Current Progress : 2.0.2 version

Hello Everyone!

First of all sorry for not writing for so long. It’s summertime. Vacations, fun and relaxation, nobody can be reached neither by phone nor by email :) I hope you understand what I mean :) Anyway the product is not dead and the development continues. Right now we are publishing a new version for you to test and if everything will be fine–it will be released to the public.

2.0.2 Version

This update should fix a seldom error reported to happen with using RAM cache with modern video graphics cards that also uses the system memory to store textures and other stuff. Both of them are so memory hungry that can allocate it too much–without leaving it to the system. If you ever had a boot hang up on any of your test machines, please check if the current version fixes the issue.

Mike and driver development group improved load balancing mechanism (gives a 20-30% speed increase if using two USB devices according his tests.)

In addition this build has a new feature that may really useful in some cases (thanks to obsidian who also mentioned it.) You can now quickly unload the RAM cache to free memory for other application that needs it.

Here goes the screenshot:

Release candidate version 2.0

New build 415 is now available for download. This is the latest beta build and it is considered our Release Candidate.

Our developers were really not impressed by the results of the RAM cache boost in the previous build. So the RAM cache mechanism was totally rewritten in the current version. Its initial build, updates and load on boot are now much faster and smoother. In addition the application speed measure tool was also significantly changed to get more accurate results.

Here is the list of the updates at a glance:

• RAM caching mechanism improved;
• Application speed measure tool improved;
• Bug with a fragmented cache file fixed;
• Two new languages were added: Belarusian and Japanese (that is 15 new languages for the version 2);

Unfortunately still no Vista 64 bit support, sorry.

If there will be no critical errors found then the new version 2.0 will be released officially on April 10th.

Version 2.0 Beta is Out!

Hello Team! The new Beta testing period is started. The version 2 Beta is published.

What’s new in this version

Here goes a quick list of the additional features with more details below:

• Memory caching (if you have plenty of RAM installed);
• Exclude list (the most requested feature);
• Power saving mode;
• More than 4GB cache file size (on NTFS file system only);
• One flash drive use on different computers;
• Unlimited number of files in cache;
• Build cache process improvement (including initial statistics used from XP prefetch information);
• Load balancing mechanism improvements;
• And many small fixes and changes.
• Almost forgot :) And 10 new languages were added.

Memory Cache

If you have more than 1GB of RAM installed you can use some part of it to place a cache file. Computer RAM has an extremely high read speed and a zero seek times–thus you can get up to 50x higher overall random read speed. We do not recommend you to leave less than 1GB of RAM available to the system after adding a cache. However you can try this on your configuration, may be your applications installed will be comfortable with the amount you leave.

Exclude List

There were numerous requests for this feature. Now you are able to specify any location or a file mask to be excluded from caching by eBoostr. Be careful with this feature! If you exclude the “C:\” location, then all files located on this drive will not be cached–thus non of the system files or applications.

Power Save Mode

This feature is very useful for notebook (laptop) users. When your laptop is on battery power, eBoostr will automatically go into Power Save Mode. This mode disables an automatic cache rebuild and redirects all file requests to cache devices. Flash drives consumes much less power compared to “power hungry” hard disk, increasing your battery life time.

Translations for version 2.0

Hello Team!

I am proud to announce that we are coming very-very close to the version 2.0 Beta (actually we plan to release it on February 4th :)

Due to the new features and changes in the user interface we need to update all translations before the official 2.0 release. Please check an updated post “Translators Wanted” on additional information to be translated.

Update 02/04: Unfortunately, the release of the version 2 Beta is delayed. Our QA found some critical problems with RAM caching feature.

Get your free license

Two good news here today :)

The tool to receive your free license for the product was finally finished. I’d like to thank you all one more time for all your help and feedback you gave us during the Beta period. All of the registered beta testers will receive our standard single license with a 1-year free upgrades and free technical support period. Those of you who take active part in the Beta Program: submitted bugs, posted feedback, made a translation and so on, will receive a life-time free license for the product. Please use this link to receive your license. If you have any questions, feel free to mail me at beta@eboostr.com

In addition we are going to release the new eBoostr version that has two additional languages (Spanish and Turkish) and features not only 64 bit systems support, but also Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 compatibility. The new version 1.0.2 build 390 is available for download from the Beta downloads page only for now and will be released tomorrow if there are no stoppers found.

New version 1.0.1

The new version 1.0.1 (build 383) is available for download only to you, our Beta team, for a quick test before releasing it to public. It contains the new interface language (Dutch) and some improvements in the “Build cache” process.

This version is not available for an automatic upgrade, please use the beta downloads page to get an installation file.

If this version will not show any stopper bugs till Friday, we will release it to the public.

Version 1.0 is Here

The final release version 1.0 was published today.

Unfortunately the tool that will allow you to receive your free license is not yet ready. Please allow us 1-2 days to complete it.

Meanwhile you can just upgrade to this version 1.0 (build 381) and use the following license key that is valid until December 01.

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****END*LICENSE*KEY****

P.S. If you are upgrading from the RC version you do not need to do anything–it has this license built-in.

Translators Wanted

Has eBoostr not yet been translated into your native language? Would you like to help us with a new translation? All you need to do is to edit a simple text file with all the words and phrases. No programming skills required.

Currently available languages:

1. English
2. Russian / Русский
3. Italian / Italiano
4. Dutch / Nederlands
5. German / Deutsch
6. Greek / Ελληνικά
7. Spanish (Latino) / Español (Latino)
8. Turkish / Türkçe
9. Esperanto
10. Chinese Simplified / 简体中文
11. Chinese Traditional / 繁體中文
12. French / Français
13. Hebrew / עברית
14. Norwegian / Norsk
15. Portuguese (Brazil) / Português (Brasileiro)
16. Portuguese / Português
17. Serbian / Srpski
18. Ukranian / Українська
19. Finnish / Suomi
20. Czech / Česky
21. Danish / Dansk
22. Hungarian / Magyar
23. Bulgarian / Български
24. Polish / Polski
25. Korean / 한국어
26. Swedish / Svenska
27. Sinhala / සිංහල
28. Lithuanian / Lietuvių
29. Arabic / عربي
30. Belarusian / Беларуская
31. Japanese / 日本語
32. Thai / ภาษาไทย
33. Spanish / Español
34. Slovak / Slovenčina
35. Croatian / Hrvatski
36. Macedonian / Македонски
37. Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
38. Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia
39. Romanian / Română

To translate the program interface into your language, please download this text file. Edit the needed words and phrases. Save the file and send it to beta@eboostr.com. Leave a comment to this post that you have made a translation.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Spread the Word

Spread the Word

We are coming very close to the release. eBoostr will be released on Monday, November 12th.

As you may probably aware–we are accepting pre-orders for the product until the release date. Pre-order bonus includes the 25% discount from the retail price, an extended by 6 months the one year free upgrades and free technical support period, and an additional special later offers which will be available only to customers who’ve pre-ordered the product.

You, as our valued beta tester, have no need in pre-ordering because you will receive a free license for the product. However if you know someone who can get the benefits and enjoy of using the eBoostr–tell him/her of this special bonus offer. Publish this information to your friends in your blog, social networking website or your favorite forum.

This weekend is the last chance to take advantage of this special offer. Spread the word!

Use these buttons to share the information on some of the websites

Thank you!

Release Candidate is finally here

We have finally published our latest (we hope :) pre-release version. This version will be available for public testing as soon as our webmaster will update the homepage. Although it is available for public test our closed beta section is still available only to you. While we will be wrapping up the beta test we are planning to conduct several polls and post additional information on how to receive your reward. Please feel free to report bugs, publish your feedback and suggestions as before.

What is new in this release?

• Several BSODs reasons you’ve reported were fixed;
• Load balancing mechanism improved;
• Totally redesigned Control Panel dialog box;
• Tray icon animation as well as “Last cache/disk hit ratio” are changed to display the current values.