New features:
- Linux Flasher tab: download+decompress+flash pipeline for RPi OS, Ubuntu,
Debian, Fedora, Kali, DietPi, Alpine, Arch ARM with built-in image catalog
- Kali Creator tab: 4 sub-tabs for USB/SD, VM creation, Docker/Podman
container pulls, and cloud image downloads
- DownloadManager: async downloads with resume support and speed tracking
- Decompressor: streaming .xz (xz-embedded), .gz (zlib), .zip decompression
- ImageCatalog: built-in catalog + remote fetch from rpi-imager JSON endpoint
- SevenZipExtractor: QProcess wrapper for 7z.exe with progress parsing
- Bundled xz-embedded third-party library for native XZ decompression
Bug fixes:
- Fixed VirtualDisk::flashToDisk() — added FSCTL_ALLOW_EXTENDED_DASD_IO,
FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME, FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME, 32MB aligned buffers,
WriteFile retry logic (3 attempts), FlushFileBuffers before close
- Fixed VirtualDisk::captureFromDisk() with same improvements
- Fixed ImagingTab::onFlashIso() — now populates targetVolumeLetters from
disk snapshot so IsoFlasher can properly lock/dismount volumes
- Fixed SD card counterfeit detection false positives:
- Changed from write-one-read-one to write-all-then-read-all algorithm
to properly detect NAND address wrapping on fake cards
- Added volume lock/dismount before probing to prevent filesystem
interference (journal writes, metadata updates)
- Added FSCTL_ALLOW_EXTENDED_DASD_IO for probes near end of disk
- Fixed overly aggressive vendor string check — USB card readers
legitimately report "USB"/"Mass Storage", no longer flagged
- Added handle re-open between write and verify phases to defeat
USB reader hardware cache
- README: documented how to unlock the secret menu, added new feature docs
Set QWidget base background to dark so all dialogs, message boxes,
input dialogs, and file dialogs inherit the dark theme instead of
defaulting to Windows grey with unreadable white text on top.
Added explicit dark styling for QDialog, QMessageBox, QInputDialog,
QFileDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QComboBox dropdowns, and QFrame.
Labels and checkboxes use transparent background to show through
to their parent container correctly.
- SD card recovery tool: detects and repairs cards Windows can't see,
including mid-format failures, corrupted partition tables, RAW media.
Uses IOCTL_DISK_CREATE_DISK + IOCTL_DISK_SET_DRIVE_LAYOUT_EX directly.
- 25 new filesystem types: F2FS, JFFS2, NILFS2, FATX, STFS, GDFX, PS2MC,
VHD, VHDX, VMDK, QCOW2, VDI, RVZ, WUA, WBFS, NRG, CDFS, HDFS + more
- Detection routines for all new types with correct magic number signatures
- UI theme: bright green replaced with pale grayish peach, all text white
- hwdiag rebuilt in Release mode; added build_hwdiag_release.bat
- garbage.xtx auto-copied to build output directory post-build
C++17/Qt6 application for disk recovery, repair, flashing, formatting,
and USB security key creation on Windows. Includes CMake build system,
tabbed UI shell with 6 main tabs, core type system with Result<T>
monadic error handling, admin elevation, and dark Catppuccin theme.
