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Version 4.0a (12-3-97)
Multicasting has been added.
Protected mode version, GHOST now uses much less conventional memory.
Dump files are CRC checked to detect any corruption.
-F12 switch allows resizing of Fat 12 partitions when the -CLONE switch is used.
-BATCH switch prevents Abort messages waiting for user acknowledgement.
-CRCIGNORE switch allows restoring of dump files that contain some corrupted files.
-AUTONAME switch autonames spanned dump files.
GHOST command line arguments can be read from a file, using the syntax GHOST @argument.fil.
Added SCSI tape support.
Added a dump file dialog box. The switch -NOFILE turns it off.
Disk to Disk and Dump to Disk now run under Windows-95, but at a speed penalty.
The 'Progress' screen can be displayed in different languages.
Fixes for the following aborts: 10220, 12078, 15004, 19010, 25002, 25003, 25009.
When a GHOST operation spans midnight, the elapsed time no longer shows a negative value.
Compressed files and volumes on NTFS are now handled correctly.
Dual Boot NT and Windows95 PC's were occasionally not cloned correctly.
GHOST was reporting one fewer cylinders than fdisk in some circumstances.

New compression methods have been added. You now get a choice between no compression of a dump file, fast compression, or high compression. Dump files using the previous compression method are still supported.
The fast compression is much faster than the previous method, but the compression is not quite as good. The high compression is slightly faster than the old method and compresses more than it.
From the command line, -Z or -Z1 selects fast compression. -Z2 selects high compression. -Z3 to -Z9 select even higher compression but for most people the speed penalty make this an unattractive option.

Version 3.1d (8-28-97)
Fixed NTFS bugs associated with attribute data errors (25002 and 25010).
Fixed 12075 RawIO: Cylinder > max cyl error.
Spanning now works over NetBIOS and LPT.
Internal re-organization of code and data.
Several cosmetic changes.

Version 3.1c (7-29-97)
Spanning of media such as ZIP and JAZ drives.
Image file splitting (see SPLIT=x below).
Fixed 15040 and 15044 malloc errors.
Fixed LPT and NetBIOS connection problems.
Fixed 15004 Boot Record Expected error.
Image file creation "fingerprinting" of hard drive to see if the drive has been previously cloned via GHOST.
Other various code tweaking.
-SZEx parameter for controlling partition sizes in batch mode (see ghost.doc for further explanation of this feature).
-SPLIT=x parameter to split image file into x megabyte chunks. (SPLIT=100 would create 100 mb chunks).
-QUIET switch for quiet mode (no status screen or user intervention).

Version 3.1a (6-26-97)
NTFS resizing.
Selective partitions.
Additional Compaq fixes. 

Version 2.22 (4-24-97)
MBR written first instead of last.
~ is now a valid character in an image filename.
Fix bug in that occasionally a FAT32 partition was not bootable.
Now ignores cluster errors if at end of file.
Added menu option to continue if not enough room on destination drive. Batch mode uses -OR switch.
Extended INT13 support.
CTRL-C will now abort a GHOST transfer.

Version 2.21 (4-14-97)
Better FAT32 support.

Version 2.20 (4-10-97)
Internal coding changes.
Fix bug when GHOST reports "Abort(19230,"Clustersize > 32K and EA DATA. SF");"

Version 2.19 (4-4-97)
Better FAT12 support.
Partition sizes calculated better.

Version 2.18 (3-26-97)
Improved space calculation for FAT12 partitions.
Fix partition start calculations to overcome occasional negative free space bug.
Fixed minor bug for ENV file switches.
Fixes a bug with -NBM (NetBios in batch mode).

Version 2.17 (3-12-97)
Added -LPM and -LPS to support batch mode LPT port transfers.
Added -E switch to overcome EA DATA. SF problems.
Added option to check integrity of disk image files.
Added Commercial license support.

Version 2.15
Fix divide by zero bug when trying to GHOST unFORMATed partitions.
Fixed a bug that didn't allow GHOST to exit properly in batch mode.

Version 2.14 (2-27-97)
Added 64K clustersize support for NT, or if -F64 switch is used.
Added 30 day limit for image files for GHOST evaluation copy.

Version 2.13 skipped for superstitious reasons. ;-)

Version 2.12 (2-18-97)
Display/Security features added for new suppliers.

Version 2.11 (2-17-97)
Important: ANY FAT32 SYSTEMS GENERATED BY GHOST 2.09 SHOULD BE RE-DONE. 
Corrected a file-corruption bug for FAT32 systems which was introduced in version 2.09. FAT tables were not allocated 
enough room, consequently as the amount of data in the FAT32 partitions grew the partition became corrupt.

Version 2.10 (2-10-97)
Correcteded problem in that GHOST was aborting with error 19090 when trying to dump or clone some FAT32 systems.

Version 2.09 (2-6-97)
Corrected OS/2 boot manager bug in that sometimes OS/2 failed to boot after cloning.
Allows GHOST option of continuing even if source disk contains bad blocks. The switch -FRO tells GHOST to continue 
anyway, otherwise it will prompt user.
Added support for FAT16 partitions which are LBA mapped (type 'E'). Add support for extended partitions which are LBA 
mapped (type 'F').
Added switch (-FDC) so that GHOST only checks for a dongle if switch is set. This is because the dongle check routine was 
interfering with the LPT1 port and upsetting computers using Zircom adapters.

Version 2.08 (2-3-97)
Fixed another bug in that under certain conditions NT 4.0 would not boot after a GHOST transfer. Message was: "BOOT: 
Couldn't find NTLDR, Please insert another disk".

Version 2.07 (1-22-97)
Added special logic so that GHOST can copy Compaq diagnostic partitions (Note: Image files need to be recreated).
Fixed bug in that NT 4.0 was not booting after a GHOST transfer.

Version 2.06 (1-20-97)
Fixed bug in which when GHOST was loading from a disk image file, it occasionally reported that the disk image file was 
corrupt, when it was not corrupt.

Version 2.05 (1-16-97)
Fixed bug where GHOST was prompting to compress an image file, even when run in batch mode.

Version 2.04
Fixed bug where GHOST was aborting when loading from a compressed image file an OS/2 FAT16 partition - GHOST was 
not handling the extended attributes file (EA DATA. SF).

Version 2.03
Supports FAT32 and FAT16.
Supports compression of image files.
New batch switch -Z to compress an image file.
GHOST now works with "System Commander".

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