https://www.isobuster.com/images/isobuster.png https://www.isobuster.com/news/ Smart Projects News relating to IsoBuster, CD / DVD / BD and HD DVD data recovery. https://www.isobuster.com/news/ en-us Copyright by Smart Projects http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Peter Van Hove and his trusted text editor support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) IsoBuster 5.7 was released today. With preview of PDF, RTF, Txt and improved handling of home made Video discs, this version is yet another great update. Read the release notes for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.7_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/109 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +1030 IsoBuster 5.7 Beta was released today. Read the Beta release notes for all the details such as PDF and Text preview, improved IFO support and so on https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.7_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/108 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +1030 IsoBuster 5.6 was released today. The main effort went to preview functionality of a wide range of picture formats and video formats as well as digital audio-track playback and a different type of visualization of bad sectors on a disc. Read the the Beta release notes for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.6_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/107 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 12 May 2025 16:00:00 +0200 IsoBuster 5.6 Beta was released today. The main effort went to preview functionality of a wide range of picture formats and video formats as well as digital audio-track playback and a different type of visualization of bad sectors on a disc. Read the the Beta release notes for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.6_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/106 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +1030 We released IsoBuster 5.5 today. Check out the many improvements and new functionality, such as support for more image file formats, support for bzipped image files, automatically load associated files inside a zip file and much more. Read the the release notes for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.5_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/105 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +1030 IsoBuster 5.5 Beta was just released with lots of improvements and new functionality! Head over to the full list for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.5_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/104 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:00:00 +1030 We released IsoBuster 5.4 today. Check out the many improvements and new functionality, such as support for more image file formats, compressed and uncompressed, improved DVR support, updated ReFS support and so much more. Read the the release notes for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.4_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/103 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 20 May 2024 16:00:00 +0200 IsoBuster 5.4 Beta was just released with lots of improvements and new functionality! Head over to the full list for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.4_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/102 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +1030 We released IsoBuster 5.3 today. An exciting new version with lots of new functionality, improvements and bug fixes. XA extraction from CD, spanned GZ compressed image files, support for GZNDX files etc. The list goes on. Best check out the release notes for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.3_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/101 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +1030 IsoBuster 5.3 Beta was just released with lots of improvements and new functionality! Head over to the full list for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.3_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/100 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:30:00 +1030 IsoBuster 5.2 was released today and it features a lot of new functionality again. It can now open spanned files and drives, in various combinations as image files, and it can clone huge drives (for instance) to several spanned drives. Also pretty cool is the support for many new image file formats, most of them compressed, such as *.imgc, *.img.gz, *.isz, *.vcd and more. And then there's extraction of Mac style files and their Finder properties to 'Apple Single' or 'Apple Double' and so on. There is actually a lot more to check out, so do read the release notes for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.2_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/99 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 19 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0200 IsoBuster 5.2 Beta features a lot of new functionality. An impressive list of newly supported Image files such as CSO, ZSO, DAX, JSO, ISZ, IMGC, VCD, ISO.GZ, IMG.GZ and so on. Support for Apple Single and Apple Double extraction of typical two-fork Mac files with their Finder properties, mainly from MFS and HFS(+) but also from ISO, Joliet, UDF and even NTFS if applicable. Support for spanned files and drives, in various combinations, to clone to or to open as image files. But there's a lot more, just check the release notes for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.2_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/98 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 05 Jun 2023 15:30:00 +0200 IsoBuster 5.1 was released today. As always, the list is long. Lots of improvements and several new features. This version is a logical successor to IsoBuster 5.0, further building on the new technology and improving a crisp display on new and future systems with high dpi screens, not to mention 64bit support. On top of that there are some really cool new engineering features to parse a FAT and show all the files it references without having to rely on FAT folder records that may have been corrupted. Obviously there's a lot more .. so do check out the release notes for all the details https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.1_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/97 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +1030 IsoBuster 5.1 Beta was just released. Check out the release notes for more information. Bottom line, next to great improvements and some bugfixes, cool new functionality was added, such as the ability to scan a FAT (and only the FAT) to find all the files it references https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.1_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/96 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +1030 We just released IsoBuster 5.0. This version is a big update ! From now on there will be a 64 bit version, but we'll try to keep a 32 bit version as well for as long as that is possible. IsoBuster 5.0 now supports high dpi scaling and per monitor scaling. Two very big implementations. On top of that IsoBuster supports styles. Default, two dark and one light styles are bundled, but many other styles can be used as well. Best check the release notes for more information https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.0_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/95 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 04 Jul 2022 18:00:00 +0200 We just released a 64-bit version of IsoBuster with High DPI and per monitor scaling, Dark Theme support and much more. Check out the release notes for more information https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_5.0_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/94 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0200 IsoBuster 4.9 was just released. As always, this new version features a lot of new functionality, improvements and fixes. You'll appreciate the addition of 4 new DVR/PVR Video recorders (ReplayTV, ShowStopper, Thomson and RCA). On top of that, some nice GUI changes were made to facilitate auto-completing Managed Image files in a loop. But there's more, automatic delayed retries on bad sectors via the GUI, CD-Text from prassi image files, Windows 11 support etc. Best check the release notes for more information https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_4.9_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/93 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +1030 In these depressing corona times I'm happy to be able bring 'some' good news. IsoBuster 4.9 is cooking and almost ready. A beta was just released with a lot of cool new functionality, improvements and a few fixes. First of all this version has been tested and tweaked for Windows 11. Also, 3 new DVR Video recorders and their variations were added to the list of supported DVR/PVR recorders. Furthermore, some nice GUI changes were made to facilitate auto-completing Managed Image files in a loop. But of course there is a lot more that you need to check out. See for yourself and check the release notes for more information. Please install and briefly test this IsoBuster version. Let us know if you run into issues https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_4.9_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/92 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +1030 I just released IsoBuster 4.8. This new version features a lot of new functionality as well as improvements and fixes. Microsoft's newest file system, ReFS, is officially undocumented, but we managed to reverse engineer it and versions 1.x, 2.x and 3.x are now fully implemented. Another exciting new feature is support for compressed *.dmg image files. But there is more, such as AmigaDOS, cool new search features etc. Why don't you have a look at the release notes for more information https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_4.8_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/91 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0200 IsoBuster 4.8 beta was just released with a lot of exiting new functionality, improvements and the neccessary fixes. I'm exited to be able to announce full ReFS support. As you probably know this is an undocumented file system, so it was quite the challenge. I'm also happy that compressed dmg files are fully supported now. This means random access, extracting files and folders and the ability to convert to an uncompressed generic *.dsk image file for instance. But there is a lot more to check out. Have a look at the release notes for more information https://www.isobuster.com/news/isobuster_4.8_beta_release_notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/90 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0200 I'm very happy to announce a new release during what probably has been the worst year for a lot of people in a long time. This new version contains a mixture of new functionality and improvements. New options are the ability to import and export report templates, reduce read retry counts even more, do less reading by disabling partition and file system scanning in options, and so on. But there is also support for various exotic and lesser known image files and file systems and a plethora of improved functionality. Best have a look at the release notes for more information https://www.isobuster.com/news/89 https://www.isobuster.com/news/89 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +1030 Horror-year-2020 is nearing its end. On that positive note I'm happy to announce a new beta release. As usual this version contains a mixture of new functionality and improvements. The ability to import and export report templates, reduce read retries, do less reading by disabling partition and file system scanning in options, various exotic and lesser known image files and file systems etc. But have a look at the release notes for more in depth details https://www.isobuster.com/news/88 https://www.isobuster.com/news/88 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +1030 IsoBuster 4.6 was released today. Again a great new version with lots of new functionality and improvements, such as large NTFS clusters, a work-around for an SD card write corruption, support for multiple NTFS MFTs per block and much more. Best check out the IsoBuster 4.6 release notes for more details https://www.isobuster.com/news/87 https://www.isobuster.com/news/87 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 22 jun 2020 20:00:00 +0200 We released a new beta version today. If all goes well, and it usually does, this version will soon be released as an official update. As usual this version contains a mixture of new functionality and improvements. Large NTFS clusters, a work-around for 'the USBC corruption', other new functionality etc. It makes sense to have a look at the full list for more details https://www.isobuster.com/news/86 https://www.isobuster.com/news/86 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 08 Jun 2020 18:20:00 +0200 IsoBuster 4.5 was just released. Cool new feature is the ability to save and load scan results, after a scan for missing files and folders, so that the scan can be resumed at a later date. But of course there is plenty more new and updated functionality, all of which can be read in the release notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/85 https://www.isobuster.com/news/85 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 16 dec 2019 15:00:00 +1030 The weather is getting colder, it's time for an IsoBuster beta release, so that we all have something to play with indoors :) Quite a bit of work was done under the hood for this version. Still, the list of new functionality and improvements is impressive and can be read in the release notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/84 https://www.isobuster.com/news/84 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +1030 IsoBuster 4.4 was just released with a huge list of newly supported Video HDD recorders. A considerable effort was done to support over 50 flavors of recorder formats. To see the full list of supported video recorders please read the release notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/83 https://www.isobuster.com/news/83 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:00:00 +0200 IsoBuster 4.4 beta was just released. In this version a huge effort was done to support a plethora of proprietary HDD recorder formats https://www.isobuster.com/news/82 https://www.isobuster.com/news/82 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:00:00 +0200 IsoBuster 4.3 was released today. It features support for XFS, RAID1, LVM, WBFS and a plethora of other improvements, for instance support for new generic image file formats: *.4Kn, 8Kn etc. If you haven't done the upgrade to the 4.x range yet, I suggest you do it now to be able to make use of the many features and improvements. To see the full list of changes and improvements, check the 4.3 release notes. https://www.isobuster.com/news/81 https://www.isobuster.com/news/81 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +1030 IsoBuster 4.3 beta was just released. Check it out because it features support for XFS, RAID1, LVM, WBFS and a plethora of improvements. See for yourself and check the release notes for a full featured list. https://www.isobuster.com/news/80 https://www.isobuster.com/news/80 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:00:00 +1030 IsoBuster 4.2 was just released and as always it features a long list of new things and improvements. For the details, please head over to the release notes. If you haven't upgraded yet to the 4.x range, I suggest you do it now to be able to make use of the many new features and improvements and enjoy the 4.x range for as long as possible. https://www.isobuster.com/news/79 https://www.isobuster.com/news/79 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:00:00 +0200 Summer is near (in the Northern hemisphere, sorry South :) and I'm happy to announce the release of IsoBuster 4.2 beta. This new version's change list is huge again, so best check it out. There's a new options dialog, support for more media and image files, lots of tweaks and improvements and a few needed bug fixes https://www.isobuster.com/news/78 https://www.isobuster.com/news/78 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 08 Jun 2018 17:30:00 +0200 A new IsoBuster version was just released. IsoBuster 4.1 is ready to rock your world again. Among the many new and improved features there's now the ability to make file/folder list-exports with much greater flexibility than ever before. Different from the older, proven, flat list style exports, you can now also export to XML and DFXML. It is now also possible to define your own lists, and export the data you want in a format that works best for you. There is a lot more however, such as support for MFS, DC42, online help etc. If you haven't upgraded to the 4.x range yet, I suggest you do it soon to be able to make use of the many new features and improvements. To see the full list best go and see the release notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/77 https://www.isobuster.com/news/77 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:00:00 +1030 IsoBuster 4.1 (beta) has matured again and today it features the ability to make file/folder list-exports with much greater flexibility than ever before. Aside from the older, proven, flat list style exports, you can now also export to XML and DFXML. However it doesn't stop with that. It's also possible to define your own lists, and export the data you want in a format that works best for you. Of course there are a lot more new functions and improvements under the hood. To see the full list I urge you to check out the release notes https://www.isobuster.com/news/76 https://www.isobuster.com/news/76 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:30:00 +1030 I'm happy to announce the release of IsoBuster 4.0. A new, exciting, major version range has started. Read all about the changes and improvements in the release notes. It's a long list as always, but what stands out are an improved GUI with powerful search functionality, auto detect drive insert or removal, cool graphical representation of good vs bad blocks and much faster image file support (reading, extracting etc.) This is a must get upgrade https://www.isobuster.com/news/75 https://www.isobuster.com/news/75 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:00:00 +0100 I'm happy to announce the release of IsoBuster 3.9. This version supports defining your own file signatures, so that you can look for them on any type media via a search for missing files and folders. There is also full support for compressed system files in NTFS volumes. A new type of compression since Windows 10. And last but not least IsoBuster can now make full copies (clones) of hard drives or partitions. Also from image files, which opens the door to a lot of possibilities. All this can be done 'Managed' or otherwise. Best go see for yourself, read the details and download this version asap ! The several bug fixes also make this a must have version ! https://www.isobuster.com/news/73 https://www.isobuster.com/news/73 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 19 Dec 2016 14:00:00 +1030 I'm happy to be able to announce the release of IsoBuster 3.9 Beta. From this version onwards it is possible to define your own file signatures to look for on any type media via a search for missing files and folders. There is now also full support for compressed system files in NTFS volumes. And last but not least the software can now make full copies (clones) of hard drives or partitions. This can be done 'Managed' or otherwise. Best go see for yourself, read the specifics and download this version ! https://www.isobuster.com/news/72 https://www.isobuster.com/news/72 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 02 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0100 I'm very happy to be able to announce the release of IsoBuster 3.8. It's a great new version with tons of improvements and new stuff. Notice the fresh new look without any changes to the hardened and much appreciated layout. Open *.vdi, *.vhd and *.vhdx files with ease, access 4Kn drives without problems, show file and folder streams and file and folder extents, complete managed image files (*.ibp/*.ibq) on demand and much much more. Just check it out and see for yourself. https://www.isobuster.com/news/71 https://www.isobuster.com/news/71 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:00:00 +0100 Check out the new beta for coming IsoBuster 3.8. Tons of new functionality, improvements and a few needed bug-fixes. Improvements for the visually impaired, clean new icons, better scaling and large font support, full support for *.vdi, *.vhd, *.vhdx image files, 4Kn drives with native 4096 bytes per block, complete managed image files on demand, browse back and forth between earlier selections, show streams of files and folders, show extents of files and folders and much much more. https://www.isobuster.com/news/70 https://www.isobuster.com/news/70 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Sat, 11 Jun 2016 12:00:00 +0100 The new IsoBuster release (3.7) is finally here. I strongly suggest you update to this new version, or consider purchasing an upgrade if you have an older major-version-range version of IsoBuster. Changes in this new version are mainly in the GUI, but there are a few important bug fixes that you should take advantage of as well ! This version features a breadcrumbs control for easy navigation, with lots of powerful features under the hood and powerful search functionality in files and folders. https://www.isobuster.com/news/69 https://www.isobuster.com/news/69 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 18 Dec 2015 07:00:00 +0100 The new IsoBuster release is eminent, but first, as always, there is a stable Beta version of IsoBuster, while I do the last tweaks in preparation of the final release. Please check it out, it's worth it and if there are last minute changes or add-ons required, now is the moment. The focus for this version was mainly on the GUI. It features a breadcrumbs control for easy navigation with lots of powerful features under the hood. A second powerful new feature is search functionality in files and folders (for instance find all files that map over a certain block, or search a folder with certain name, with wildcards and regular expression and so on https://www.isobuster.com/news/68 https://www.isobuster.com/news/68 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Wed, 09 Dec 2015 07:00:00 +0100 IsoBuster 3.6 is ready and available for download. Aside from a few critical bug fixes and a ton of improvements there is also a lot of new functionality again. Such as support for the Linux EXT file system, which is a very popular file system that is also used a lot in embedded systems, NAS drives, TVs, Setup boxes, Recorders etc. However, there is also support for High Sierra, GameCube, Rimage and so on. On top of this IsoBuster detects a wide range of new file systems for their presence (JFS, ZFS, BFS, RomFS, SquashFS, BtrFS, CramFS, ReFS, ...). This way investigators can immediately see if a partition or volume hides another file system. I hope you enjoy this new version and you should definitely upgrade if you have an older version, to benefit from the bug fixes etc. https://www.isobuster.com/news/67 https://www.isobuster.com/news/67 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 19 Jun 2015 04:00:00 +0100 The mid-year release is ready and I'm very happy with the result. Not only are there a few critical bugs fixed, there are also a ton of improvements and a fair amount of new functionality. New is support for the Linux EXT file system, which is a very popular file system that is also used a lot in embedded systems, NAS drives, TVs, Setup boxes, Recorders etc. But also check out the support for High Sierra, GameCube, Rimage etc. Furthermore does IsoBuster detect a wide range of new file systems for their presence (JFS, ZFS, BFS, RomFS, SquashFS, BtrFS, CramFS, ReFS, ...). This way investigators can immediately see if a partition or volume hides another file system. Please check out the release notes and use this version, it's worth it to update ! https://www.isobuster.com/news/66 https://www.isobuster.com/news/66 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Tue, 02 Jun 2015 02:00:00 +0100 IsoBuster 3.5 was released today. IsoBuster now properly supports 64 bit addressing, so HD drives bigger than 2TB can now properly be addressed over that 2 TB boundary. That is of course not all, there is plenty of new functionality and there are lots of improvements. Go have a look at the release notes and get this version asap. It's worth upgrading ! https://www.isobuster.com/news/65 https://www.isobuster.com/news/65 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:30:00 +0100 We will be able to release a very nice new version before the end of the year. I'm quite happy with this release as it finally also fully works on drives bigger than 2 TB. Before it would only work optimally on the part below 2 TB. As usual this new version is a mix of new functionality and improved functionality. Go have a look at the release notes and test drive this version, it's worth it ! https://www.isobuster.com/news/64 https://www.isobuster.com/news/64 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:30:00 +0100 I'm happy to announce the release of IsoBuster 3.4. As always this new version offers a mix of new functionality and improved functionality. You'll enjoy the ability to find and use logical volumes, load LibEWF dynamically, change managed image file properties, find Linux/Unix file systems and more. https://www.isobuster.com/news/63 https://www.isobuster.com/news/63 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:00:00 +0100 It's a pleasure to announce the release of IsoBuster 3.3. This new version packs a lot of new and old but improved functionality again. For instance "Extract but filter only MPEG" to extract and convert *.VOB files to clean pure *.MPG files. If you have an older 3.x version installed, you really need an update to this version. It's free afterall. If you have an older 1.x or 2.x version installed, consider upgrading to the 3.x range https://www.isobuster.com/news/61 https://www.isobuster.com/news/61 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:00:00 -0930 The year is almost at an end again (boy it goes fast). Time to share the latest and greatest changes and improvements in IsoBuster. Without much ado, here's IsoBuster 3.3 beta. Let me know what you think. There are plenty of changes, improvements and fixes again, so best update or even upgrade your current version! https://www.isobuster.com/news/60 https://www.isobuster.com/news/60 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Thu, 28 Nov 2013 04:00:00 +0100 I'm glad to be able to announce the official release of IsoBuster 3.2. This version is packed again with new goodies, improvements and bugfixes. The support for ExFAT for instance, but also support for XBOX file-systems such as FATX and XDVDFS. Neat is also the ability to do a scan for deleted files and folders in an NTFS file system. NTFS Undelete as it were. Besides all this there are plenty of other improvements and bug fixes as well. So check it out and download and install this new version. https://www.isobuster.com/news/59 https://www.isobuster.com/news/59 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 13 May 2013 15:00:00 +0100 It's a pleasure to be able to announce the release of IsoBuster 3.2 beta. This version is a healthy mix again between new features and improvements to the existing features. Combined with a few necessary fixes this is a must have version. If you're interested in ExFAT support, or you need to find your deleted NTFS files. If you need to investigate image files made for XBOX, or your Hard Drive was partitioned with an Extended Master Boot Record. Or simply if you want the latest and greatest, stable working version, then you really should consider getting this version. https://www.isobuster.com/news/58 https://www.isobuster.com/news/58 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:30:00 +0100 An interesting new IsoBuster version was released today. There are plenty of new and improved features, but also a number of bugs needed to be fixed, issues that were introduced during the major code rewrite from 2.x to 3.x. And here we are, no known issues anymore and a much faster IsoBuster 3.1. https://www.isobuster.com/news/57 https://www.isobuster.com/news/57 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:00:00 +0100 An interesting new IsoBuster version is about to be released again. This beta version is almost ready for final release. There are plenty of new and improved features, but also a number of bugs needed to be fixed, issues that were introduced during the major code rewrite from 2.x to 3.x. And here we are, no known issues anymore and a much faster IsoBuster. https://www.isobuster.com/news/56 https://www.isobuster.com/news/56 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:59:00 +0100 I am glad to be able to announce the final 3.0 version release of an exciting new IsoBuster. Excited because this new version, besides optical media (CD, DVD and BD) now also supports Flash drives, Media cards of all sorts and makes, Jaz, Zip, Floppy drives, Hard Drives etc. To top it of, there is now also brand new NTFS support ! https://www.isobuster.com/news/55 https://www.isobuster.com/news/55 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0100 You have to check out this new version. It now also supports all sorts of memory cards, USB / thumb sticks and of course Hard Drives. All Windows / Mac partitions are shown with all their file-systems (volumes) and ... our brand new NTFS support is part of those file systems of course. https://www.isobuster.com/news/54 https://www.isobuster.com/news/54 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0100 To get a feel of what's coming (soon), check out this article. Think Flash drives, SD, MCC, Compact cards, Hard Drives etc. https://www.isobuster.com/news/53 https://www.isobuster.com/news/53 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:30:00 +0100 We released IsoBuster 2.8.5 today with a considerable amount of new features and improvements. This version finds even more file formats based on their signature. Some of these files are difficult to recognize, for instance most Office formats. Technicians and experts will also appreciate the command line improvements. They are already being used in a child abuse investigation. Make sure to also check out the other improvements and bug fixes, certainly a good reason to upgrade to this latest and greatest version. https://www.isobuster.com/news/52 https://www.isobuster.com/news/52 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:30:00 +0100 Today IsoBuster 2.8.4 beta was released with a number of new cool features and improvements. The main advantage of this version is that it recognizes so many more file formats based on their signature. Some of these files are difficult to recognize, especially the different Office formats. Technicians and experts will also appreciate the command line improvements. They are already being used in a child porn investigation. Also check out the other improvements and bug fixes, definitely a good reason to upgrade to the latest and greatest. https://www.isobuster.com/news/51 https://www.isobuster.com/news/51 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:30:00 +0100 Today we released IsoBuster 2.8 with a range of new cool features and improvements. The main new feature is plugin support and it is now possible for third parties to create plugins to support new or already existing image file formats for opening and/or creating image files. Also check out the improvements and bug fixes, certainly a good reason to upgrade to the latest and greatest. https://www.isobuster.com/news/50 https://www.isobuster.com/news/50 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 17 May 2010 21:30:00 +0100 Today we released IsoBuster 2.8 beta with a range of new cool features and improvements. The main new feature is plugin support and it is now possible for third parties to create plugins to support new or already existing image file formats for opening and/or creating image files. Also check out the improvements and bug fixes, certainly a good reason to upgrade to the latest and greatest. https://www.isobuster.com/news/49 https://www.isobuster.com/news/49 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 03 May 2010 22:00:00 +0100 IsoBuster 2.7 was released today. The main new features are support for interleaved files in the ISO9660 / Joliet file-system and Right to Left reading languages support. To benefit from complete support for all file-system types, download and install asap. https://www.isobuster.com/news/48 https://www.isobuster.com/news/48 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:00:00 +0100 IsoBuster 2.6 was released today. The main new feature is the complete integration of Unicode in the GUI, which means that you can run the program on any system in any language, but more importantly that you can inspect any language disc or image file on any system. For instance inspect and extract Arabic filenames on an English system. The combinations are endless. Besides this major new feature there are again several new goodies to be checked out, so download and install asap. https://www.isobuster.com/news/47 https://www.isobuster.com/news/47 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0100 We released final version 2.5.5 today. As explained before, when we released the beta version, the main new feature is the support for Expert Witness compressed Format files. But also some improvements and bug fixes worth checking out ! https://www.isobuster.com/news/45 https://www.isobuster.com/news/45 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0100 We're proud to announce the release of IsoBuster 2.5. Among other things, this version features some great improvements for the handling of Streams. UDF System streams, UDF Named Streams and Mac resource forks and properties to NTFS Alternate Data streams. If your hard drives are NTFS formatted, you probably want to upgrade to this version immediately. https://www.isobuster.com/news/42 https://www.isobuster.com/news/42 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:00:00 +0100 Today we released IsoBuster 2.4. This version features FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 support. FAT is used on random writable media with internal defect management, such as DVD-RAM and BD-RE. But IsoBuster now also opens disk image files from other media such as hard drives, usb drives, memory sticks, floppies, etc. as long as they contain a FAT file-system. https://www.isobuster.com/news/40 https://www.isobuster.com/news/40 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 30 May 2008 18:00:00 +0100 Today we released IsoBuster 2.3 after a short beta run. This version further improves on finding Video on various DVD formats (DVD-VR, DVD+VR, DVD-VFR), so that you can extract the different recordings. Forensics investigators will also appreciate the ability to see when the different recording were made. https://www.isobuster.com/news/37 https://www.isobuster.com/news/37 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:10:00 +0100 IsoBuster has been nominated for the Epsilon award. The Epsilon award is presented during the ESWC, the European ShareWare Conference, this year held in Cologne, Germany. Help us win the award by casting a vote. https://www.isobuster.com/news/34 https://www.isobuster.com/news/34 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:50:00 +0100 IsoBuster 2.2 was officially released today. Several new features and improvements were added. Command line parameter support and specialised tools for Business license (Professional) users, such as viewing extents, customizable file-system data etc. https://www.isobuster.com/news/33 https://www.isobuster.com/news/33 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:00:00 +0100 IsoBuster 2.2 beta was officially released today. This new version implements a few interesting features, such as command line parameters, dmg spanning and special tools for investigators and engineers (in the business type version). Read this article to see what changed. https://www.isobuster.com/news/32 https://www.isobuster.com/news/32 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:00:00 +0100 IsoBuster 2.1 was officially released today. This new version implements a few workarounds and improvements that we didn't want to keep from you. No big changes and yet, they may be just what you needed. Read this article to see what changed. https://www.isobuster.com/news/31 https://www.isobuster.com/news/31 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:00:00 +0100 We released version 2.0 today. This version includes BD (Blu Ray) and HD DVD support. Because it's Christmas and it's time to be jolly, we're offering a few spectacular saving opportunities. Just buy/upgrade IsoBuster and you'll receive by mail coupons with 33% savings on several high value third party software packages https://www.isobuster.com/news/29 https://www.isobuster.com/news/29 support@smart-projects.net (Peter Van Hove) Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:00:00 -0800