Changelog Drop support for XP and 2003 Server Fixed unable to install driver in some cases Fixed cannot read track information Added Bulgarian translation
Starting in 2021, SHA1-based code signing certificates will no longer be issued, and we won't be able to code sign for imgdrive.sys for Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server. If don't sign, the system can't load the ImgDrive driver (it seems that the PNP driver is more special, and other drivers can load without a signature). XP and 2003 releases have been around for more than 20 years, and there are very few download users, so we don't plan to continue to support these two systems, if you want to use ImgDrive on XP and 2003, you can install ImgDrive 1.8.7, which is the last version that supports XP and 2003.
Microsoft's code signing is now becoming more and more complex, all in all, for ImgDrive, a storport-based PNP driver, if you want to support all systems after Windows 7, you need to:
1. Buy an expensive EV code signing certificate (DigiCert 699 USD/year), in order to apply for this EV code certificate, you need all kinds of strange materials, why not Microsoft copies the Apple Developer Program (99 USB/year + D&B D-U-N-S , do not need vampire-like code certificate authorities)
2. For Windows 10 signed with an EV code signing certificate, submit to Microsoft WHCP for signature
For Windows 8, to load the PNP driver smoothly, you need to do WHQL, and you need to deploy test machines for each system and platform, which is time-consuming
For Windows 7, it is possible to load a driver with a WHCP signature, but a red warning dialog box will pop up during installation
Currently v1.9.0 version of ImgDrive only supports Windows 10/11/7. Windows 8 will do HCK certification later, and future versions will try to support Windows systems released after Windows 7.
The short-term development plans that follow, in order of priority:
1. Focus on improving the driver code, adding support for multi-file CUE
2. HCK and HKL certification (need more than a dozen test machines to deploy each version of x86/x64 Windows)
3. MacOS and Linux versions of ImgDrive, this is still in the research stage, if release these two platform versions in the future, do not pay extra, once purchased can be used on all platforms. Buy Early, Enjoy Early :)
Changelog Fixed cannot load CD-Text in NRG images Added digitally sign the setup package Highlights the menu item: "Open ImgDrive"
Changelog Remove apply button from settings dialog Fixed the status of "Hide Unmounted Drives" was inconsistent in some cases Rename 'Hide Unmounted Drives' to 'Hide Empty Drives' Added drive type and size column Added option to show/hide Other DVD/CD-ROM Drives Removed option shortcut: Ctrl+S Fixed Ctrl+O shortcut not working
Changelog Removed option shortcut: Ctrl+S Fixed Ctrl+O shortcut not working
Changelog Remove apply button from settings dialog Fixed the status of "Hide Unmounted Drives" was inconsistent in some cases (thanks Fred) Rename 'Hide Unmounted Drives' to 'Hide Empty Drives' Added drive type and size column Added option to show/hide Other DVD/CD-ROM Drives
Changelog Added UIF (MagicISO) image file support Fixed shortcuts not displaying properly on Windows XP Add support for loading translation files in UTF-8 without BOM Some minor changes and improvements
MagicISO is no longer maintained since 2010. The latest version is v5.5. Since this format is so rare, ImgDrive does not intend to natively support this format, but instead converts the image file to ISO/NRG and then loads the converted file. If there is password protection, you need to enter the correct password before you can convert.
The UIF format supports block compression using zlib algorithm, and also supports encrypting image files (passwords up to 31 characters, DES algorithm)
Changelog Fixed launch an unelevated process after installation Fixed cannot change drive letter from Z: Added click eject to unmount Microsoft virtual disc drives Improved force mount if the image file size is not integer multiple of sector size Update language files
Changelog Fixed launch an unelevated process after installation Update language files
Changelog Improved mount failure error handling Fixed shortcut keys display incorrectly on some keyboard layouts Update language files Some minor changes and improvements
Changelog New user interface Fixed driver installation failure in some cases Fixed wrong volume name generated [Image Author] Improved mark BDMV/STREAM/?????.stream as real time file(249) [Image Author] Many minor changes and improvements