Closed Pre-Release 5.08

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5.08: FIXES the crash bug I introduced in 5.07!​

NOTE: The previous 5.07 pre-release lifted SpinRite's 137GB USB BIOS drive access clamp. BUT it also introduced a new bug that caused that release to crash whenever a BIOS drive encountered any error. THIS 5.08 pre-release fixes that bug. No one should experience any crashes with this release. EVERYONE using 5.07 should update to 5.08! There's one other new feature, see below...

MOSTLY, this release simply fixes the crash bug I introduced in 5.07.

The full list of fixes and improvements:
  • Fixes the USB BIOS crash bug introduced in 5.07.
  • Displays “(quiet)” in the upper-right of the screen whenever SpinRite is muted. At any time you can tap both SHIFT keys to toggle this and place the “quiet” keyword on the command line to start SpinRite in that mode.
As always, you may obtain this update by going to GRC's Pre-Release page, entering your SpinRite license serial number or transaction code and clicking the links to obtain your personal pre-release copies of either the full Windows/DOS SpinRite and/or just the DOS code.

(VirusTotal is very happy with this iteration with 0/69 detections.)

Thanks, all!
 
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