News and announcements
Not entirely abandoned ...
Written for Image Writer by Tobin Davis on 2021-10-20
While I would really like to get back to working on this project and fixing some of the really glaring bugs, I am currently working for a startup ~60-80 hours/week. And as this is the only project I work on that is both Windows based and C++, the ramp time it takes me to just figure out how to fix things is far too time consuming (especially when M$ releases a patch weeks after I fix one issue that creates new issues). Also, the lack of a followed stable development interface (i.e. how Windows reports different drives) is almost infuriating.
There are enough other projects out there with capable teams actively developing them. Mainly for the specific application needed.
This project started out as a way to get an image created on a USB drive to boot Ubuntu Linux on a Windows based netbook that didn't have a CD reader. It has become hugely popular in a lot of other areas as a result. One area it sorely lacks in is funding. A lot of the early development was done in between jobs, or during job downtime. While I get paid well for what I do, I don't have time for extracurricular projects.
1.0 is released!
Written for Image Writer by Tobin Davis on 2017-03-08
After 2 years and 10 million downloads, we have finally finished 1.0. A lot of bug fixes and enhancements went into the back end. And we managed to add a new highly requested feature: Verify Image.
Version 0.9 "Unnamed Release" is, well, released.
Written for Image Writer by Tobin Davis on 2013-08-07
It has been a busy summer for us developers. But we got the last two major bugs fixed (we hope). Now we can target the two biggest features for 1.0: compressed file support and an application installer.
As always, please download, test, thrash, chop, spindle, and mutilate this release. Report any issues. We strive to be bug-free.
The imageWriter team
Version 0.8 released
Written for Image Writer by Tobin Davis on 2013-06-04
I have pushed out the latest "furball". This is mainly a bug fix release, with some new features sprinkled in. See the readme and changelog for changes/added features.
Version 0.7 Released
Written for Image Writer by Tobin Davis on 2013-02-03
Release 0.7
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Added default directory path pointing to the user's download directory.
Fixed permission settings to require administrator privileges in Vista/7
Reinstated DiskImager.rc rc file (qmake method lost too many options - may revisit later).
Make MD5Sum selectable for copying. Fixes LP:1080880.
Add version info to the main window.
Cleanup, move winver resources to project file.
Renamed base translation for English.
More translation updates, minor cleanup.
Added translation capabilities. Cleaned up some code formatting (broke up long lines).
Testing changes for UTF16 support.
Clean up mixed indentation types, some minor code cleanup. no functional changes.
Updating the 'driveLabel' stuff to use QString rather than char * on a suggestion from Roland Rudenauer
Bug fixes:
Fixed LP:1100228 "An error occured while accessing the device. Error1: Incorrect function"
Fixed LP:1102608 "Cannot load images from network shares"
Fixed LP:1095038 "Error message encoding is messed up"
Fixed LP:984510 "Cannot select Device"
Fixed LP:923719 "An error occured while accessing the device. Error1: Incorrect function"
Fixed LP:985080 "C: with windows 7 partition erased with all data" (NOT FULLY VERIFIED)
fixing memory leak
This version is available on sourceforge.net. Enjoy!
