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version 2.7 released January 11, 2015
* Ddru_ntfsfindbad 1.5 released:
+ Fixed possible program crash if partition boot sector error
+ Better partition boot sector error output
* Ddru_ntfsbitmap 1.5 released:
+ Fixed possible program crash if partition boot sector error
+ Better partition boot sector error output

version 2.6 released October 15 2014
* Changes have been made for compiling compatibility:
+ Some unneeded items removed from configure.ac
+ Added lib check for iconv
* Some improvements have been made to the documentation:
+ Added examples to the --mftdomain option of ntfs_bitmap
+ Updated info about ddru_findbad being slow
* Ddru_findbad 1.11 released:
+ No longer relies on bash
+ Fixed a bug dealing with bad ntfscluster results
+ Images are now accessed as read only
* Ddru_ntfsfindbad 1.4 released:
+ Fixed potential memory bug with name conversions
+ Fixed iconv BOM issue
+ Fixed a bug with mft data run length
+ Fixed issue with current postition in logfile
* Ddru_ntfsbitmap 1.4 released:
+ Fixed potential memory bug with name conversions
+ Fixed iconv BOM issue
* Ddru_diskutility 1.3 released:
+ Initial release

version 2.5 released June 8 2014
* Some code restructuring has been done:
* Ddru_ntfsbitmap 1.3 released:
+ Now able to process non 512 byte sectors
+ Can process some partial MFT errors
+ Fixed a bug in MFT domain logfile creation
+ Now able to process older NTFS version
* Ddru_ntfsfindbad 1.3 released:
+ Now able to process non 512 byte sectors
+ Can process some partial MFT errors
+ Now able to process older NTFS version

version 2.4 released May 15 2014
* Ddru_ntfsbitmap 1.2 released:
+ Added option --restart to delete all files at start
+ Fixed a bug in domain logfile creation
* Ddru_ntfsfindbad 1.2 released:
+ Fixed a bug where 0 byte errors were reported
+ Fixed a bug in the debug output

version 2.3
* Ddru_ntfsfindbad 1.1 released:
+ Fixed bug where filename is output in DOS format
+ Now converts NTFS filenames from UTF-16 to UTF-8
+ Added option --encoding to choose output encoding
+ Added option --noconvert to turn off iconv conversion

version 2.2
* Ddru_ntfsbitmap 1.1 released:
+ Added option to bridge small gaps of unused space
+ Boot sector file now deleted if not NTFS
+ Improved handling of ddrescue return codes
* Ddru_findbad 1.10 released:
+ Added option to manually control partition types

version 2.1
* Ddru_findbad 1.9 released:
+ Now uses fdisk if gfdisk is not available
* Ddru_ntfsfindbad 1.0 released:
+ Initial release

version 2.0
* Documentation updates
+ Added requirements to the top of the readme file
* Ddru_ntfsbitmap 1.0 released:
+ Made some changes to the code for portability
* Ddru_findbad 1.8 released:
+ Fixed a bug that could cause an error processing the log file
+ Now displays the logfile lines as it processes them

version 1.99-beta2
* Documentation updates
+ New section added "Important Notes"
+ Ddru_ntfsbitmap documentation improvements
* Changes and improvements to ddru_ntfsbitmap
+ New option added to ddru_ntfsbitamp, "--mftdomain"
+ Output report now contains domain logfile info
+ Fixed bug where domain logfile did not include all drive space
+ Output file mftbitmap renamed mftshort and includes more

version 1.99-beta1
* Complete change in packaging - now uses make
* Ddrutility is now a collection of programs
* Original ddrutility renamed to ddru_findbad
* Ddru_findbad 1.7 released:
+ No longer counts non-tried "?" areas
+ Quits if nothing bad found in logfile instead of producing errors
+ Removed full documentation from --help and man
+ Full documentation now located in info ddrutility
+ Added examples to documentation
* Ddru_ntfsbitmap 0.99 beta1 released"
+ Initial release

version 1.6
* Fixed bug where ddrescue logfile was not processed

version 1.5
* No longer uses ddrescuelog
* Improved error handling
+ Improved some error and warning messages for easier understanding
+ Eliminated some conditions that caused errors
+ Most error messages go to the debug file
* Uses single base name for output files
+ Reconstructed output files for different uses
* Improved processing speed
+ Only checks once per cluster/block instead of every sector
* Shows total run time when done
* Sector file can contain ranges
* Added option to produce extra types of output files
* Fixed command input problem that caused infinite loop
* Added quick processing option
* Added special quick ntfs processing option
* Added version number to output files
* Many more small changes and improvements too numerous to list

version 1.4
* Added MAN page
+ Made improvements to --help output
* Added support for HFS+ file system
* Added support for GPT and APT partition tables
* Improved some of the code
+ Improved how it handles loop devices
+ Improved handling of FAT partitions
+ Changed names of temp files so less likely to be existing file
+ Target, logfile, and output file names can now contain spaces
+ Added option to change sector size
+ Added option to include more info in long results
+ Changed command line arguments
* Fixed bug so Linux partitions get correct block size
* Major code reconstruction to make it more modular

version 1.3
* Initial release