface updated to allow a 'BASIC' mode, easier to master than 'EXPERT'
WARNING, calculate OS/2 65535 cylinder limit from geometry, not fixed 255/63
WARNING, no 65535 cyl limit warnings if NO OS/2 FS present, and not on OS/2
WIPE, allow switching from strategy 'Confirm' to 'Ignore' after an error
WIPE, honnor the -E:strategy switch/option to continue after bad sectors

11.7, Minor release with several fixes, some small new features and extended evaluation period

Desktop creation dfswpobj.cmd added to ZIP distributio, OS2 directory is now 'bin'
Desktop creation dfswpobj.cmd update to match WPI (and then some, thanks Lewis!)
Display Geometry+Status in menu, and on F7 function key, 'vol' now a-F7
Display change 'HcSC:' instead of 'CHS' for part-table entry 3-byte combos
Fixed help reference for new-MBR, ERASE tables menu selection
Fixed opening 'File' menu at startup, just select it, but no actual open
GEO (startup) force H64/S32 when partitions seem to be aligned to 1-MiB (0x800)
NOBADS on NTFS, set $Bad attribute to default size (to avoid third-party bugs!)
PART / ReadDiskInfo, fixed minor BMGR labeling bugt when no LVM info present
RESTORE expand buffer if image (IMZ) geometry requires that, with confirmation
Removed duplicate 'P' and 'D' accelerator keys from Mode=FDISK menu pulldown
Removed several other duplicate menu accelerator keys from main and submenus
SCAN (and others) termination error on OS2 and 255 sectors/track geo, fixed
SET GEOCALC, reset forced geometries when switching 'geocalc' ON or OFF
Show opened object details in app-title; show title on a 28-line screen too
VCU (Apply default LVM info): fixed crash when used on an empty disk
WPI install script updated, with improvements submitted by Lewis Rosenthal

11.6, Minor release with small fixes, cosmetic changes and extended evaluation period

Add Windows (NT/XP/W7/W8) lastError description on 'unknown errors' RC 1
Add Windows (NT/XP/W7/W8) lastError description on reading a bad sector
Avoid driveletter display bug on Windows FAT(32) by ignoring dirty flag
Evaluation expiration date (run without a key) extended to end of 2013
Fix line-wrap in Help->Exe startup switches; Allow numeric logfilename
Fixed URL's to help/about and presentations in the various readme files
Improved warning messages 'BIOS versus OS size' on OS/2 cyl. > 65535
Refresh DFSee tables from disk before displaying disk-map from the menu
SCAN fixed non functioning '-a-' option on SCAN command to supress auto-ID
Show currently opened/active logfile with 'log -?' or 'log ?'
Updated 'Geometry Dn from :' to 'Disk n L-Geo from', with 'PSN' in 8 digits
Updated usage text on 'lvmshow -?' to document the '0' parameter

11.5, Minor release, better cylinder alignment on CREATE, fix DFSDISK 'all superblocks' search, many fixes

ALIGNEXT non-zero RC if no room for alignment or other error
CLONE Confirmation popup after a write-error on cloning (continue/abort)
CLONE Log errors to screen/logfile on read while cloning, even when using -E:I
CR Added cylinder-alignment when positioning from END of freespace
DFSDISK added the updated DFSDPROC script to actual distribution
DFSUSB32 create bootable-stick script made a little more robust
DISK/PART Continue partition analysis when no MBR/EBR 55AA sig, but valid tables
DISK/PART Specific error/warning when MBR or EBR has no 55AA sig, but valid table
HELP #834 fixed spelling error 'AVCTIVE' partition to 'ACTIVE'
IMAGE Log read errors to screen/logfile on create image, even when using -E:I
LIST mention IMPORT command when trying to use an empty sectorlist
NTFS DIRFIND 'not implemented' error message fixed; Build on W500
NTFS descriptive message if $Volume MFT has no VolumeInfo attrib
NTFS update volume serialnr and display bootsector, use 16 digits
PART show LVM diskname even if no partitions are listed in DLAT
PSAVE/DFSDISK fixed crash with the MAC version on writing the .PDx files
RESTORE Confirmation popup after a write-error on restore image (continue/abort)
SMART Fixed alloc info for MBR area in dfsFdskSetNewArea() used for 'Smart'
STARTABLE Setting a primary ACTIVE does no longer hide all other primaries on disk
TXLIB Kbd added hack for altGr+backslash to '\' for German keyboards
WARNING No 'alignext' hint on 'partition overlaps DLAT' for a primary partition.
WINDOWS GetLastError TRACE on failing Create/Write/ReadFile Win32 calls
WINDOWS Improved error code on write errors (rc 1 -> GetLastError())

11.4, Minor release with a few menu updates, 2 new USB-stick scripts and some minor fixes

DFSDISK correct full display multiple-FS superblocks from bsfind
EDIT binary-file, fix bogus error popup if 'this' SN too large
FILE fixed help-page numbering for 'File->Trace to cyclic' files
MENU Mode=EXT2+3 changed to EXT2_3 for correct menu DOC generation
MENU SCRIPT added create type 0x07 HPFS/JFS/NTFS USB disk/stick
MENU SCRIPT added create type 0x35 classic JFS USB disk/stick
MENU2HTML static HTML generation updated for the new scripts menu
VIRT no hint to 'restore to virtual disk first' if this IS a virtual

11.3, Significant release with GEO dialog, updates to bootable USB, new fix commands and much more!

ALIGNEXT command to delete/recreate (first) logical for alignment
ALIGNEXT menu-items in FDISK menu, for disk or specific partition
BSFIND allow finding superblocks for multiple filesystems
DFSDISK allow finding superblocks for multiple filesystems
DFSDISK avoid false interpretation of BBR driveinfo as HPFS spare
DFSDISK now finds JFS super on GEO with 127/255 sectors/track
DFSUSB32 procedure updated to support 1-partition 32Gb boot stick
DFSUSB32 added menu item on bootmenu for Ultimate Boot CD 5.xx ISO
DIR displays in FS, optimize list display options for file recovery
EXPORT sector list, include the info byte (FAT DIR entry nr)
GEO -! option starts dialog to show/set system and logical geometry
GEO -d:nr option first selects specified disk before acting on GEO
GEO reported size for logical geometry changed (back) to C * H * S
IMPORT sector list, include the info byte (FAT DIR entry nr)
JFS accept and warn about JFS superblock with BAD signature digit
JFS file recovery, changed 2Gb/4Gb filesize limit (32bit) to 2Tb
JFS new 'SET FS' submenu, FS status, version and signature
JFS/NTFS display allocation extents limit to 32, unless verbose (-v)
JFS/NTFS file recovery on OS/2, use the LargeFile API on DosOpen
MENU 'Search partition + FS info' multiple and new filesystems
MENU Mode=FDISK new submenu for partition-table cleanup and repair
MENU Mode=FDISK new submenu to open/select a whole disk to work on
MENU Mode=FDISK new submenu to show/set geometry for selected disk
NEXT command as alias for 'd' command and 'Ctrl+N' or Enter key
OSX version for MAC: fixed minor display anomaly for active buttons
RECOVER statusline progress in recovery of large files (x of y MiB)
RESTORE fix ignored explicit start-sector on RAW/IMZ (since 11.1)
SBSIG command on JFS, set signature digit to correct value
SCRIPT New 'EXIT label WHEN (cond)' conditional break for loops
SCRIPT New 'LOOP .. ENDLOOP label' script control structure
SCRIPT optional label on all loops and on break/exit-when statements
SCRIPT syntax warning at runtime if target label for break not found
SYNCLVM setting (OS2 only) toggle menu item added to Edit menu
WARNING added for EBR-to-logical-BOOTSEC larger than 1 track

11.2, Minor release with some GPT and HFS support, FreeDOS update

DIRFIND support -t:type option to find DIRs or files only
DOS and WIN version compressed with UPX 3.08 and --best option
EXT2/3 Add superblock, group-descr and bitmaps to EXT2/3 SLT build
FAT 16/32 implemented expanding (RESIZE), for same clustersize only
FAT DIRFIND fix additional list information (dir entry#)
FAT DIRFIND fix '-l' option to automatically list results
FAT DIRFIND exclude long-filename DIR entries from result
FAT DIR view suppress deleted files unless the '-D' option is used
FAT Put list DIR entry# in separate byte; lifts 64Gb FAT32 limit
FAT SLT display, shows long-filenames, unless -lfn- option
FAT SLT display, implement display of the path for file data
FAT ALLOC Set filesystem expand (RESIZE) limits for FAT12/16/32
FAT set cluster FAT value; Fixup DIR entries FAT-value for resize;
FAT16 fix DIR cluster identification on zeroed deleted entry
FAT16 fixed spurious garbage in SLT caused by long filenames
FAT32 fixed type display string for 2nd and 3rd bootsectors
FAT32 free-clusters in 2nd bootsector, based on own ALLOC now
FAT32 update free-clusters in 2nd bootsector, new calculation
FATSHOW '-c:cluster#' option shows FAT starting from cluster
GPT 'SET GPT' command, sets automatic GPT interpretation on/off
GPT -gptauto commandline switch sets GPT interpretation on/off
GPT Added display of GPT partition table array contents
GPT Implemented GPT freespace handling
GPT Implemented ReadGptPartitions & partition displays for GPT
GPT Implemented CRC checks on GPT header and PT array
GPT Set MBR style partent type for a GPT for desired map color
GPT/LDM split EFI-GPT and Windows-LDM handling (incompatible format)
HFS Added superblocks and allocation bitmaps to HFS SLT build
HFS Display of (most of) the HFS superblock; MAP fixup for GPT
HFS Fixup disk naming for linux device; prepare for big-endian
HFS Implemented SMART capability for fast cloning and imaging
HFS Implemented bitmap block allocation display (ALLOC command)
HFS Implemented bitmap read and alloc-bit determination functions
HFS recognize HFS filesystem in MBR-style partitions type 0xAF
LIST -f, on FAT, shows long-filenames, unless -lfn- option
LIST -f now shows full path+filename on FAT, if SLT is available
LOG -logauto commandline switch sets LOG auto numbering on/off
LOG autonumber logfiles 001..999 using '^' as last filename char
MAP Keep disk graph as wide as possible for available screen width
MEDIA Removed obsolete media description from all but MAC version
MENU 'Edit -> Automatic logfile Numbering' togles setting
OS-X Explicit hint to UNMOUNT whole disk before writing with DFSee
PSAVE fix binary incompatibility between 11.2 and previous versions
SET LOG command, sets automatic LOG file numbering on/off
SLT display, display compacter, more room for file path column
WIPESECURE Added better logging/reporting to DoD 5220 wiping

11.1, Minor release with a new DFSDISK feature and many fixes and enhancements

Added "run as administrator" hint for Vista and Windows-7 only
BMGR install, fix Abort when previous operation failed; (batch)
BSFIND allow (additional) search on MiB boundaries (Win-7/Vista)
CLONE Target selection silent (screen) using -Q; details in logfile
COMP Target selection silent (screen) using -Q; details in logfile
CSLIST documented now, and enhanced with MiB boundary capability
DFSDISK dialog and cmd, allow (additional) search on MiB boundaries
Discard P-geo size on OS/2 when more than 1-cylinder difference
FIND allow (additional) search on MiB boundaries (Win-7/Vista)
FS Allow abort FAT-CRC loop whith 'fs fat32' on a FAT16 filesystem
GENPART allow -b:'basename' option instead of 2nd parameter
PART Explicitit mention of L-Geo for OS/2 > 65535 cylinder warning
PART No 'invalid bootsector' msg on open of Linux or swap partition
PART Non-critical IBM BMGR warnings made minor (multiple disks)
PART Non-std cylinder-alignment now MINOR warnings (Win-7/Linux)
PART Set mode=EXT2 on 0x83 partition without superblocks, not AUX
PTEDIT dlg sort table on ENTER while a sort button has focus
PTEDIT dlg added help on using SPACE to operate sort buttons
PTEDIT log disk and partition details on each table display
PTEDIT up/down keys now navigate between fields and buttons too
RESTORE Target selection silent (screen) using -Q; details in logfile
RESTORE/COMPARE get correct size for multiple-RAW image files
RESTORE/COMPARE show number of files for multi-file image set
Updated DFSee signature to '11' in bootrecord for HPFS fixboot
Use GEOMETRY_EX only for XP and up; error fallback to GEOMETRY
WIPE Target selection silent (screen) using -Q; details in logfile

11.0, Major release with several new features and many fixes and enhancements

CR -Y:n sets prefered entry for new EBR extended containers
CR -X:n sets prefered entry for new MBR extended container
CR default MBR entry 3 (last) slot for new extended container
CREATE dlg prefered table entry for partition, MBR and EBR
Disksize shown including partial last cylinder whenever possible
EXPORT include FS specific command pragma line in export file
FAT sync warning text update to use FATSIM+FATWRIM as a combo
FDISK menu 'Set base to Freespace area' for easy (edit) access
FILE dialog Added sort-indicators on file/dir lists in dialog
FILE dialog Support sorting in file dialog DIR/FILE windows
FILE dialog Sort on Volume popup window using Ctrl-F1..Ctrl-F9
File recovery, ignore errors on searching from menu (optional)
GENPART, generate -X and -Y options on all logical partitions
GEO fixed recalculate cylinders when H/S changes (broken in ver10.9)
GEO forced Always overrule existing geo when forced is set (virtual)
GEO source Ignore PT if sect/track larger than 63 (OS/2 huge disk)
GEO traces More information on geo calculation in trace output
IMAGE command Fix for used buffersize > 64Kb with 4096 byte sectors
IMPORT automatic FS specific command execute, like IRS for JFS
JFS IRS command sets Inode Recovery Signature, after (quick) format
JFS menu 'Find ANY after FORMAT' find any INODES after quick format
JFS 'IRS 0' sets recovery signature wildcard, find any possible INODES
JFS/HPFS BPB-letter shown in partition detailed view (letter/data)
JFS/HPFS PPB versus LVM driveletter mismatch warning when bootable
MBR recognize Plop Boot Manager code on MBR-sector display
Make sure DFSDISK/DFSCHECK scripts run in batch mode (no popups)
NTFS automatically recognized in a type 0x12 recovery partition
NTFS MFT-seq number to a few NTFS related error messages in CHECK
NTFS better reporting of bad fixup structures on NTFS system structures
NTFS various display and analysis fixes to support 4Kb sector sizes
OS-X HFS+ partition type 0xAF added to partition type displays
OS2 buffer Maximum buffer size phys disk I/O set to 127 (< 64Kb)
PART ERROR active-extended changed to WARNING, and removed fix hint
PART fixed incorrect assigning of IBM BMGR labels (Linux EBR sectors)
RECOVER count BAD_STRUCTURE errors as failures on file recovery
Sort Partitions on various partition lists using Ctrl-F1..Ctrl-F9
Sort Volumes on various volume lists using Ctrl-F1..Ctrl-F9

10.9, Bug fix release, avoid OS/2 bug with large disks and AHCI driver

GEO forced Always overrule existing geo when forced is set (virtual)
GEO source Ignore PT if sect/track larger than 63 (OS/2 huge disk)
GEO traces More information on geo calculation in trace output
OS2 buffer Maximum buffer size phys disk I/O set to 127 (< 64Kb)

10.8, User selectable sorts in file-dialogs and volume lists

FILE dlg More lines in file/dir lists with smaller buttons
FILE dlg Added sort-indicators on file/dir lists in dialog
FILE dlg Support sorting in file dialog DIR/FILE windows
FILE dlg Support sorting on Volume selection popup window
Volumes Support sorting on various volume selection lists

10.8, Linux sorted Directory/File lists, Format dialog enhancements, small fixes

FIND dlg Allow double quote characters in search string values
FORMAT dlg Allow single quote characters in filesystem label field
FORMAT dlg Set bootcode type correctly for FAT32 -o:'9' = Win9x/ME
IMAGE etc Set RW-RW-RW- file mode to newly created files on Linux and Mac
FILE dlg Show directory and file list SORTED on filename on Linux and Mac
FILE dlg Avoid 'dead-end' directories without the '..' entry on Linux
PART Recognize large floppy with MSWIN4.1 correctly as FAT16
Windows Show minor version 6.10 in 'about' as Windows-7, not Vista

10.7, Linux support large files and disks, Hex editor improvements, various small enhancements

alloc Notify user when aborted, reset the Used/Free info
BMGR menu Default to current BMGR timeout on value-prompt
DISK size Linux better size/geometry support for disks > 500Gb
EDIT Reset 'this' start lsn after selecting other object
FAT16 USB Script to create a FAT16 data stick/disk; max 2Gb
File / DIR Binary edit Data (file/dir contents) for a path
File / DIR Binary edit Info (fnode/inode/MFTrec) for a path
File / DIR Find or recover ONE file, now for Mode=FAT too
IMZINFO Support large files on Linux for info display
Mode=xxx File Recovery menu now named "File Find/Recover/HEXedit"
OS/2 limit Warning 65535 cylinders, less frequently shown
PART table Adjusted some column widths to allow terabyte disk sizes
PSAVE etc Fix size display in several places for 4Kb/sector disks
RESTORE Fixed TxFileExists for large files > 2Gb on Linux
RESTORE Support large files on Linux on auto-detect IMZ
Startup Add ADMIN hint if no disks are seen at all (WIN7)
geocalc Fixed trap when LVM DLAT is in a non-std location
hex edit Faster startup, fixed spurious trap on starting
hex edit Add extra prev/next item buffer for large screens
hex edit Fix buffer-contents on PgUp/PgDn if screen > item
long tasks No abort with in batch (-b switch or -B option)

10.6, Menu improvements, FAT32 disk creation script, minor fixes and enhancements

DFSF32ST Script to partition+format a USB-stick using FAT32
DFSTART Fixed bug causing premature abort of DFSDPROC script
GEOCALC DLAT for 255, 127, 63 preferred; duplicate warning
MBR Recognize Lenovo factory preloaded MBR (W500)
MBR Recognize generic english MBR from Windows-7
MENU Added 'Scripts' menu to run (standard) DFSee scripts
MENU Disabled items display 'reason' info on selection
NTFS Fix trap at open partition with corrupt LOGRECORD
PART -fs:x Initialize for specified filesystem, not detected one
SCAN Reword message on using -b:1; Explain sector list
SETB Add -Q- option to supress automatic-quit from a script
WARNING Fix table entry for missing (1st) EBR signature

10.5, Added more (Linux) UUID handling, minor fixes and enhancements

EXT2/3 Display and edit of UUID value with "uuid" command
JFS Display and edit of UUID value with "uuid" command
JFS CHECK More verbose JFS IAG dump when pedantic (-p)
NTFS CHECK Better ALLOC message if no $Bitmap info available
Recover Translate illegal chars in 8.3 filename conversion
ReiserFS Display and edit of UUID value with "uuid" command
ReiserFS Fixed crash on selecting the Mode=Reiser menu
SLT/CHECK Added lost/link area count/size summary on display
Script Don't execute result value of an assignment with comment
Warning Bootable JFS/HPFS partition without an LVM driveletter
Warning Volume-serial duplicate, reworded, display only once.

10.4, Minor release with bootable JFS updates and a GUI fix

DFSeeHow HOWTO documentation PDF file updated for version 10.x
DFSusb32 documentation file dfsusb32.txt updated for DFSee upgrade
Dialogs Fixed incorrect open position Clone and Format dialogs
JFS LDR Adjusted size to (now) documented 31 sectors (was 34)
JFS (boot) Display bootsector code updated to eCS 2.0 GA level
JFS (boot) Fixboot bootsector code updated to eCS 2.0 GA level
Resize flg in XML only set to YES for DFSee resizable filesystem
WARNING if LBA BR-offset smaller than sectors/track (LVM corrupt)

10.3, Minor release with bootable USB-stick updates and a few fixes

FAT DIRTY Added check/update for documented flags in FAT area
FAT open Dont search 2nd FAT if 1st not found (long delay)
FAT open Report dirty status on open (from Bootrec and FAT)
Geo Fixed forcing GEO back to the original (S) values
Imz2raw Fixed empty file bug (could not write after EOF)
Linux Fix for kernel 2.6.34 stat fail on large disks
Setboot -disk:nr option can force (BMGR) disk to work on
USB stick Increased size of image to 934 MiB (stick >= 1 Gb)

10.2, Minor release with SCRIPT and bootable USB-stick updates

Boot image Updated USBASPI.SYS to much newer 2.27, dated 2008
geo Retain correct base PSN if a partition was selected
LVM dialog Indicate 'sync LVM engine' as NOT RECOMMENDED
MBR code Recognize another variant of the OS/2 2.x MBR code
Menu BM/LVM removed duplicate shortcut letter 'I'
Menu Wipe Added comment on removables to final message
Menu Wipe Start of disk, now wipes 32 MiB instead of 10
Menu Actions -> Create bootable (USB) disk
Menu Display -> Show Partition Table Sector, MBR or EBR
Menu Wipe MBR sector for a disk (FDISK menu)
Menu Wipe Bootsector for a partition (filesystem menus)
RUN cmd Fixed problem with quoting (spaces, params)
Script Fixed trap on single WHILE/FOR/IF on last line
Script Fixed trap when 'until' is missing for a 'do'
Script Add expression/variable substitution to single-step popup
Script Confirm single-step execute line, and allow script cancel
Script Allow . as placeholder in script positional $n parameters
Script Added verbose and single-step option to RUN file dialog
Script Single-Step + Verbose check-box in singlestep popup
USB stick Added DFSUSB32.dfs script to prepare a bootable stick

10.1, Minor release with optimizations for the bootable USB stick

502G disk Made this an 'informational' message on OS/2
AUX mode Add warning popup if AUX mode is activated
Bootable CD/Diskette added info on SATA legacy mode
FDISK menu Prestore dialog added comment on restore types
FORMAT FAT Fixed system label to contain 10.x (use VLABEL)
MBR code Recognize PendriveLinux Multi-ISO boot from USB
MBR NTsig Changed default to DF5ee100, eye catcher value
MENU Format: avoid find 2nd FAT area (very slow!)
SCAN Fix reported count when error-strategy is 'quit'
SCAN menu Force '-E:i' to always retry with single sector
STORE Use A/B instead of 1/2 as store identification
Sw -dir EXE startup switch, file directory (scripts, key)
Sw -screen Linux EXE switch, force screen size like 112x39
USB-stick Bootable DFSee ISO from USB stick using GRUB4DOS
USB-stick Run Linux DFSee from PartedMagic ISO, on KDE desktop

10.0, Major release with fixes, updates and improvements, bootable CD/diskette update

502G disk OS/2 warning if disk > 502 GiB normal limit
64K warn OS/2 or eCS incompatible with > 64K cylinders
A sn size Fixed multi sector ASCII display output format
CD/FLOPPY Choice between 28 or 50 lines display at startup
CD/FLOPPY FreeDOS updated to latest kernel/command.com
CD/FLOPPY New IDE driver, XMS manager and ramdisk updated
CD/FLOPPY Optional load of (Iomega) FireWire driver added
CDROM boot fixed availability of HPFS/JFS/NTFS-LDR images
CHS warn No CHS warnings if #sects > 63 (eCS > 500Gb)
CLONE Added 'reboot' advisory popup after completion
CR No size adjust primary, if not at MBR track
CR Align to cyl-start if prev END is not aligned
CSLIST -s Add cylinder-aligned sectors to sector-list
DFSDOS VOL Fixed size/freespace for drives > 2Gb, filedialogs
FAT Fixed display bugs with just one FAT area
HEX dump Default size full sector if display >= 40 lines
JFS super Always warn for superblocks/part size mismatch
KEY Support major versions over 9 in key checks
LIST Export/Import preserves list display format
LIST Export/Import store/display drive/disk/part
Menu Mode=Fdisk -> Wipe (EBR) TRACK-1 reserved sectors
Menu Edit->Settings->Status prompt after each command
PART view Show decimal size in sectors if no LVM/BMGR
PART -s -u Show Linux UUID value for native filesystems
PART -v Show Linux UUID value for native filesystems
PART -xml Show Linux UUID value for native filesystems
PART pid Show Linux UUID value for native filesystems
PTE No 'smart' field updates when type set to 0
RESIZE and EXPAND added '?' and '-?' help on command
SCAN Fix progress reporting when not at LSN 0
SCRIPT Fixed BREAK from FOR loop, break just one level
WARNING Linux device-nr too large, only for nr > 63
WARNING Type 0F extended container, made a minor warning

9.15, Image restore and binary file editor improvements, FAT large sector support

9.14, A few bug-fixes, longer evaluation period

9.13, A few bug-fixes, usability fixes and new SCRIPT functions

9.12, Fixed some menu-items/dialogs to use explcit HEX values

9.11, Updates and more documentation for scripting, some bugfixes

9.10, Minor update; upto 24 disks in Linux, some message updates

9.09, Fix for create type 0x35 (JFS) volume and new 'set version' for JFS

9.08, Minor fixes, and a few additions to the help

9.07, Variable substitution updates and more QUERY options, small fixes

9.06, Bug fix release, fixes traps in the OS/2 version with 9.05

9.05, Bug fix release, OS/2 2Tb disks and fine tuning of advanced scripting

9.04, Bug fix release, and additions to the new scripting engine

9.03, Bug fix release, plus pre-release of the new enhanced scripting engine

9.02, Bug fix release, plus wipe of first track and static HTML documentation generator

9.01, Bug fix release: 'move to begin freespace', new Bootmanager install and PHP documentation generator

9.00, Major release! Geometry sniffing, more EXT2/3 and ReiserFS support, x86 disassembler built in, and much more!

8.16, Bug fix release; expand logical and disk-to-disk clone fat corruption fixed

8.15, Better JFS analysis and display (IAG), REPEAT command and some small fixes and enhancements

8.14, PTE table sorting, Hex-edit updates, PART warnings added and enhanced, several bug fixes

8.13, More verbose registration key info, fix search for FAT filenames, fix MOVE/COPY to start of disk

8.12, Menu additions, display enhancements, (NTFS) resizing refinements and several small fixes

8.11, Better 'removable' and 'large floppy' handling, creation of LVM/JFS volumes, many small fixes and enhancements

8.10, Fix MBR corruption by FIXEXT command, report duplicate bootsectors, allow any size sectors

8.09, Change volume serial number, delete from BM menu, menu updates and variable sectorsize support

8.08, Reset bad-sector administration, backward link warnings, SORT partition table and bugfixes

8.07, JFS/NTFS file recovery improvements, move/copy confirmations and some bug fixes

8.06, Enhancements for binary-file editing, updates for LVM 14.105 and some fixes

8.05, Fixed crash in DFSDISK/PSAVE, fix IMZ2RAW and added 'Smart' checkbox to MOVE dialog

8.04, Direct binary file edit, speedup filefind/undelete, improved bad-sector cloning

8.03, New interactive HEX/ASCII sector/cluster/imagefile/disk editor, plus a few JFS fixes

8.02, Smart-sector support for whole disk and cloning, JFS enhancements and better logging control

8.01, Better LVM/FORMAT support removables, UI improvements, bug fixes

8.00, JFS support, UI enhancements, better progress reporting, bug fixes

7.15, FAT/FAT32 FORMAT, NTFS enhancements, many new dialogs, several bug fixes

7.14, Some new and quite a few enhanced dialogs, several bug fixes

7.13, Some minor fixes and cleanup, built using first OPEN SOURCE TxWindows 1.0 library

7.12, Much more reliable NTFS resizing, DIRTY command for NTFS and some other minor improvements

7.11, Suppress dummy (USB) disks in OS/2, NTFS dirty status and logfile display, SETBOOT updates

7.10, Resize improvements, NTFS MFT updates, more warnings and a few bugs fixed

7.09, Automatic logging, speed improvement for imaging and some nasty bugs fixed

7.08, Mouse and dialog enhancements, fixed trap on some DVD/CD media at startup

7.07, Automatic bad-sector optimization in CLONE/IMAGE and mouse support in OS2 and DOS

7.06, NTLDR fix commands, LVM-refresh, some minor bug fixes and better mouse support in Windows version

7.05, Better CDROM support in DOS version, standard MSI installer and mouse support in Windows version

7.04, Support insertion of USB drivers in DFSee ISO image, fixed commandline HISTORY and MFT display bug

7.03, New GENPART command, more flexible DFSDISK, improved commandline history and several fixes

7.02, Partition limit 1000, updated HOWTO document and WARPIN based installer for the OS2 version

7.01, More imaging commands and menu items, search whole disk for superblocks and more ...

7.00, A new MAJOR release with many improvements in the user interface, improved imaging and much more!

6.17, Fixed CR BUG (copy primary) and added several new MENU items like BACKUP/RESTORE partition info

6.16, Enhanced handling of numeric parameters and commands, several enhancements and fixes

6.15, Several new menu-items and some improved displays based on Warpstock feedback

6.14, Five Linux shell-scripts added, DFSDISK/DFSCHECK procedure enhancements

6.13, Linux executable added to distribution, no shell-scripts yet

6.12, Linux executable release candidate 1, fully functional (afaik :-)

6.11, More Linux preparation (DEVMAP) and fixes for RECOVERY and PTEdit

6.10, New partition MOVE and copy, improvements in LVM-recovery, several fixes

6.09, Improved output for the LIST command for FAT-EA info

6.08, Improved output for the LIST command and some minor fixes

6.07, BOOTINI and several other minor fixes, updated bootable images

6.06, UI color schemes, fix BOOT.INI, foreign keyboards, improved FAT support and more

6.05, Minor update, fixes the DFSTART script and RETRY default

6.04, New functionality and menu-items, better Linux filesystem recognition

6.02, Change partition-type from menu, other minor changes and fixes

6.00, Version 6.00, menu system, smart imaging and much more!

5.56, Final 5.xx release, expiration postponed until the year 2012

5.00, MAJOR release, introducing the 32-bit DOS-extended version

4.28, Last 4.xx version, unsupported but upgrade to 6.xx is possible

4.00, first SHAREWARE version

3.42, Last freeware version (not supported anymore)

For more details on older DFSee versions, bugs solved and changes made, see the text-document: DFSee development history and changes

Further development depends on my own needs, feedback I receive from other users and the amount of registrations sold to fund these new developments.
Suggestions and comments on DFSee and related stuff is welcome.      (Internet)

DFSee downloads

Download latest DFSee version (10 Mb ZIP)
This is the complete standard package that includes all binary versions for OS2/eCS, DOS, Windows-NT/2000/XP, macOS and Linux plus some very usefull scripts and the ASCII documentation and examples in DFS*.TXT
Note that after a short evaluation period you are required to register and pay for the program. Unregistred versions remind you of this at startup and termination of the program and it is not possible to use batch-mode for unattended operation. Otherwise the program is fully functional.

Latest DFSee as WARPIN installer (7 Mb EXE, OS2/eCS only!)
This contains all OS2 related stuff, the documentation and the executable to create a FreeDOS bootable diskette with DFSDOS on it.
The Warpin installer will install the files in a specified directory, and create a nice DFSee folder on your desktop with the program and documentation objects inside. It can be moved anywhere you like after installation.

Latest DFSee as Windows MSI archive (5 Mb, XP/Vista,Win7 and Win10 only!)
This contains all Windows related stuff, the documentation and the executable to create a FreeDOS bootable diskette with DFSDOS on it.
Just download the MSI file, open the download folder with Explorer and double-click the archive ...
It uses the standard installer that comes with Windows-2000 and XP. The archive contains all Windows related stuff, the documentation and the executable to create a FreeDOS bootable diskette with DFSDOS on it.
The MSI installer will install the files in a specified directory, and create a DFSee folder in your startup menu with the program and documentation objects inside.
The versions distributed as an ISO imagefile include a TEMPORARY registration key that needs to be replaced by your own before burning the ISO to a CDROM!
A utility program will be avialable with the ISO download to update the ISO-image with your key.

DFSee registration ordering

Your new 16.x registration is valid with EVERY 16.x minor release to come, so it is good for at least one year of free upgrades to the latest version.

Just click on the Mensys logo below to go to the dedicated DFSee page in the online shop, or click on one of the desired registrations in the list further below to go directly to the product order table.
     Registration site, Mensys online shop
The following registrations and deliverables for DFSee version 16.x are available for sale:

Single user, standard license. (License Agreement)
This will allow full use of the program by a single person for use on his own computer system(s). It is meant for individuals and can be compared to a simple SHAREWARE registration, getting you (email) support and assistance.

For 16.x this registration is € 49
An upgrade from version 15.x is € 25
An upgrade from older versions is € 39

You can also get this same license combined with a bootable CDROM for € 55 plus shipping.
Buy the CDROM
Upgrading from an older version to a CDROM deliverable is NOT directly possible due to logistic constraints.
In this case, upgrade to the 16.x registration first, then get the CDROM for 16.x users for € 10 plus shipping.

Single, professional license. (License Agreement)
This will allow full use of the program by a single professional for use on all of his (and his customers) computer systems. Typical use would be for a company specializing in roll-out or datarecovery services. Note that each professional in such a company needs a separate licence

For 16.x this registration is € 199
An upgrade from any earlier professional license is € 99
An upgrade from standard 16.x to professional is € 159

10 user, standard license. (License Agreement)
This will allow full use of the program by a maximum of 10 users for use on their or their companies computer system(s). It is meant for small companies or departments in rollout or maintenance scenarios

For 16.x this registration is € 299
An upgrade from version 16.x is € 149

All prices mentioned on this page do not include any tax (VAT/BTW)
Value Added Tax is due for all citizens of the European Community (EU) and will add 19% to the gross amounts listed on this page.
All upgrade keys will be valid for 100 days and work just like any other DFSee registration key, there are NO functional restrictions. You will AUTOMATICALLY receive a new, PERMANENT key before it expires. Only if you do not receive that within 2 months from purchase, you need to contact me, preferred email address: regs@dfsee.com
For license conditions see the standard License Agreement or the professional License Agreement respectively.
You MUST have a valid older registration to receive the permanent 16.x key.
Note: There is no need to take immediate action, as upgrade registrations come in, I will validate them and if there is no change in email address or other problem, I will send out the permanent keys without any required action.
If you don't receive a permanent key in about 2 months, send an email.

Larger quantities and other special (like limited function) licenses are available or negotiable, see the registration page or contact: info@dfsee.com
As an example, for non-interactive use, runtime (runtime License Agreement) or deployment and recovery (deployment License Agreement) licenses with huge volume discounts are possible.
Every registration gives the right to get (email) support and assistance but the professional and multiple-user registrations have some priority in that, as well as some more influence on future development.
After successful payment you'll get a confirmation (from Mensys), and soon after that (depending on payment/credit-card validation) the registration file. The 16.x registration will remain valid until the next major release, 17.x which is not expected before the second half of 2020.

DFSee support

Support for DFSee is now limited to the later registered versions only (15.x, 16.x)
Registration will give you access to email support and assistance on using the program. However, all support is on a best effort basis, with an email response within a few days. Longer periods of absence will be anounced on the website
You can also use the DFSee discussion and support forum, on Yahoo. This forum is intended as a meeting and discussion place for all issues regarding DFSee and related stuff. As the author, I'll try to join as often as possible.

Click to subscribe to dfsee-support
You can read the forum on the website and post new messages or reply to existing ones. You can also choose to have the messages sent to you as email, and even reply using your favourite email program.
Note that to avoid heavy spamming on that list you need approval to join. Using a suspicious email-address (yahoo, hotmail etc) will require answering an extra confirmation email. So make sure the email address you use to join is a real one, and read the incoming mail on it!

DFSee on-line documentation
To get a better feeling of what you could do with the DFSee utility, checkout the on-line version of the documentation right here:

   DFSee introduction, known bugs and wishlist

   DFSee promotional text

   DFSee development history and changes

   DFSee explanation of used terminology

   DFSee command syntax introduction

   DFSee general command reference

   DFSee FDISK related command reference

   DFSee HPFS related command reference

   DFSee JFS related command reference

   DFSee EXT2/EXT3 related command reference

   DFSee ReiserFS related command reference

   DFSee NTFS related command reference

   DFSee FAT related command reference

   DFSee scenarios and HOWTO's

   DFSee UNFDISK descriptions and usage

   DFSee native, batch and REXX scripting

   Warp-3 based single bootdiskette with DFSee

Background information on partitioning, filesystems and DFSee itself is available in the following PDF presentations:

   DFSee usage tips and HOWTO

   DFSee concepts

   PC Partitioning

   Filesystem on-disk structures

   TX advanced scripting

Go to: Fsys, DFSee and JvW home page
Created by Jan van Wijk on 1997-03-15 Last update: JvW 2019-08-11

FDISK	for partitioning work, default active at startup
APFS	the Apple Filesystem, used in new iOS and macOS
AUX	Auxilary mode for unrecognized data
EFAT	Enhanced FAT filesystem, intended for huge media
EXT2/3/4	native filesystem on Linux, EXT3/4 are journaled
FAT	classic PC filesystems including FAT32 and VFAT
HFS	the journalled filesystem HFS+ for MAC OSX
HPFS	native filesystem on OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS
JFS	journaled filesystem on OS/2, eCS or ArcaOS
NTFS	native filesystem on Windows-NT or Windows-2000
REISER	journaled filesystem on Linux by Hans Reiser
XFS	the 'X' terabyte journaled filesystem on Linux

	A collection of screenshots from a recent DFSee version ... Over 40 screenshots with short descriptions of many of the DFSee functions! Has large-size GIF images (630x620) in a perfectly readable font.
	Tips and DFSee usage information in several HOWTO chapters
	A screenshot of DFSee, when started without any parameters This screen-shot includes explanations on all relevant screen-parts visible in DFSee and some additional information. It shows DFSee version 3.05, all items explained are still present in the later versions.
	A tutorial on DFSee by Tony Butka (Southern California OS/2 User Group)
	Original English version A review by Paul Floyd in the february 2002 VOICE newsletter Die Deutsche ubersetzung The German translation by Manfred Agne