⇗Creating SmartImages with Invalid PartitioningSmartImages can now also be created from disks on which the partition tables are invalid due to a partition "protruding" beyond the end of the disk.

↶"Eject Media" (Windows) would not Work with HDClone RunningHDClone/W had to be closed in order to disconnect media (especially USB media) with "Eject media" (Windows tray bar).

☯Mouse Input Error ResolvedIn some cases, other events were triggered when the mouse was moved (e.g. scrolling).

☯VM Images With More Than 4 PartitionsThe process is no longer cancelled when creating VM Images of disks with more than 4 partitions.

⛐Crash After Starting CopyA program crash could occur when preparing the source disk for the copy.

☯Movement of Mouse Cursor During Icon ChangeA switched mouse cursor icon (e.g. between arrow and text cursor) could cause the cursor to move on its own, especially when used with a remote desktop.

↶Erroneous Request for Permanent ActivationDue to an error in the previous version (8.2.0), a new Permanent Activation was incorrectly requested. In addition, the new activation was faulty, so that a new Permanent Activation was requested for subsequent versions. These additional Permanent Activations, however, were not deducted from the total contingent.

☯No Disks AvailableIn rare, reproducible cases, no disks were available in the apps and at the same time neither a system log nor a screenshot could be saved.

☯Faster Media Detection in Power Saving ModeWhen individual disks had to be "woken up" from the power saving mode, other disks were also displayed with a considerable delay. These disks now appear immediately, as the delay only affects the disks that need to be woken up.

⇗Window Size on Small DisplaysOn displays with a resolution of 1024x768 or less, the application window is now automatically maximized at program start in order to achieve the best possible display. For a smaller display, the minimize button in the upper right hand corner of the window's title bar can be used just as before.

⇗Hot swap for USB Card ReadersWith USB card readers, the exchange of memory cards is now detected during running operation (hot swap). Previously, the storage media had to be connected before the system was started.

⇗Note if Input Device is MissingIf no supported input device (keyboard, mouse, trackball, trackpad, trackpoint, etc.) is found, a corresponding message popup will appear. As soon as at least one supported input device is connected, the message closes automatically.

⇗Note if Input Device is MissingIf no supported input device (keyboard, mouse, trackball, trackpad, trackpoint, etc.) is found, a corresponding message popup will appear. As soon as at least one supported input device is connected, the message closes automatically.

↶CLI: Restore PartitionsImages from partitions are now correctly restored to the partition specified with -dstvol: instead of cancelling with the error message "Target not set".

⇗CLI: System Drive Disabled as TargetThe system disk is now also disabled in the Commadn Line Interface (CLI) as a target disk for a clone or for restoring from an image.

☯SmartCopy on BtrFSCloning with SmartCopy could fail in special BtrFS constellations.

↶Images of Non-Partitioned DisksDisks without partition tables and without detected file systems are now saved as 1:1 images. This behavior was already existent in versions prior to version 8.0. Since version 8.0 only BitImages (if available) could be created from such disks.

↶Migration of Dynamic SetsCopies and images of dynamic disks that were created using the migration apps now come with improved bootability for images they are recovered to a disk, if they contain a Windows operating system.

↶Image Recovery of Encrypted or Blank DisksImages of encrypted disks, or disks that contain neither partitions nor a file system, could not be recovered.

⛐HDClone on Windows XPBy calling a function, which is only available starting at Windows Vista, HDClone could not be started on Windows XP. HDClone now uses a replacement function for Windows XP.

☯Display for the DrivesIn the popups "Open File" and "Save File," the "Symobi Root (/)" entry was displayed with an incorrect symbol in the drive selection (left) and display errors (row height) could occur with the other entries.

☯Spot and Pad Program Screens not Visible/BlackAfter minimizing and restoring he Spot and Pad tools, there were some occurrences during which the program screens would either not reappear or they were blacked out.

☯Rapid Plugging and Unplugging of Disks Would Block Disk AccessPlugging and unplugging of disks in rapid sequence could result in access to other disks being completely blocked.

⇗DiskInfo App now also Shows PartitionsIn order to facilitate the identification of the selectable disks, the partitions are now also displayed in the DiskInfo app.

⇗Keyboard Operation of the DiskInfo AppIn the DiskInfo app, the tables with the SMART and ATA data can also be exited by pressing the <Tab> key. Navigation within the table is still possible by using the arrow keys.

⇗Selection Dialog for Images with an Allocation Display for DrivesWhen opening or saving an image, the drive selection is displayed on the left in the respective pop-up. A tooltip is provided for each displayed drive, which will show the occupied space of a file system, whenever this information is available.

⇗Error Message when Writing a System LogIf the system log was written to multiple storage locations, and the write failed at one of the two locations, the entire process was reported as incorrect. Now a differentiated message is displayed.

⇗Logs and Screenshots: Connect Disk to Choose as File LocationThere is now an option to automatically select the next disk to be connected to the system as the file location for saved logs and screenshots.

☯Chkdsk Errors with NTFS-Formatted PartitionsWhen working with partitions that had been formatted with NTFS in the Partitioner app, chkdsk, starting at Windows 8, would report errors within the name attributes of some of the system files. File systems with this layout were still useable and the errors could be resolved with chkdsk.

↶No Warning when HotCopy/LiveImage DeactivatedWhen creating a copy or an image of a Windows system disk, no warning would appear, if the HotCopy/LiveImage option had been deactivated. Copies and images that were created without HotCopy/LiveImage could contain inconsistent data, despite them being the result of an error-free creation process (without verification). Whenever the verification option was activated, the data inconsistencies would show up as verification errors.

⇗Faster Disk Detection After Program StartupThe device detection following the program startup has been accelerated, so that disks (and USB tokens) also become available sooner.

⊕Save System Component InformationWith the help of the new Toolbox item "System Analysis", it is now possible to create a ZIP archive containing information about the system hardware and devices, which, in addition to the system log, serves as a source of information in the event of problems.

⇗Improved Touchpad DetectionThe detection of various tablet-PC touchpads has been improved.

☀Time and Date in the System BarThe system bar now also shows the current time and date.

☯No Access to Subsequently Connected DisksIn some cases, a subsequently connected disk could not be accessed if its sector size differed from 512 bytes (a sector size of 512 was incorrectly displayed).

⊕Save System Component InformationWith the help of the new Toolbox item "System Analysis", it is now possible to create a ZIP archive containing information about the system hardware and devices, which, in addition to the system log, serves as a source of information in the event of problems.

☀Time and Date in the System BarThe system bar now also shows the current time and date.

⇗Improved Handling of Faulty FAT, NTFS or ExFATIf a FAT, NTFS or ExFAT file system is larger than the partition on which it is located, this leads to an error and access has been denied. In the future, these kinds of faulty file systems will have read access as long as they do not contain any damaged structures. Therefore backups, SmartImages or SmartCopies can be created from these file systems.

☀Bootability for Linux with Syslinux LoaderWhen copying and restoring Linux boot partitions, it is now possible to have the Syslinix resize the partition of the Syslinux boot loader adjusted in order to fit the resizeds partitions so that the Linux remains bootable. Until now, this could only be done with 1:1 copies (without enlarging/reducing).

⇗Bootability for Linux with GRUB2 LoaderWhen copying and restoring Linux boot partitions, it is now possible to have the GRUB2 boot loader adjusted in oder to fit the resized partitions so that the Linux remains bootable. Until now, this could only be done with 1:1 copies (without enlarging/reducing).

◱MSI Support for USB 3The modern MSI interrupt mechanism (Message Signaled Interrupts) is now also supported for XHCI (USB 3).

⛐Boot Problem with more than Eight CPU KernelsOn systems with more than eight CPU kernels (virtual included), the startup process stalled immediately after completion of the load process (progress bar at 100%).

☯Creating VHDX Images via CLIAnytime an attempt was made to generate a VHDX image from the command line interface (CLI), an image in the VHD format was generated instead.

↶Access to ATA Password-Protected DisksDisks that are protected by an ATA password are now correctly labeled as "unlockable" again and unlock is offered. Prior to this, unlocking (and therefore access) was not possible.

☯Error Messages in System Logs & Screenshots Without TextWhenever an error occurred while writing a system log or a screenshot, the description in some cases would only appear with the word "error" (in the respective program language).

↶No Warning when HotCopy/LiveImage DeactivatedWhen creating a copy or an image of a Windows system disk, no warning would appear, if the HotCopy/LiveImage option had been deactivated. Copies and images that were created without HotCopy/LiveImage could contain inconsistent data, despite them being the result of an error-free creation process (without verification). Whenever the verification option was activated, the data inconsistencies would show up as verification errors.

⛐Program Crash when RestoringWhen restoring, if the source drive was removed while in the options screen, or if the selected source image was deleted, it could cause the program to crash.

⇗Windows Bootability when Restoring or CloningOn UEFI based systems, further adjustments will be performed in order to improve Windows' bootability following a copy or restoration.

☯Error when Restoring Uncompressed ImagesWhen attempting to restore images that had been created without data compression, the process would immediately be terminated and the message "An error occurred during restoration" would appear.

↶Image size of 0 MB when created of NTFSAfter creating an image on NTFS volumes, the file size was displayed as 0 MB in Windows. After updating the view, using F5, the correct size had been shown. This behavior had no impact on the integrity of the file, which was given at any time.

☯TRIM App would Freeze After Being Used on AHCI or IDE DisksAfter a TRIM command was executed on SATA/AHCI or IDE disks, the TRIM app would freeze even before the result would appear in the list. However, the "Start" button would already become selectable again.

☯Incorrect Extent Sizes in Older Image TypesThe maximum extent size of older image types (ending in .img) was limited to 4GB. With values that exceeded this limit, the size was limited to the rest of the division by 4GB - meaning that, for example, 6GB would turn into 2GB. As a result, the image could consist of more (and smaller) individual files than desired. Apart from this issue, the affected images were still complete and could be worked with as usual.

☯Failure to Execute TRIM on Disks with Mounted File SystemsIf individual files were accessed on a disk (e.g. when saving an image) and the TRIM command was then executed, the TRIM command would fail. In addition, the file system only became accessible again after a restart.

⇗Faster Image RestorationAccess to images has been optimized, which in many cases leads to a higher speed when restoring images.

⇗Memory Optimization for Images with Multiple PartitionsThe opening of images (for example when restoring or as virtual disk) now always requires the same amount of memory. Previously, the amount of memory that was needed to open an image was proportional to the number of partitions saved within the image.

☯Minimum Size for FAT Partitions CorrectedIn some cases, an undersized value was calculated in the preview as minimum size for FAT file systems. Attempts to minimize the file system to the calculated size would result in the cancellation of the copying process at the start.

⇗Btrfs and APFS Partitions in MVDMiray Virtual Disk (MVD) can now also detect and identify partitions with Btrfs and APFS.

◱Up to 128 Partitions in MVDFor Miray Virtual Disk (MVD), the number of partitions supported in one image has been increased to 128 from 64.

☯Consistent NVMe Serial NumbersSerial numbers of NVMe disks on Symobi could differ from the serial numbers on Symobi/W (Windows) and Symobi/L. As a result, whenever differential images were created and the serial number of the base image was inconsistent, a corresponding warning message would appear. While the serial numbers are now consistent, this warning may still be triggered by older images.

☯NVMe Disks not DetectedIn some cases, NVMe/M.2 volumes were not detected, sometimes not even after a restart. This affected NVMe volumes that were addressed directly, as well as NVMe volumes that were addressed via the AHCI adapter driver.

⛐Boot Problems with Faulty ACPI TablesMainboards with partially invalid ACPI tables are now handled with a greater tolerance for errors, which circumvents boot problems.

☯NVMe Disks Inaccessible Following Write ErrorsWrite errors could occur when saving an image to an NVMe disk. Afterwards, the NVMe disk was no longer accessible until the system would be restarted.

☯Booting USB SticksOn certain systems (for example Intel 5 Series, 3400 Series), booting the software from USB stick failed.

⛐Main Menu Crash when Opening the Wi-Fi AppletIn some cases, repeated opening of the Wi-Fi applet could cause the main menu to crash.

☯Unable to Select "Add Network..." by KeyboardOnce a wireless connection had been successfully established, the "Add Network..." entry could no longer be accessed by using the arrow buttons on the keyboard.

⛐Fixed System Crash when Closing an AppIn some cases, a system crash could occur whenever an app was closed. This was evident in the "freezing" of the screen, or the screen would turn completely black, or black with the Symobi logo.

☯Corrections Made to the Result DialogCorrections were made to resolve deviations between the indicated overall status and the status of single-step processes.

⇗Pad Adjusts to Lower Screen ResolutionsThe Pad Text Editor now starts up in a manner that allows its entire screen to be viewed, even when working with small screens or low screen resolutions.

⇗Support of Newest NVMe StandardsNVMe disks that use the newest NVMe standard are now also supported.

⇗Sector Size Deviations with XFSWith XFS file systems, the file system's internal sector size may deviate from the physical sector size. This is now taken into consideration when a SmartImage is created.

⛐Volumes not Detected Following Rapid Plugging and UnpluggingIf a disk was plugged and unplugged in rapid sequence, this could in some cases result in the failure to detect further volumes (file systems) on all available disks.

☯Result Alleged Errors with Btrfs Copies or ImagesWhen a Btrfs file system was either copied or restored from an image without explicit deactivation of the automatic size adjustment, for example with "Continue Without Adjustment," the result was erroneously (!) reported as having been "unsuccessful," although no errors had occurred during the process.

☯Non-Completion of Single Partition CopiesWhen only selecting individual partitions on the source, or if multiple partitions on the source were deselected, the copying process could not be entirely completed.

☀"Pad" Text EditorThe text editor "Pad" has been added. It can be accessed via the Toolbox applet and allows for multiple files to be open in tabs for reading and editing.

⇗Faster MFI ImagesThanks to optimizations, images in the new MFI format can now be created much faster.

☯Cancellation When Creating a BitImage with a Sector AreaWhile creating a BitImage, if an attempt was made to save only part of the source by indicating a sector area, the process could not be completed and was cancelled with an error.

⇗Loading Multipart MFI Images in MVDWhen using multipart MFI images with Miray Virtual Disk (MVD), any of the individual files can now be selected in order to load the image.

☯NVMe Disks Caused Slowdown of Other Disks or Input DevicesThe presence of an NVMe disk in the system could cause input device functions to slow down (such as movements by mouse or keyboard entries) or could decelerate access to other disks (e.g. USB sticks).

☯Booting Process Would Freeze on the Progress BarWhen the boot option "SD/eMMC Recognition" was activated, the program's booting process would, on rare occasions, stall at the end of the loading process.

⇗Drive Names in File Paths when Saving Logs and ScreenshotsThe self-booting drive indentifiers are now included in the file paths that are displayed when logs and screenshots are saved, for example "s01:\".

⇗Drive Names in File Paths when Saving Logs and ScreenshotsThe self-booting drive indentifiers are now included in the file paths that are displayed when logs and screenshots are saved, for example "s01:\".

⛐Crash when Removing the Source During the Copying ProcessA crash would occur during image restoration if the source disk (containing the image) was removed during the process.

☯NVMe Disks not FoundIn some cases, available NVMe disks were not displayed.

⇗NVMe Disk Performance ImprovementThe speed of the NVMe disks that share resources with other computer hardware devices was improved.

⇗Popup Input Focus for Access Information and Network SharesWhen entering access information in popup windows (when searching for network shares or wireless networks) or adding a specific network share, the input field for the user name or the name of the network share is immediately focused, which allows the user to directly input the text.

⇗Info Text within Input Fields are RetainedInput fields that show a gray description text prior to text entry will now retain the text even when selected. The text only disappears when the first character is entered.

⇗Differential and Password-Protected Images with MVDWith Miray Virtual Disk (MVD), differential images and password-protected images can now be mounted in the new MFI format and used as virtual disks.

☯Marked Delay When Saving System Logs/Screenshots When saving an image to a network share, the popup to confirm the saving of a system log or screenshot only appeared after a long delay, especially at slow network speeds.

☯Bluetooth Devices not RecognizedBluetooth devices were not recognized and the search for Bluetooth devices could not be initiated through the Bluetooth applet.

☯Opening Password-Protected .MFI images with MVDWhen opening an image with the new image format (.mfi) that is password-protected, Miray Virtual Disk now correctly prompts the password entry.

☯No drive selection when storing logs or screenshotsIf the drive selection popup appeard upon storing a log or screenshot, the drive selection list only offered a "Connect USB drive" entry, which didn't even change after a USB drive had been connected. Now the popup shows all available Windows drives.

☯Logs or Screenshots While Processing a System Drive CopyIf a log or screenshot was generated while a system drive was being cloned or an image was being secured, a request would appear to connect a USB disk. Logs and screenshots are now saved without further prompting.

☯No Bluetooth Devices FoundBluetooth devices were not recognized.

☯Creating an Image on a FRITZ!Box NAS failedCreating images on a a network share (NAS) provided by a FRITZ!Box failed immediately when started.

☯Reading Images from XFS, Btrfs and ExtImages that were saved in XFS, Btrfs and Ext file systems could not be restored or mounted as virtual disks.

☯Reading Images from XFS, Btrfs and ExtImages that were saved in XFS, Btrfs and Ext file systems could not be restored or mounted as virtual disks.

☯Access to Network Shares DeniedEven with an accessible host and correctly entered access data, the message "Network share \\[HOST]\[SHARE] could not be found" would erroneously appear.

☯Error when Using Certain Access DataNetwork shares with passwords ending in a space or a similar fill character (tab, etc.) could not be accessed.

☯Image Size Indication for XFS, Btrfs and ExtCreating images of XFS, Btrfs and Ext file systems, the size of the entire partition was shown as the image size instead of just the size of the occupied areas. The images that were subsequently created had the correct size, just the size indication was misleading.

⛐Crash Possible When Selecting a TargetAfter selecting a source, checking for disks as allowable targets could lead to a crash.

◱MVD Supports .MFI FilesImages with the new format (.MFI) are now correctly supported by Miray Virtual Disk.

☀Reading Files from Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4Files can now be read from Ext2, Ext3 and Ext4 file systems. This is especially beneficial when using HDClone/S or HDClone/W to restore images that were created on these particular file systems with HDClone/L.

☀Reading Files from XFSFiles can now be read from XFS file systems. This is especially beneficial when using HDClone/S or HDClone/W to restore images that were created on the XFS file system with HDClone/L.

☀On-screen KeyboardTo enter a text without a keyboard, there is now an on-screen keyboard available to use with a touch screen or mouse.

☀Reading Files from ReFSFiles can now be read from ReFS file systems. This is especially beneficial when using HDClone/S or HDClone/L to restore images that were created on the ReFS file system with HDClone/W.

☀Reading Files from BtrfsFiles can now be read from Btrfs file systems. This is especially beneficial when using HDClone/S or HDClone/W to restore images that were created on the Btrfs file system with HDClone/L.

☀SmartCopy & SmartImage for APFSSmartCopy and SmartImage can now also be used with the new Apple file system APFS. This allows direct copies (clones) to be created much more quickly (SmartCopy) or space-saving images (SmartImage) to be generated - with the latter also occurring significantly faster than without the Smart functions.

☀SmartCopy and SmartImage for ReFSSmartCopy and SmartImage can now also be used with the new Windows file system ReFS. This allows direct copies (clones) to be created much more quickly (SmartCopy) or space-saving images (SmartImage) to be generated - with the latter also occurring significantly faster than without the Smart functions.

☀SmartCopy & SmartImage for BtrfsSmartCopy and SmartImage can now also be used with the Btrfs file system. This allows direct copies (clones) to be created much more quickly (SmartCopy) or space-saving images (SmartImage) to be generated - with the latter also occurring significantly faster than without the Smart functions.

⊕NVMe Trim SupportNVMe disks can now also be managed with the TRIM command in order to renew their performance and to restore the speed to factory settings.

◱Advanced Runtime Settings for SpeedTestThe testing runtime can now be freely chosen in order to accommodate longer test durations.

⇄Current Time Shown in System InformationThe System Information applet now shows the system's current time, which is updated every time the applet is opened.

⇗Hexadecimal Sector Entry in PartExpertIn addition to the decimal entry, start LBAs and the amount of sectors (MBR) as well as the start and end addresses (GPT) can now also be entered hexadecimately with the prefix 0x or the suffix h.

⇗Hexadecimal Sector Numbers in DiskView & DiskEditIn addition to the decimal entry, a sector number can now also be entered hexadecimately in DiskView & DiskEdit with the prefix 0x or the suffix h.

☯Not Possible to Create Images on NAS SystemsImages could not be written on some NAS systems - the generation failed and only files with file size 0 were created.

☀CLI for Miray Virtual DiskMiray Virtual Disk (MVD) now also includes a command line interface (CLI) for script-controlled and automatic use of virtual disks (mounting, unmounting, etc.).

☀Screen Resolution AdjustmentsThe screen resolution can be adjusted with the new display applet.

☀Keyboard Layout AdjustmentsThe keyboard layout setting can be changed with the keyboard applet.

☯Firewire Disks not RecognizedIn some cases, Firewire disks were not shown, even after being reconnected.

☯Bluetooth IssuesThe use of multiple Bluetooth controllers on one system could lead to problems with the utilization of Bluetooth HID devices (keyboards and mice).

◱Tablet System SupportIn addition to fully PC-compatible tablets, further models, especially those with eMMC disks, are supported.

☀Screen Resolution AdjustmentsThe screen resolution can be adjusted with the new display applet.

☀Keyboard Layout AdjustmentsThe keyboard layout setting can be changed with the keyboard applet.