Edward Sutton

Scanning then analyzing files step with many files will result in compression estimates starting very high and falling fast but at a decreasing rate throughout the compression. Shouldn't the time spent analyzing be added to total time estimate and not counted toward the compression rate per time spent? Compressing data that exceeds allocated resources usually starts faster until resource use gets higher then slows down; if detecting that transition state then the compression rate per time could be...

If that was two of many scanners on virustotal seeing it then there are two possibilities: 1. file contains malware and only those two vendors are aware of it or 2. those two vendors are misdetecting the malware while the other guys have it right. As someone who uses a number of tools with high malware detection rates I've learned that some things won't be seen properly. If the antivirus company doesn't make clear by the detection what malicious things are going on, preferably with details that an...

Sounds like you would have copied the mismatch state too. If you went from one disk to another with dd, and both disks are the same sector size, you now have a byte for byte exact copy. Disconnect the old drive and you can try to repair/convert/etc. the new disk to a more sane state. If your hardware+software supports booting GPT, I'd recommend converting to that for future compatibility, Make sure you then make a backup once you are happy with it in a working state.

To get unused blocks unmodified, you would want to use the dd type of clone instead of partclone; dd will not know if the disk contents are relevant or not so blocks left behind from deleted files will be captured as is too. It will take more time for partially used disks as it won't know that for the same reason: it blindly copies all blocks as is.

Does a purchase of 8.0+ only go to Green Gate Systems or does it still help go toward the GPL project? Is Dimitri involved with Green Gate Systems or at least get something from the purchases? Will development continue on the GPL version from main developers? Are outside contributions still considered that could make it into future releases?

I was thinking of searching for trim capability but https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/stormgmt/msft-physicaldisk has MediaType which may be relevant. Not sure what is available before Windows 8 and would definitely prefer an override be possible as there are reasons flash media can benefit from defragmentation. This is likely also relevant on bug#89.

SDI reports missing signatures for signed drivers if it is not signed for your version of Windows. For example, AMD was quick to drop support for Windows 8.0; I have installed 8.1 drivers on 8.0 successfully but being marked that the were not made for it leads to SDI reporting that they are not signed on the screen to select drivers to install. I may have had a 'not signed' popup during install but many of those are detected and autoclicked to install anyway. You should not get unsigned drivers in...

Requires submitting logs that capture the additional window detail so it can be added into a future version. Launch a second SDI copy while the dialog is still visible from the first and press F7 I think was how it is done. You should see a much larger log than usual then.