MultiDrive Changelog

Track all updates, new features and bug fixes to the app.

Version 1.5Stability & Performance update

Released August 31, 2026

Latest

Automatic shutdown of the computer after all tasks are completed
Backup / Restore: Much faster ZSTD backups to network shares; the speed no longer drops after the first few seconds
Clone / Restore: The message about a target smaller than the source now shows the exact Source and Target sizes
Options in the "After successful task completion" section now take effect only when the task actually succeeds
Help link next to a failed task: Opens an extended guide on solving read and write errors caused by cables, adapters, etc.
CLI: Correct handling of different file path styles, including network paths typed without leading backslashes
New "Archive Logs" link in the "Leave feedback" dialog
WinPE: New Reboot and Shutdown commands in the top-right menu

Write speed was several times slower during Erase, Clone, and Restore when the start offset was not zero
Backup: Choosing a folder from the Recent folders list opened the previously used directory instead
CLI: Some drives could be missing from the list on old PCs with a small number of CPU cores
WinPE: The internal NVMe drive was not detected on some computers
WinPE: Only the console opened instead of MultiDrive on some devices
WinPE: The app window went beyond the screen boundaries
WinPE: An outdated copy of MultiDrive was present in the image next to the current one

Released April 29, 2026

Backup / Restore: New ZSTD (ZStandard) compression format, which is 4-5x faster than the ZIP format
New option "Show serial numbers of drives" in Preferences: Allows you to distinguish drives of the same model
Backup / Restore: Support for password-protected network folders
Clone / Restore: Clearer UX when the source drive is larger than the target
CLI: Improved UX when writing to the target during Clone, Erase, and Restore
More explicit indication of task completion

Disk range selector in Options: Incorrect minimum value of the End handle when adjusting via the slider

Released March 11, 2026

CLI: Crash when redirecting mdcli output to a log file
Backup: The last chunk of a split zip/raw file was created with an incorrect size

Released October 9, 2025

Enhanced write error handling. Improved resilience when write errors occur on target drives during Clone and Erase tasks
Optimized drive scanning. Reduced system resource usage during automatic drive detection, resulting in faster UI responsiveness

Fixed the drive listing issue where it might get stuck on "Getting Drive Info..." in certain hardware configurations
Resolved the installation error "uninstall registry key not found"
Validation logic incorrectly reported "free space cannot be greater than total space"
Fixed around 10 other minor bugs

Released July 9, 2025

Released April 14, 2025

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