v1.0
AMBCT v1.0 – "Main First Release"
🧾 Description
The first official release of AMBCT (Automatic Manual Backup Creation Tool).
A simple but powerful command-line tool for creating compressed Windows backups using wimlib-imagex.
It supports full-drive and folder backups with optional compression, integrity checks, and system shutdown after completion.
Features
- Full or partial (folder) backups via
wimlib-imagex - Automatic detection of drives and available space
- Multiple compression methods: NONE, XPRESS, LZX, LZMS
- Optional integrity check (
--check) - Optional solid compression (
--solid) - Automatic shutdown after successful backup
- Disk write speed benchmark using
WinSAT - Real-time progress bar with ETA
- NTFS Volume Shadow Copy support
- Cleans up temporary files automatically
- Error handling and user-friendly prompts
Notes
- Only supports x64 systems in this version
- Snapshot mode available only on NTFS drives
- Requires Administrator rights and wimlib-imagex binaries in
sources/
Author
BlitzPythoner
Release date: 21.10.2025
Version: v1.0-stable