UFS Explorer Standard Recovery
version 10.11.1
11.11.2024
What's new in version 10.11.1:
- Fixed critical issue with parallel access to disks (caused by an unexpected behaviour of device handle duplication API);
- Fixed crash bug issue caused by decoding of some malformed MPEG4 video frames (for purposes of 'preview');
- Added support of 'still frame preview' for more video formats.
version 10.11
06.11.2024
What's new in version 10.11:
- MacOS version: Fixed bug with software crash after the scan (after updated to macOS 15 SDK);
- Added support of DFL-DE sector maps (both plain and compact) plus log file of other software with disk imaging capabilities;
- Fixed issue with using of wrong disk if source disk is disconnected and replaced with a different one;
- When source disk is reconnected to a different device path, the software attempts to restore connection by finding the disk by its serial (when possible);
- Reworked scan abortion procedure to allow much faster scan abortion on an area of defect blocks;
- NTFS scan procedure:
- More detailed parsing of directory indexes for better recovery of file names;
- Optimization for better support of file 'undelete' after deletion by the Linux NTFS driver.
version 10.10
08.10.2024
What's new in version 10.10:
- Update to procedure of automatic partition detection:
- Implemented additional checks to distinguish between partially overwritten GPT and MBR formats;
- Added more checks to quickly detect lost/deleted partitions, now including BitLocker (when possible);
- Manual partition search tool: optimized speed and fixed issue skipping existing partitions for 'free space'-only scan;
- Storage properties panel: added display of RAID metadata last modified timestamp (when available) to check for 'outdated' components;
- Image viewer: fixed a bug with displaying JPEG with present, but empty EXIF.
version 10.9
21.08.2024
What's new in version 10.9:
- Ext3/Ext4 scan:
- Added support of journal checksum feature (for better deleted data recovery);
- Enabled EXT4 B-tree search for attempted recovery of big deleted files;
- Fixed bug with data access errors on 'transformed' (decrypted, byte-swapped etc.) in certain scenarios with transformation block size over one sector;
- Fixed bug with creation of image files in VHDX format;
- Linux software version in save/open dialogs now shows connected media from /media/USER_NAME subfolders;
- ReFS3 file system scan:
- Fixed bug with indexing procedure (incorrect location of indexed files);
- Added support of 'hard-links' in ReFS scan result.
version 10.8
16.07.2024
What's new in version 10.8:
- In VHDX/AVHDX format: added support of embedded log (transaction journal) to support 'virtual' log replay in case of 'dirty' virtual disk detachment;
- When scan result is restored to a different offset (from a disk/partition context menu) a confirmation warning message now appears;
- In file system direct access mode: added a function to calculate and show capacities of subfolders (size and count of files inside);
- Added support of NVMe SMART reporting in software version for Linux OS;
- ZFS file system (direct access): modified file 'open' procedure to support delayed loading of metadata and speed-up opening of large files;
- ReFS file system: added support of 'resident' files for both 'Access' and 'Scan' (small files stored in metadata with file system format 3.14 or later);
- FAT/FAT32 scan:
- Removed some 'junk' objects that can appear during 'indexing' stage of scan;
- Added support of older SONY camera style file deletion (indication with zero instead of E5h byte);
- In embedded viewer: added support of PDF documents in 'version 2' format and fixed few PDF format-related issues;
- In raw recovery:
- Added detection of PDF in format version 2;
- Fixed bug that caused some PDF files to be classified by mistake as Adobe Illustrator (AI) files;
- Added search for 'real' file size of PDF and AI documents (when possible).
version 10.7.1
17.06.2024
What's new in version 10.7.1:
- Added support of work with disk WWN IDs:
- Software now reads and displays Device ID (WWN) of SATA drives on disk properties panel;
- For SAS drives Device ID, Port ID and Target ID WWNs are displayed;
- When disk is imaged to SDLSP format, WWNs are saved (preserved) and also can be displayed for such SDLSP files;
- ReFS file system: updated both scan and direct access modules to support the latest ReFS 3.14.
version 10.7
29.05.2024
What's new in version 10.7:
- Enabled write support for 'span' constructions and 'chunked' VMDK files;
- Added VMDK format as a supported target format for the Disk Imager;
- Virtual disk size limit for VMDK images is set to 128EB (instead of 8TB in VMware GUI);
- Also added support of legacy VHD format as an output format for Disk Imager (for sources with capacity below 2040GB);
- Added support of importing defect maps in RSM format;
- In 'Save selection (advanced)' dialog added the possibility to fine-tune certain copying parameters to override temporary the global software settings;
- Also added possibility to set up copying 'with the full path from the root';
- Added 'Save with full path' tool to the context menu of individual files;
- Symbolic links support:
- Fixed a bug causing truncation of long symbolic links;
- In object properties GUI: now symbolic link is displayed fully, with no truncation;
- On XFS file system:
- Added support of 'long date' feature for both 'access' and 'scan';
- Fixed bug with 'dirty' short symbolic links;
- Added support of long symbolic links in older (plain) format;
- FAT32 scan: fixed bug with folder structure reconstruction when there are multiple deleted files and file system indexing is enabled.
version 10.6
24.04.2024
What's new in version 10.6:
- In disk imager: added a tool to re-image defect blocks (it resets the 'defect' status to the 'unread' status and allows to re-image the 'unread' zones);
- Microsoft Storage Spaces:
- Added basic support of multi-tier volumes with several rotation groups;
- Fixed parsing issue of 'parent link' metadata entries (version 2);
- Added a tool to open 'directory-bundled' images from a local file system:
- Added support of macOS sparsebundle/backupbundle format;
- Added support of Parallels HDD bundle virtual disks (with automatic support of snapshots);
- In media manager: added recognition of local Parallels Desktop virtual machines and possibility to access their virtual disks (under macOS);
- Disk images of Parallels Desktop software: added support of snapshots;
- Fixed scan issue that caused incorrect file system sub-trees reconstruction on Linux/Unix file systems (EXT, XFS etc.).
version 10.5
18.03.2024
What's new in version 10.5:
- In disk imager:
- Added option to track disk by serial number after its reconnection at different device path;
- When resuming saving image to an existing SDLSP or VHDX file, software now verifies stored serial number to match with the source;
- ZFS file system access:
- Fixed an issue with 'missing' support of Big-Endian file system (SPARC);
- Fixed an issue with path navigation when multiple datasets enclosed to each other;
- In ZFS scan procedure: fixed an issue with detection of Big-Endian ZFS (SPARC);
- In file size report: added possibility to switch between long (full) numbers and short form in KB/MB/GB/TB;
- ExFAT scan: addeed support of 'padding' directory records;
- NTFS:fixed issue with support of big files when DATA attribute is moved to ATTR_LIST but still has duplication of 'DATA tail' in main MFT record.
version 10.4
16.02.2024
What's new in version 10.4:
- Added disk hex viewer to this software edition;
- Fixed crash bug with in the disk imager working in ATA-mode;
- In SDLSP file format: added possibility to store 'Host Specific' ATA log pages;
- Added indication of encryption on disks from WD MyBook (DUO) with JMS561 bridge;
- Fixed issue with support of sparse files created with EXT2/3-style inodes on EXT file system;
- UFS file system: fixed a couple of bugs with processing of directory scan (after 'sparse' deletion).
version 10.3
11.01.2024
What's new in version 10.3:
- Reworked 'Save with filter' GUI: different filters separated to 'tabs', target path was made editable;
- Also reworked 'folder exclusion' mask as a separate setting;
- Added indication of ZFS pool component properties (vdev, RAID configuration, RAID-Z member, pool ID etc.);
- New filter UI design is also applied to reporting function;
- Access to NTFS volumes: Added support of Windows Overlay Filter (WOF) compression on files (both XPRESS and LZX);
- NTFS file system scan:
- Added search and processing of WOF-compressed files in scan result;
- Removed duplicate symbolic links;
- Corrected algorithm of directory structure recovery for 'lost' files;
- ExFAT file system scan: added possibility to recover items from partially wiped folders;
- In RAW recovery: added possibility to assemble SONY cam video streams with reverse header/data order.
version 10.2
04.12.2023
What's new in version 10.2:
- 'Open device (advanced)' function now has setting for maximum IO block size (to support limitations of some adaptors);
- In disk imager (ATA mode) - fixed issues with read errors caused by mis-aligned buffer;
- SDLSP format now has native support of extended sector sizes (such as 520, 528, 4160 etc.);
- Saving images from SDLSP and plain files with extended sector size enable automatic conversion to standard sector size;
- In 'Media Manager': added support of TerraMaster NAS (shared folders, iSCSI, etc.);
- XFS file system: added support of 'object type in directory entry' extended feature for XFS metadata version 2;
- UFS file system: added support of sparse files;
- Increased software stack size to support much larger depth of directories nesting;
- In Explorer, introduced additional 'yellow' state for files found with 'raw recovery'.
version 10.1
03.11.2023
What's new in version 10.1:
- In file viewer: added 'quick preview' for disk images and virtual disks of common formats and with most used file systems;
- In Media Manager:
- Added support of ASUSTOR NAS devices (shares, snapshots, iSCSI target files, encrypted shared folders);
- Added support of WD MyCloud NAS (OS 5: PRO, EX2 Ultra etc.) storages;
- Added support of legacy WD MyCloud Home series storages;
- For MyCloud Home storages, added proper indication of user name for 'auth' container folders;
- Fixed bug with support of GPT on Synology NAS;
- Reworked ReFS file system support module:
- Replaced 'mapping of file segments' with 'IO virtualization' to support segmentation and double indirection (optional, ReFS 3.9 and later);
- In 'access mode': added experimental support of ZSTD and LZ4 file compressions;
- In both 'access mode' and 'scan result': added support of 'redirected' file metadata (this fixes displaying of some files as 'folders');
- Removed imaging optimization for AVHDX/SDLSP files with enabled 'base' files (which are used as a 'delta').
version 10.0
10.10.2023
What's new in version 10.0:
- Added 'media manager' function:
- Optional detection of supported connected 'complicated' media devices (dedicated UI section for recognized media devices);
- Automatic assembly of mdadm RAID and LVM;
- Assisted (automatic) access to shared folders, iSCSI volumes, snapshots etc.;
- Automatic decryption of supported encrypted folders and containers;
- Support of QNAP (QTS 4.3 to 5.1), Synology (DSM 6.2 to 7.1) and Apple AirPort storages.
- Optional 'dark theme' in user interface:
- Automatic recognition of the dark/light theme of the system under Windows and macOS;
- Added the ability to independently configure the color theme of the program;
- Object properties dialog now includes explanation to custom colors of objects in UI;
- Added new scan type: 'Only the current file system' - to increase 'completion' speed and reduce memory usage;
- Fixed issue with proper recognition of DDF1 RAID10 configurations on some controllers;
- Fixed several quality-related issues in raw recovery.
version 9.18
27.07.2023
What's new in version 9.18:
- In disk imager:
- Changed two-pass imaging to multi-pass imaging by adding optional one or two pre-imaging stages (with no retries on defects);
- Added optional pre-imaging stage 0 - to quickly skips slow and damaged areas for fast imaging of 'healthy' areas;
- Added one more pre-imaging stage to run on slow areas and to skip areas with defects (postpone them to the 'normal' stage);
- Added possibility to override number of retries and read timeout for the final imaging stage;
- Built-in viewer now supports displaying the contents of certain archive file formats:
- Added support of Zip, TAR, GZip and BZip2 archive container formats (including .tar.gz, .tar.bz2);
- Added content decompression for Deflate, Deflate64, BZip2, LZX, LZMS, LZMA, MS XPress and plain content streams;
- Added limited support of Windows IMage (WIM) file format (only individual files in current format);
- Support of preview of contained files;
- In 'file search' result: added missing color and file status indication;
- Added displaying of the number of files in scan result folders;
- Disabled the indication of the folder metadata size (to avoid confusion with the size of contained files);
- Added possibility to re-enable this function in the software settings;
- Fixed issue displaying color progressive (one scan per component) JPEG images as greyscale;
- Reworked support of ISO9660 file system.
version 9.17
20.06.2023
What's new in version 9.17:
- Scan result (VRFS) files now can be also loaded via general 'Open' dialog;
- Fixed issue with saving (and restoring) of scan results of 'mapped' volumes (such as MS Storage Spaces);
- In disk imager:
- Changed log format for better compatibility to forensic imaging (also included information about forensic bridge, imaging status etc.);
- Better handling and indication of image write errors;
- SMART tool:
- Refresh operation is made asynchronous to prevent UI from freezing on long updates;
- Proper indication of SCSI 'not ready' status (including running FORMAT UNIT command);
- Reworked file copying with replacement of 'unsafe symbols' (such as '/', '?' etc.):
- Under Windows: unsupported symbols on a source file system are changed to special Unicode symbols (macOS-style) on a target;
- Under Linux: all 'unsafe symbols', except '/' are now allowed;
- Under macOS: all 'unsafe symbols', except '/' and ':' are now allowed;
- When source file system contains macOS Unicode replacement symbols, they are changed to 'original' ones in the user interface;
- Minor fix to ReFS3 file system (to support a variation of metadata format);
- Fixed bug with EFS-encrypted files, recovered with full-disk scan stage;
- Fixed bug scanning volumes with compressed files on NTFS;
- Fixed bug processing extended attributes on XFS file system;
- Legacy HFS file system: now displayed and preserved file creation/modification dates.
version 9.16
15.05.2023
What's new in version 9.16:
- Added recognition/support of certain WiebeTech (CRU) and Tableau (Opentext) data protection bridges/adaptors;
- In the general disk imager (image at once):
- Speed optimization for EWF (E01) image file creation;
- Speed optimization for SDLSP format (especially on a LAN target);
- EXT3/4 file systems:
- Faster (optimized) processing of file system journal - by caching it to memory;
- Faster 'open' for existing big EXT3-4 volumes;
- Fixed issue with support of SATA M.2 SSD via Realtek USB-to-NVMe bridge chip;
- Added support of drives identification and SMART access on IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connection;
- In embedded viewer:
- Added several unsupported camera raw formats (and fixed couple of related bugs);
- Significantly reduced number of access attempts to storage when defect block is detected.
version 9.15
14.04.2023
What's new in version 9.15:
- Added support of direct access to SMART/identification of NVMe storages on USB adaptors with Realtek, Asmedia and JMicron bridge chips;
- Under Linux: added support of direct access to NVMe SMART/identification information;
- In SMART monitor:
- NVMe: added indication of maximum (warning) temperature and current TBW (terabytes written) basing on NVMe SMART;
- SAS: added displaying of G-list size for SSD; also added TBW estimation (both SSD and HDD), basing on Log Page 02h information (WRITE log);
- SATA SSD: added displaying of TBW estimation using F9h SMART attribute, when available;
- Under Windows: added system (OS) file cache size to software settings - to control system memory use when working with image files;
- Few corrections to FAT/FAT32 scan procedure (to support several previously unsupported metadata damages);
- Added support of several recent digital cameras (RAW formats) to embedded viewer.
version 9.14
07.03.2023
What's new in version 9.14:
- Saving disk image files to E01 (EWF) format:
- Fixed bug with sudden appearance of extra blocks at the end of file;
- Added special warning message about 'correct completion' of disk image (padding with zeros);
- Added progress indication for file finalization (when imaging is aborted) with ability to abort correct completion;
- HFS+ scan: better reconstruction of lost folder names from journal;
- ExFAT scan: removed duplicate 'green'/'yellow' file systems in result;
version 9.13
30.01.2023
What's new in version 9.13:
- Added settings for handling map-defined virtual defects;
- When loaded associated map of defects for disk image, default 'defect' action is now 'virtually reproduce defects';
- BitLocker properties (Recovery key) now has link to open Microsoft Cloud storage of recovery keys;
- XFS file system scan: fixed couple of issues with save/resume scan and deleted file names recovery;
- BtrFS scan:
- Fixed issue with assembly of multi-component file system;
- Better recovery of virtual address space when virtual address space tree is lost;
- Fixed detection of LDM on GPT meta partition at long offset.
version 9.12
07.12.2022
What's new in version 9.12:
- Default 'activate' action for a BitLocker partition is now changed to 'decrypt' with automatic opening of the decrypted partition (on success);
- List of file copying events is now limited to prevent uncontrolled memory consumption:
- Added configuration for maximum number of log records;
- In case of log overflow, added configuration how to handle it (stop logging, remove old items, log to a file);
- Added BitLocker properties indication for an incompletely decrypted BitLocker;
- In the scan finalization GUI now added more detailed indication of currently running operations, including number of found files;
- Added support of empty folders in scan results (to recover folder structures without files);
- NTFS file system scan:
- Added support of recovery of empty files, including files with only named data streams;
- Added procedure of restoration of lost file placeholders when there is no file descriptor (only a reference from a directory index);
- EXT3/4 file systems:
- Added support of empty folders and files of zero size in scan result;
- Fixed few issues with processing of journal and file names recovery;
- In disk imager: added support of import/export for lists of imaging ('include'/'exclude') fragments.
version 9.11
25.10.2022
What's new in version 9.11:
- In disk imager:
- Target write speed (in MB/sec) is replaced with more informative indication (Slow/Normal/Good), relative to the overall copying process;
- Replaced window for 'disk lost' notification with automatic 'yes' response to 'retry' request after 60 seconds of inactivity;
- Fixed bug in handling of SDMF map tail;
- In LVM manager: when there is a problem opening thin LVM volume, added detailed error message with indication of problem on the metadata area;
- Few fixes and minor update to 'search partitions' dialog;
- Added indication of encryption information for APFS encrypted volumes and LUKS;
- This indicator now also can be used to start decryption dialog;
- Storage ID for VHD and VHDX now contains their GUID value (Write GUID for VHDX);
- Added indication of parent virtual disk for delta-file of VMDK, AVHD and AVHDX formats:
- All formats include indication of the 'parent path' hint;
- Microsoft AHDX and AVHDX files also indicate GUID of parent virtual disk.
version 9.10
21.09.2022
What's new in version 9.10:
- Added support of map files (log files) created by GNU ddrescue;
- Using of maps of defect blocks:
- Support of maps after storage transformation/remapping (e.g. for BitLocker encrypted volumes);
- Indication of defects on assembled RAID1E when pair of components missing or contain map of defects;
- Software-generated defects now do not interrupt quickly the partition detection procedure;
- Update to ReFS3 scan: fixed a couple of bugs in the scan completion procedure;
- Update to FAT32 scan: better file system recovery when superblocks are lost AND FAT tables are damaged;
- Simplification to disk imager: single 'location' for metadata and automatic creation of log/map files;
- BitLocker decryption now supports multiple recovery keys (when available) for the same volume;
- For BitLocker-encrypted volumes, partition properties panel now displays properties of encryption.
version 9.9
11.07.2022
What's new in version 9.9:
- Added support of EnCase E01/Ex01 image files;
- Added operations with maps of defects;
- When image file has associated map of defects, added automatic recognition of presence of that map:
- Software asks to load associated 'Attr.map' for 'TaskImage.bin' when it is present in the same folder;
- Added support of saving of map association to image files in VHDX format and software asks to load the map if the file is found;
- Software now uses 'storage with map' icon for 'defects recognition' and SDLSP with enabled internal map of block states;
- Linux software version:
- Addes support of indication of OwnerID/GroupID for Btrfs, EXT2-4, UFS1-2, XFS and ZFS;
- OwnerID/GroupID is also preserved for scan results of these file systems;
- OwnerID/GroupID can also be preserved when data is copied (when copying of 'standard' attributes is enabled);
- Fixed one scenario of GUI-related crash bug;
- Fixed few bugs related to XFS file system scan;
- Updated HFS+ scan procedure to support file system recovery when main metadata locations are wiped;
- Updated Btrfs file system scan procedure for finding fragments of very fragmented deleted files;
- Fixed issues with support of text LVM configurations created by CentOS 8.
version 9.8
10.06.2022
What's new in version 9.8:
- SDLSP and VHDX image file formats now preserve information about the source storage (name and ID);
- Date/time entry fields replaced with the date/time selection dialog;
- In hex viewer, the 'hex search' function:
- Added a function to pause it to release the source storage for other operations;
- When stopped, the last searched position is stored as 'Next location' to allow a jump to it;
- NTFS file system: fixed issue with support of very fragmented files when the FileName attribute is outside of the main MFT entry;
- Fixed bugs with creation of big VHDX files (over 4TB);
- General modifications of maps of block states/defects:
- Native 'sdmf' map format is changed to the "sparse" format for better speed and lower storage usage;
- Reworked internal functions of the disk imager tool to support the sparse format;
- Information about the source storage is now saved to a map and is displayed when the map is loaded;
- SDLSP and VHDX image file formats now preserve information about the source storage (name and ID).
version 9.7
12.05.2022
What's new in version 9.7:
- Added basic support of LVM thin-provisioned volumes (Linux only) via 'Find LVM' tool;
- In Disk imager:
- Added option to shut down the source after completion (when power control is available);
- 'Entry name' field for EnCase format now can be customized (by default is the same as file name);
- Reworked operations with defect maps:
- Updated 'map loader' GUI (more obvious configuration, added map preview function);
- Software now enables file-based maps (when possible) to speed up loading and reduce memory usage;
- New type of storage object with applied map now supports indication of imaged/defect/free spaces;
- Fixed some reported bugs/issues:
- In hex viewer: incorrect base position for 'big block search', loss of colorer function for cached data;
- File system module: silent crash bug with bad F2FS;
- Handling of soft-defect blocks: extending of file map to whole block in scan result;
- LUKS decryption: using of SHA512 for hash function caused problems with decryption;
- Some minor GUI-related issues (under Windows OS).
version 9.6
11.04.2022
What's new in version 9.6:
- USB Stabilizer/Guardonix configuration: added option for 'Auto-repower by UFS Explorer';
- Disk imaging with DeepSpar USB Stabilizer:
- Added explicit configuration of re-power options for read timeout and read errors;
- Error recovery after 'storage loss' now includes re-power cycle;
- General disk imaging:
- Fixed issue with handling error of creation of plain disk image file;
- Fixed support of 4GB image chunk size on FAT32 target file system;
- Restoration of file/folder attributes (hidden flag, permissions etc.) was made optional;
- Mac software version now comes with native Apple Silicon CPU support and requires macOS 10.15 or later.
version 9.5
15.02.2022
What's new in version 9.5:
- Disk Imager:
- Rework (optimization) of configuration GUI;
- Fixed issue with attempting 'multi-sector retries' on defect blocks with 'system' read procedure;
- Added setting of file system 'read policy' for storages with defect blocks:
- Enabled support of 'read policies' for FAT, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ReFS, Ext, XFS, F2FS file systems;
- Added Export/Import function for user-defined raw recovery file types:
- Selective export to own XML-based file format for backup or selective restore on different PC;
- Partial support of importing user-defined rules in some third-party XML formats;
- Optimized 'Refresh' procedure; scan of logical drives is now made optional (by default it is 'on');
- DeepSpar USB Stabilizer/Guardonix:
- Added recognition of devices with no media or when it is not powered on;
- Added power control and support of driver configuration;
- ExFAT scan: added processing of CheckDisk .CHK files (when possible), fixed few more issues;
- Raw recovery scan: found and fixed 'scan stuck' issue;
- Update to S.M.A.R.T monitoring tool: added 'SSD life' indication and support of SCSI Log Sense;
- Added indication of storage device type and rotation speed for HDD.
version 9.4
17.01.2022
What's new in version 9.4:
- Implemented integrated management of raw recovery rules:
- Reworked storage schema for custom raw recovery rules;
- Added GUI that shows full list of custom and built-in raw recovery rules;
- Implemented simplified interface to create/view/edit user-defined rules;
- Built-in editor is set as priority source of custom rules for scan;
- Added support of BitLocker decryption using external keys from BEK-files (with no TPM);\
- Update to S.M.A.R.T monitoring/log pages reader tool:
- Reading of both GP log and S.M.A.R.T log (when possible);
- Fixed issue with indication of 'seek error count' when it includes seek statistics;
- Added automatic assembly of APFS Fusion drives;
- Added indication of encrypted APFS volumes and volume decryption states;
- ExFAT scan: fixed issue with recognition of previous cluster size after format;
- Implemented ZSTD compression and enabled its support for ZFS and Btrfs file systems;
- F2FS file system: added support of 'extra attributes' flag.
version 9.3
14.12.2021
What's new in version 9.3:
- File status indication in Explorer is extended with 'zeroed' (bad) state;
- Source sector size is now preserved for image files, saved to VHDX and SDLSP formats;
- In Linux software version:
- Added proper identification of SCSI/SAT drives to support drive serial numbers etc.;
- Added support of SMART monitoring for SCSI/SAT-attached drives;
- Linux LVM2 logical volumes:
- Added indication of logical volume ID in partition properties;
- Fixed issue with recognition of 'long' (64K) binary metadata;
- Fixed issue assembling multi-segment logical volumes on 'fake' (single-component) mdadm RAID;
- For manually defined partitions added recognition of known metadata at defined location;
- Reworked FAT/FAT32 quick scan/indexing procedure for better support of damaged folders;
- In embedded file viewer:
- Added support of HEIC/HEIF photo format (Canon R5/R6, Apple products etc.);
- Added decoding of Fujifilm 14bit 'packed' RAF format (models X-A3, X-A7 etc.);
- Added decompression of Fujifilm compressed RAF format (models X-T2, X-T3, X-E3, X-H1 etc.);
- Defined configurations for many other raw photo formats.
version 9.2
17.11.2021
What's new in version 9.2:
- Write support for VHDX virtual disks (file creation and modification);
- Added VHDX as target file format option for Disk Imager;
- 'File mask' operations ('search' etc.) now all support multiple values with semicolon as delimiter;
- Raw recovery and tool for re-assigning file extensions are extended with more types;
- Fujifilm RAW photos format (RAF):
- Added extraction of file size, camera 'model name' and 'date taken' in raw recovery;
- Fixed issue with file separation to 'preview' and 'tiff' when it is detected by content;
- MacOS HFS+ file system:
- Enhanced procedure of damaged file system reconstruction and deleted data recovery;
- Fixed issue with direct access to highly fragmented file system;
- Fixed several issues with Btrfs file system scan.
version 9.1
18.10.2021
What's new in version 9.1:
- Recovery of lost address translation leafs in Btrfs scan (for correct deleted data recovery);
- FS with address translation (Btrfs) is now supported for 'status indication' in Explorer;
- File and Folder hardlinks deduplication is now made optional;
- Fixed few issues with disk imager (corrected number of retries, read block size etc.)
version 9.0
20.09.2021
What's new in version 9.0:
- Added decryption of BitLocker and APFS encrypted volumes;
- Folders in scan result now display contained objects capacity;
- Explorer now highlights lager files/folders in scan result with percent bar;
- Color differentiation of existing and scanned file systems in Explorer;
- Support of hard links on NTFS, APFS, HFS+, Ext, F2FS, Reiser, UFS and XFS;
- Added automatic deduplication of duplicate hard links:
- Hard link to file is restored as hard link on target storage;
- If target file system doesn't support hard links, software creates copy of file;
- Hardlinks to HFS+ folders are restored to special location and linked with target;
- Links to folders are established with hardlinks (on HFS+) or with symlinks;
- If target file system doesn't support links, software fails to process such folders.
- Added support of duplicate file/folder hard links in scan result;
- NTFS scan procedure now processes NTFS indexes and thus hard links;
- APFS direct access:
- File system state is now loaded using the latest generation of stored superblock;
- Added support of file system snapshots, including 'local' and 'backup' Time Machine;
- Loading of file set is postponed until it is first used (for performance reasons);
- APFS scan:
- Indexing of APFS optionally includes snapshots (enabled by default);
- Better structure recovery and finding of lost snapshots in full scan;
- Added support of symbolic links;
- HFS+ scan: added support of hardlinks (including Time Machine);
- Support of reading S.M.A.R.T Log pages of SATA drives;
- Added indication of file status (validity) information for scan results:
- Indication is enabled by default; it can be disabled via 'Explorer' settings;
- Verification if file start matches to data of known and valid type;
- If defects bitmap is available, optional check if file is imaged;
- Tool to enable/disable/configure file status indication in Explorer;
- Option to save 'only good files' when status indication is available and enabled;
- In Explorer, added ability to stop reading content of big folders;
- Preserving 'Hidden' and 'System' flags on copied files (Windows version);
- XFS access: fixed problem with mixed Intel/Standard short folder metadata;
- XFS scan: fixed few major bugs with structure recovery in full scan;
- NTFS access: fixed issue displaying of multiple hardlinks from the same folder;
- NTFS scan: added processing of mount points as 'folder' symbolic links;
- ReFS3 access:
- Mount points (junctions) are displayed as 'folder' symbolic links;
- In symbolic links, paths are changed to relative to support their 'export';
- Older ReFS (Windows Server 2012): fixed few bugs in scan procedure;
- ExFAT scan: support of 1MB clusters, fixed few issues;
- Fixed loading RAID/storage configurations when PhysicalDrive has no serial number;
- Fixed issue with long cancellation of quick scan and duplication of results;
- Fixed duplication of $LostFiles folder in scan result;
- Fixed problem with support of ATA S.M.A.R.T via DeepSpar USB Stabilizer.
version 8.17
14.06.2021
What's new in version 8.17:
- Fixed some compatibility issues of saved E01 files (compression, rounding);
- Storage properties tab now includes hashes for E01/Ex01 format;
- Disk Imager log is extended with more details (source/target properties etc.);
- Fixed few issues with processing of Windows Dynamic Disks (NT LDM);
- In 'advanced' copying, added filter to copy normal, deleted or both states;
- ReFS support is extended with new version found on Windows Server 2022 preview;
- Fixed several bugs (including crash bugs).
version 8.16
14.05.2021
What's new in version 8.16:
- Added read support of 'Mirage', 'Tango'/'G2Fdb' and 'Rsfs' CCTV file systems;
- Added support of symbolic links in scan result for NTFS, EXT3/4 and XFS;
- Detection and indication of DeepSpar USB Stabilizer in software GUI;
- Added option to not save empty (zeroed) sectors in Disk Imager;
- Disk imaging via DeepSpar USB Stabilizer:
- Added special error recovery procedure to support device power management;
- Changed default imaging procedure to 'system' to wait for device response;
- Added additional logging of user actions for file copying.
version 8.15
22.04.2021
What's new in version 8.15:
- Added indication of component's 'RAID properties' on storage properties sheet;
- ReFS: Support of symbolic links;
- Added option to save image files to EnCase E01 format;
- Added 'read' support of common CCTV file systems;
- Added quick detection of lost partitions at 'standard' offsets;
- Support of storages with physical sector size 1 and 2 KB.
version 8.14
22.03.2021
What's new in version 8.14:
- Enabled support of Windows Server ReFS (both old and current versions);
- Disk imager: added optional splitting of image to chunks of fixed size;
- Added displaying of GPT and CoreStorage partition labels;
- Added support of named (extended) attributes on Btrfs file systems;
- Added function to mark/unmark multiple objects in Explorer (using context menu);
- Added optional function of saving symbolic links (disabled by default);
- Support opening split DD (raw) image files with FTK Imager naming convention.
version 8.13
02.03.2021
What's new in version 8.13:
- APFS: fixed B-tree reconstruction bug in scan procedure;
- HFS+: fixed bugs reading of damaged B-tree;
- XFS: fixed bug reading named attributes;
- ZFS: fixed bug with recognition of lost simple volume partitions during scan;
version 8.12
04.02.2021
What's new in version 8.12:
- Added 'metadata objects filtering' functions to file copying procedure:
- Pre-defined types of metadata files and folders can be optionally skipped;
- Procedure can be enabled, disabled and configured via software 'Settings';
- 'Save selection (advanced)' function has option to override default settings;
- Pre-defined metadata for NTFS system files, Synology folders, Apple resources;
- File saving conflict (duplicate file action):
- In default pop-up window added option to abort copying;
- Added pre-configured setting to overwrite file 'if new file is modified later';
- NTFS: support of more scenarios for file information recovery from LogFile;
- FAT16: fixed problem with recognition of root folder in non-indexed full scan;
- ExFAT file system scan:
- Processing of tails of overwritten folders (in full and quick (indexing) scans);
- Result is filtered to remove junk objects that may appear from damaged folders;
- Fixed bug with file system structure recovery when intermediate folders are lost;
- Fixed read/quick scan of HFS+ with 'overflowed' fragmentation of Catalog File;
- Software version for macOS:
- Adopted and optimized GUI to specifics of Big Sur (macOS 11);
- Software optimization for better translation to ARM64 (Apple M1) via Rosetta.
version 8.11
15.01.2021
What's new in version 8.11:
- Extended file system object attributes (custom named properties):
- Reworked procedure of restoring attributes when copying data (Windows, Linux, Mac);
- Added function of listing attributes and displaying of their content in Explorer;
- Reworked support of Apple attributes for HFS+ and APFS file systems;
- Changed format of SSDB and VRFS files to support associated attributes (out of tree);
- Reworked scan procedures of HFS+/APFS to store attributes in new format;
- Added support of NTFS alternative data streams as 'named attributes';
- Added support of Linux xattrs on Ext2-Ext4 and XFS file systems;
- XFS file system: added support of multi-block directory clusters;
- ZFS file syztem:
- Added support of file system block sizes up to 1MB (for OpenZFS);
- Added support of undelete after 'long deletion' of big files (multi-transaction).
version 8.10
21.12.2020
What's new in version 8.10:
- Rework of ZFS file system scan procedure:
- Better recovery of file system structure, including names/structure of lost datasets;
- Direct access to ZFS file system:
- Changed displaying of datasets to 'natural' tree structure instead of flat list;
- Fully reworked assembly of ZPools to support multiple RAID-Z VDevs and mirroring;
- Disk imaging with map (used/free space, selected files etc.):
- Added 'policy' of combining segments for map optimization (to ignore small 'gaps');
- Added 'Evaluate fragments' tool for assistance with selection of 'combining policy';
- In file copying procedure:
- Added 'Skip all' option to 'Failed to save..' dialog of current copying session;
- Changed to 'smooth' total progress and added indication of 'remaining size';
- Added displaying of 'Stated time' and 'Completion time estimate' values.
version 8.9
02.12.2020
What's new in version 8.9:
- Added 'read' support of UDF file system from partitions with 512/4K sector size;
- Fixed problem reading ATA SMART under 32bit Windows;
- Under Linux/Mac: restoring 'owner' RWX permissions for copied files (when available).
version 8.8
11.11.2020
What's new in version 8.8:
- Reworked usability of checkboxes on tree view of 'Explorer' UI;
- NTFS file system:
- Added procedure of files recovery using $LogFile content;
- Added indication and blocked copying of non-synchronized files from OneDrive;
- Enabled following symbolic links in Explorer (when possible);
- Fixed bug with copying error when source to target is copied root to root;
- Added displaying of metadata files to result of indexing of HFS+ file system.
version 8.7
19.10.2020
What's new in version 8.7:
- ExFAT scan procedure:
- Additional procedure for finding previous file system align after storage re-partitioning;
- Reduced number of 'found file systems' with wrong align;
- NTFS: enabled direct file system access when $MFT DATA attribute is damaged;
- HFS+ file system:
- Fixed few bugs preventing detection of several partitions during single scan;
- Reduced memory use by better isolation of files between found file systems instances;
- Fixed several problems in software versions for macOS:
- Fixed crash bug in copying procedure when popup dialog window have to appear;
- Fixed rare bug causing dialog sheet to 'stuck';
- Fixed problem of displaying some auxilitary UI captions;
- Added software notarization for macOS version 10.14 and later;
- Added S.M.A.R.T. monitor window:
- Support of most important S.M.A.R.T. attributes for ATA drives (under all OS);
- Disk temperature and percent of spare space usage for NVMe drives (Windows);
- Disk temperature and growing list (G-List) size for SCSI drives (Windows, Linux);
- Manual or automatic data refresh;
- Function to enable/disable S.M.A.R.T. monitoring on ATA/SATA drives.
version 8.6
25.09.2020
What's new in version 8.6:
- Modified handling of APFS metadata damage to show more structure when tree is damaged;
- Fixed several bugs with Btrfs file system scan;
- Raw recovery:
- 'Title' is now recovering as file name for .html and .wpl formats;
- Added title and date extracton from ODT/ODS/ODP document files;
- Fixed crash bug on invalid exe-file data.
version 8.5
02.09.2020
What's new in version 8.5:
- In disk imager: handle BSY/DRQ status as a reason for retries and pausing imaging;
- Reworked procedure of deleted files recovery from EXT3/EXT4 file systems;
- Updated format of 'scan status database' and 'virtual file system' files;
- Photo viewer adopted for new digital camera raw formats of:
- CANON EOS-1D X Mark III, EOS 250D; Fuji GFX 100, X-Pro3, X100V, X-T4;
- Nikon D780, Z5; Pnanasonic DC-G100, DC-TZ95, DC-G90, DC-G95, DC-GX880;
- Sony DSC-RX100 VII, a7R IV, a6100, a9 II; Olympus TG-6 etc.
version 8.4
10.08.2020
What's new in version 8.4:
- Added 'Skip file' button to copying dialog (to skip individual files);
- Raw recovery:
- Added file name generation for .contact, .vcf, .fb2 files;
- Recovery of name (Original/Internal) and build date from Windows executables;
- Adjustment of file size for EXE/DLL/SYS files to match size of sections and signature;
- Speed-up of properties (preview) extraction for Windows executable files;
- In disk list: change drive icon to ATA/SCSI when drive works with custom method;
- Added ability to change read method via storage properties;
- In 'Open device': devices are re-sorted by drive number.
version 8.3
20.07.2020
What's new in version 8.3:
- Preserving selection of sub-folder when navigating to parent folder using navigation bar;
- EXT file system: speed up of journal processing at completion stage;
- XFS file system: optimization of indexing procedure;
- APFS file system:
- Added support of Apple extended attributes for direct access;
- Added support of basic (resident) attributes in scan result;
- HFS+ file system:
- Speed up of file system indexing;
- Fixed bug reading extended attributes in direct access mode;
- Apple extended attributes and resource forks:
- Support of saving them to NTFS/ReFS named data streams for Apple Filing Protocol (AFP);
- Attribute storage in scan result was moved one level deeper in folder structure;
- Raw recovery: support of more types and several enhancements.
version 8.2
30.06.2020
What's new in version 8.2:
- Rework of NTFS scan procedure:
- In part of 'red' file systems - for memory use reduction;
- Exraction of some missing file system structure elements from Log File (Journal);
- In disk imager:
- Disabled bad blocks logging if defect block is emulated by the software;
- Fixed rounding issue when map cluster size is smaller then imaging sector size;
- Fixed bug with growing saved jump size (each time after tool restart);
- Fixed several bugs causing software crash.
version 8.1
17.06.2020
What's new in version 8.1:
- Modifications to Disk Imager:
- Option to save defect map and log to 'the same location' when target path is selected;
- Added 'test API call' start stage to make sure API works with specified parameters;
- Pausing imaging process in case of API call errors (when disk is disconnected etc.);
- Read errors from imaging procedure (ATA/SCSI) are now duplicated to main event log;
- Fixed skipping blocks when SCSI layer reports invalid 'resid' value (Linux etc.);
- New functions in procedure of files recovery in 'raw mode' (IntelliRAW):
- DOCX, JPEG, Raw photos - extract file name and modification date from file content;
- XLSX, TIFF - extract file modification date from metadata;
- Added analysis of file tails of ZIP archives when chunk sizes are not enabled;
- Toggle selection of partitions in partition manager;
- Fixed bug reading disks with defect blocks under Linux using 'system procedure'.
version 8.0.1
08.06.2020
What's new in version 8.0.1:
- Fixed problems in disk imager:
- zeroing buffer to prevent writing non-zero values to defect blocks on target;
- fixed problem selecting 'system procedure' when there are no other options.
version 8.0
03.06.2020
What's new in version 8.0:
- Advanced disk imager tool (with support of ATA/SCSI direct);
- Advanced 'Open Storage' procedure to support work with defect disks;
- More options to scan file systems;
- Changes to hexadecimal viewer UI;
- Advaced error reporting, including disk defects warning popup;
- And more...
version 7.16
06.02.2020
What's new in version 7.16:
- Fixed bugs in FAT recovery module:
- Removed record attributes verification for Volume Name entry;
- Fixed bug with reconstruction of fragmented files when second FAT table is damaged.
- Modified procedure of classification of found MFT entries from unlinked MFT chunks.
version 7.15
27.12.2019
What's new in version 7.15:
- Hexadecimal search with any block size (big blocks scanned with jumps);
- Fixed bug with FAT/FAT32 file system indexing.
version 7.14.1
03.12.2019
What's new in version 7.14.1:
- Fixed bug with parsing Novell NSS 'big' partition;
- Optimization of HFS+ scan result set;
- Fixed issue with focus location in hex 'go to' dialog (fixed base position);
- In partition manager: fixed bug removing partitions.
version 7.14
07.11.2019
What's new in version 7.14:
- ZFS direct access: fixed several bugs in metadata parser procedure;
- Added support of VMware seSparse VMDK;
- Enhanced raw recovery procedure for MPEG Transport Stream (MTS/M2TS) files;
- Fixed bug with "filter" function ("must match"/"must NOT match" pattern).
version 7.13
14.10.2019
What's new in version 7.13:
- Added Quick Scan option for certain file systems;
- Significantly reduced number of storage reads during file systems detection;
- Extended 'normal' detection of NTFS, FAT32, HFS+ and EXT volumes using backup metadata;
- Fixed reading of Windows dynamic disks with GPT layout;
- Option to skip found regions during partition search for faster scan.
version 7.12
16.09.2019
What's new in version 7.12:
- Fixed some issues and speed-optimized ZFS file system scan;
- Fixes to Btrfs file system support:
- Fix of crash bug during scan in some scenarios;
- Fixed reading of compressed files.
- Update to PDF viewer: added support of buggy files with shifted xref table;
- Added extra search for folder name entries for EXT file system;
- Fixed bug reading legacy HFS volumes;
- Added Spanish software interface language.
version 7.11
19.08.2019
What's new in version 7.11:
- Added 'Pause' function to file copying procedure:
- Quick pause/resume for temporary 'releasing' disk;
- Option of finishing current file and with ability to change destination path.
- Support of NTFS with cluster size over 64KB;
- Support of Windows Server 2019 Storage Spaces metadata;
- Added cluster size indication to file system properties;
- Fixed bug using 'Open' dialog with scan results of virtual disks.
version 7.10.1
27.07.2019
What's new in version 7.10.1:
- Modifications to FAT/FAT32 scan procedure:
- Fixed bug with file system indexing and zero-size files;
- Better detection of deleted file entries with Asian/OEM encodings;
- Enabled support of duplication of deleted entries when they are in different folders.
- Fixed issues with recovery of NTFS folder structure when 'indexing' is enabled.
version 7.10
22.07.2019
What's new in version 7.10:
- Major rework of NTFS scan procedure:
- Added old/duplicated objects removal from scan result;
- Better processing of lost files (with descriptors out of MFT);
- Changed priorities of file names processing;
- Fixed bug in folder structure recovery by INDX entries;
- Fixed bug with scan resumption and calling Recycle Bin processing;
- Added support of Recycle Bin indexes with version 2.
- Added Portuguese software interface language.
version 7.9
03.07.2019
What's new in version 7.9:
- Added option to apply masks to folders for copying with filter;
- NTFS $MFT tail processing is now included into quick scan (to file system indexing).
version 7.8.3
13.06.2019
What's new in version 7.8.3:
- Reworked scan procedure for ExFAT (for better handling of deleted records).
version 7.8.2
20.05.2019
What's new in version 7.8.2:
- Added support of "CLOUD" reparse points on NTFS (files from OneDrive etc.);
- Read-only support of "streamOptimized" (compressed) format of VMware VMDK files.
version 7.8.1
08.05.2019
What's new in version 7.8.1:
- Fixed bug with Btrfs/ZFS-only selection for scan;
- Added function to save/restore files/folders selection state;
- Loading of virtual FS structure for review and files selection;
- Added possibility to rename temporary disk in user interface;
- Fixed problem with ExFAT root folder validation during full-disk scan;
- Fixed issue with recognition of SCSI transport for fiber-channel connected storages;
- Support of switching to SCSI transport even when SCSI INQUIRY command fails.
version 7.8
22.04.2019
What's new in version 7.8:
- Added LVM logical volume recovery manager UI:
- Search for older versions of LVM configurations;
- Open logical volume from found configurations;
- Fixed bug with restoration of scan result.
version 7.7
29.03.2019
What's new in version 7.7:
- Reworked LVM module for latest LVM2 (with added DM RAID function);
- Assignment of LVM names to LVM partitions and logical volumes;
- Option of automatic saving of scan state immediately after full scan;
- Simplified process of removal of opened storage components;
- Regular update to embedded pictures viewer.
version 7.6
11.03.2019
What's new in version 7.6:
- Support of ZFS-on-Linux custom ZFS metadata;
- Support of "bogous" FreeNAS RAID10 (mix of simple disks and mirrors);
- Fixed bug with multiple detections of NT LDM volumes.
version 7.5
18.02.2019
What's new in version 7.5:
- Added support of old HP-UX LVM;
- Added support of R-Studio image file format (RDR-files);
- Updated support of Apple DMG files;
- macOS: Added placeholder for inaccessible disks;
- macOS: Fixed bug reading disks with sector size 4KB.
version 7.4
31.01.2019
What's new in version 7.4:
- Added support of QCOW/QCOW2 virtual disk image format (QUEMU, XEN etc.);
- Added support of VirtualBox VDI virtual disk format;
- Fixed some interface-related bugs.
version 7.3
07.01.2019
What's new in version 7.3:
- Added support of ZFS ZVOL objects;
- Significantly enhanced scan of APFS file system.
version 7.2
20.12.2018
What's new in version 7.2:
- Added optional 'total' progress for files copying;
- Added 'stop copying' option for 'duplicate file' conflict;
- Reworked reporting of files list/total data size;
- Modified p.6 of EULA (Territory).
version 7.1
06.12.2018
What's new in version 7.1:
- Added more parititon indicators;
- Updated embedded viewer component.
version 7.0
12.11.2018
What's new in version 7.0:
- Added support of simple ZFS volumes (reading and scanning);
- Automated assembling of spanned volumes (mdadm, Apple, NT LDM, LVM, etc.);
- New zoomable interface with prompts;
- Detecting attempts to save files to the initial storage for the macOS software version;
- New icons for partitions which show the detected technologies;
- New scanning procedure: pausing and restoring options, previewing and saving
intermediate results.