UFS Explorer RAID Recovery
UFS Explorer RAID Recovery
UFS Explorer RAID Recovery
UFS Explorer RAID Recovery
UFS Explorer RAID Recovery

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery

Version: 10.5
Last update: 18.03.2024
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UFS Explorer RAID Recovery is a multifunctional computer program equipped to address a broad range of data loss issues, from the retrieval of files deleted from a hard disk drive or USB device to the reconstruction of custom RAID patterns utilized in servers, NAS or SAN units.

A universal solution for simple and complex data recovery tasks

accidental deletion
Accidental
deletion
file system corruption
File system
corruption
storage formatting
Storage
formatting
Software crashes
Software
crashes
Malware attacks
Malware
attacks
Hardware defects
Hardware
defects
An all-around toolkit for different types of storage devices
The software covers all common data loss problems associated with simple digital media and is complemented with a specialized instrument for work with RAID systems. As a result, it perfectly fits for data recovery from practically any storage, including RAID-based servers, NAS and SAN.
software malfunction
Supported devices:
  • PCs/laptops
  • Hard disk drives
  • External USB disks
  • USB flash drives
  • Memory cards
  • Music players
  • Digital cameras
  • RAID sets
  • NAS devices
  • SAN systems
  • Servers
  • Other storage devices
Supported file types:
  • icon DocumentsDocuments
  • icon ImagesImages
  • icon AudioAudio files
  • icon VideoVideos
  • icon EmailE-mails
  • icon Other filesAny other file format

Key features

1/9
Effective work with RAID
Effective work with RAID Effective work with RAID

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery offers the possibility to restore data from RAID of different configurations, among which are standard RAID levels (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E, RAID 3, RAID 5, RAID 6, etc.), nested patterns (RAID 10, RAID 50, RAID 60, RAID 50E, etc.) and custom RAID setups via RDL or Runtime VIM. The program also works with specific RAID sets, like Drobo BeyondRAID, Synology Hybrid RAID and Btrfs-RAID which makes it efficient in most instances of data loss related to complex storage systems.

2/9
Wide range of supported file systems
Wide range of supported file systems Wide range of supported file systems

Along with RAID units, the software handles other common storages, providing direct access to the available content and means for data recovery from internal and portable hard drives, memory cards, thumb drives, etc. of different formats used by Windows (FAT/FAT32/exFAT and NTFS), macOS (HFS+, APFS), Linux (Ext2/Ext3/Ext4, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, IBM JFS2) and BSD/Solaris (UFS/UFS2, ZFS).

3/9
Optimal for data recovery from NAS
Optimal for data recovery from NAS Optimal for data recovery from NAS

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery is capable of processing NAS appliances of such popular vendors as Drobo, Buffalo (TeraStation, LinkStation), Synology, QNAP Systems, etc. and is a perfect solution for cases involving Network Attached Storages. The application reads out RAID metadata from NAS drives and uses it for automatic reconstruction of its configuration. RAID can also be defined manually with the help of a specialized RAID builder.

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Support of various storage technologies
Support of various storage technologies Support of various storage technologies

The software is able to work with many storage technologies that can be found in modern computing devices, including Windows Dynamic Disks and Storage Spaces, Apple Software RAID and APFS-based Fusion Drive, Linux mdadm and LVM, virtual disks employed by major virtualization systems, like VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, QEMU, XEN and others, as well as diverse formats of disk images.

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Broad possibilities for disk reading and imaging
Broad possibilities for disk reading and imaging Broad possibilities for disk reading and imaging

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery provides several options for data access and allows choosing a timeout for cases when reading fails due to an I/O device error. With an embedded advanced tool for disk imaging, it is possible to adjust the imaged area and specify various parameters, like read timeout, block size, direction, protocol and settings for the omission of defective blocks. The bad blocks detected in the process get mapped in a dedicated file which can be used for other data recovery processes. Also, the instruments like an event log and S.M.A.R.T. monitor make it much easier to control the procedure.

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Adaptive RAID reconstruction
Adaptive RAID reconstruction Adaptive RAID reconstruction

The utility enables the adaptive reconstruction of redundant disk arrays (RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, etc.) with the help of bad sector maps created for the constituents during of their imaging or through recognition of a predefined pattern and external maps generated by compatible third-party tools. The software identifies defective blocks on disks relying on the corresponding maps and can restore them using redundancy (parity information or a copy of data).

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Customizable scanning procedure
Customizable scanning procedure Customizable scanning procedure

The software presents several variants of scanning, including a quick scan for defined file system types, a longer profound search for lost data by known content with an option to load custom IntelliRAW rules, scanning of the space occupied by the file system or just the “free space” areas. The scanning process can be paused with the possibility to check the intermediate results and can be saved for further references.

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Defining bad sectors
Defining bad sectors Defining bad sectors

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery creates maps of defective blocks during disk imaging and supports ones produced by other compatible tools. The application can define virtual damaged blocks on the storage using such a map or identify them dynamically by looking for a specified content pattern. The faulty areas can also be masked with a given text or hexadecimal template.

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Useful supplementary options
Useful supplementary options Useful supplementary options

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery is augmented with multiple auxiliary possibilities aimed at its convenience. Among them, you will find an advanced search function, an embedded viewer for files of popular formats, including images, PDF documents and text files, sorting and filtering options for items with different criteria.

What's New in Version 10.5

  • Added ZFS pool builder GUI:
    - Added GUI to view/edit ZFS pool configuration, including Vdevs, RAID-Z level and members etc.;
    - Possibility to assign components manually (after metadata damage) and force placeholders on place of missing components;
    - Added 'New ZFS pool' function under 'RAID' menu to build a pool manually;
    - 'View/Edit RAID' function for ZFS pool RAIDs is replaced with this tool to view/re-configure automatically assembled pools;
  • Added support of Drobo short-form metadata of latest models;
  • In Drobo assistant tool: added possibility to specify data block metadata size (to support older models/firmware);
  • 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.

Frequently asked questions

  • You can download the free Trial version of UFS Explorer RAID Recovery from this webpage and use it to make sure that the product corresponds to your requirements. The trial software will present all the recovered data and allow copying files with a size of less than 768 KB. Copying bigger files requires activation of the software license.
  • Recovery Explorer RAID may serve as a perfect alternative to UFS Explorer RAID Recovery for both beginners and advanced home users. Please refer to the comparison page to find out the difference in the functional capabilities of these product editions and decide which of them is a better match to your needs.
  • If you are interested in the difference between several UFS Explorer products, please, familiarize yourself with the following comparison table.
  • A license should be selected in accordance with the intended use of the software. The Personal License can be used by a single individual only for personal or educational purposes on home PCs or one computer at work. The Corporate License can be used on up to ten computers owned by a legal entity, company or organization for corporate non-profit or educational purposes. The Commercial License can be used on one computer owned by a legal entity, company or organization for commercial purposes and providing services. The Government and Academic Licenses may also be provided for use by eligible government organizations and educational institutions. For more detailed information please refer to the software licensing page.
  • The license for the software will be provided after a one-time payment of the corresponding license fee. To place an order use the "Buy License" button on this webpage or the "Order license" button from the "Software Activation and License" dialog in the software interface. Choose the needed license type and the operating system you are going to use for the installation of the software. Please note that a single license is applicable for a specific version of the product for one operating system (e.g. Windows OS, both 32-bit and 64-bit) and running the software in other environments requires activating different software licenses. Press "To Checkout" and fill out the billing form. The information needed for the purchase includes first name, last name, address, city, country and email address. All the data and the transaction will be securely processed by our sales partner 2Checkout according to the market security standards.
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  • A Registration Code will be sent to the email address specified in your purchase order. To activate the license, download a free Trial version of the software and enter your name with the Registration Code from the email in the "Software Activation and License" dialog.


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Supported file systems for recovery
  • NTFS, FAT/FAT32, exFAT, ReFS/ReFS3;

  • HFS+, APFS;

  • Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, XFS, Extended format XFS, JFS, ReiserFS, UFS, UFS2, Adaptec UFS, big-endian UFS, Sun ZFS, Btrfs;

  • simple/stripe ZFS volumes.

  • NTFS:
    full support: data access, search for lost partitions, RAID recovery, recovery of deleted files, recovery after formatting and file system damage.

  • FAT/FAT32/exFAT:
    full support: data access, search for lost partitions, recovery of deleted files, recovery after formatting and file system damage.

  • ReFS/ReFS3:
    full support: data access, search for lost partitions, RAID recovery, recovery of deleted files, recovery after formatting and file system damage.

  • XFS:
    full support: data access, search for lost partitions, RAID recovery, recovery of deleted files, recovery after formatting and file system damage; support of NAS devices and custom servers.

  • Apple HFS+:
    full support: data access, search for lost partitions, RAID recovery, recovery of deleted files, recovery after file system damage.

  • APFS:
    full support: data access, search for lost partitions, RAID recovery, recovery of deleted files, recovery after file system damage.

  • Linux JFS:
    full support: data access, search for lost partitions, RAID recovery, deleted files recovery, recovery after format and file system damage.

  • Ext2-Ext4:
    full support: data access, search for lost partitions, RAID recovery, recovery of deleted files, recovery after file system damage; support of NAS devices and custom servers.

  • ReiserFS:
    full support: data access, search for lost partitions, RAID recovery, recovery of deleted files, recovery after formatting and file system damage.

  • Btrfs:
    full support: data access, search for lost partitions, RAID recovery, deleted files recovery, recovery after format and file system damage.

  • UFS/UFS2:
    data access, search for lost partitions, RAID recovery for both little-endian and big-endian variations; recovery after file system damage; very limited recovery of deleted files.

  • ZFS:
    data access, search for lost partitions, data recovery from simple and stripe volumes, deleted files recovery.

RAID support
  • Composite volumes: mdadm, LVM, LDM, Apple Software RAID, Intel Matrix;

  • Most standard RAID patterns: RAID 0, RAID 1E, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 6, etc.;

  • Nested (Hybrid) RAID levels: RAID 10, RAID 50, RAID 60, RAID 50E, etc.;

  • Non-standard RAID: Drobo BeyondRAID, Synology Hybrid RAID, Btrfs-RAID;

  • Custom RAID patterns: via RAID Definition Language or Runtime VIM;

  • Adaptive RAID reconstruction: RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 5E, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 0+1 and nested RAID (levels 50, 51, 60, 61, etc.) using maps of bad sectors.

OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
  • Virtual disks and disk images: VMware (VMDK), Hyper-V (VHD/VHDX), QEMU/XEN (QCOW/QCOW2), VirtualBox (VDI), EnCase (E01 and Ex01 non-encrypted), Apple Disk Images (DMG), disk images of DeepSpar DDI, R-Studio image files (RDR), simple disk images;

  • Other storage technologies: Microsoft Storage Spaces, Fusion Drive (based on APFS).

ADDITIONAL TOOLS AND FEATURES
  • Tools for low-level data analysis: hexadecimal viewer (for storages, partitions and files);

  • Features for work with damaged disks: configurable drive reading procedure, advanced embedded disk imager, defining damaged regions using bad sector maps (created by UFS Explorer or compatible third-party tools –ACE PC-3000, DeepSpar DDI, etc.), S.M.A.R.T. monitor for drives, event log;

  • Auxiliary options: files preview, search, sorting, filtering and others.

Trial limitations
  • The software will copy files the size of which doesn’t exceed 768 KB.

Supported host operating systems
  • Microsoft Windows ®: starting from Windows® XP with Service Pack 3 and later;

  • macOS: all versions starting from 10.15;

  • Linux: Debian Linux 6.0 (or compatible) and above.

Supported host computer architectures
  • Intel Architecture, 32-bit (IA-32, x86);

  • AMD64 (x86-64).

Minimal configuration
  • Any of the supported host operating systems;

  • at least 20 MB of free space on the disk for the executable files of the software;

  • at least 1 GB of RAM;

  • the Linux software version can run from most modern Linux Live CDs.

Recommended configuration
  • A 64-bit edition of any of the supported host operating systems;

  • over 1 GB of free space on the disk for the program and temporary files;

  • at least 2 GB of RAM and 4 logical cores CPU;

  • any web browser.

version 10.5
18.03.2024

What's new in version 10.5:

  • Added ZFS pool builder GUI:
    - Added GUI to view/edit ZFS pool configuration, including Vdevs, RAID-Z level and members etc.;
    - Possibility to assign components manually (after metadata damage) and force placeholders on place of missing components;
    - Added 'New ZFS pool' function under 'RAID' menu to build a pool manually;
    - 'View/Edit RAID' function for ZFS pool RAIDs is replaced with this tool to view/re-configure automatically assembled pools;
  • Added support of Drobo short-form metadata of latest models;
  • In Drobo assistant tool: added possibility to specify data block metadata size (to support older models/firmware);
  • 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:

  • 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:

  • Added support of RAID0+1 configurations of HP SmartArray controllers (version 1 metadata);
  • Added support of RAID0 configurations on RAID components of different sizes (dynamic adjustment of rotation);
  • 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:

  • Added support of multi-volume configurations of very old Drobo DAS devices;
  • 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:

  • Drobo BeyondRAID: speed-up of general read/scan operations (especially for non-allocated storage space);
  • Added support of hardware RAID on JMicron chips (including QNAP TR extension boxes);
  • 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:

  • Drobo RAID: fixed bug with adaptive RAID reconstruction;
  • RAID builder GUI: Added stripe of size 512 bytes to the stripe size selection list;
  • 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:

  • Microsoft Storage Spaces:
    - Added support of 'type 6' virtual disk descriptor records;
    - Fixed issue with support of 'type chunk' records (format version 3 and above);
  • Fixed issue with resumption of 'scan status' (ssdb) of RAID-Z scan;
  • 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:

  • Assembled Storage Space volumes now provide sector map information (allocation and defects, if available);
  • Reworked RAID1E module: added support of multiple missing drives and optimized data access procedure;
  • Rework to Microsoft Storage Spaces module:
    - Reworked procedure of automatic assembly of volumes to use only the latest version of metadata;
    - Automatic assembly of volumes is now made optional (it can be disabled in the settings);
  • 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;
  • Microsoft Storage Pools (Storage Spaces):
    - Added support of 'Parity of mirrors' internal configurations;
    - Added support of 'Three-way mirror' configurations (when the number of components is a multiple of three);
    - Basic support of so-called 'dual parity' on Windows Server 2012R2 (also with adaptive reconstruction with single missing);
    - Fixed bug with 'Two-way mirror' (in span, not rotation mode), created on Windows Server 2016 and later;
  • 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;
  • Fixed bug in adaptive RAID5/RAID6 reconstruction;
  • 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:

  • Microsoft Storage Spaces:
    - Added support of double-parity volumes (so far, with only one missing disk);
    - Support of metadata version 3;
  • Fixed issue with support of Adaptec 1430SA DDF2 metadata;
  • 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:

  • DDF RAID50/RAID60: fixed pattern for LSI/Intel, added support for Adaptec (5805);
  • Support of DDF1.2 metadata for Marvell 88SE92xx;
  • Support of Silicon Image SATA-RAID vendor-specific metadata;
  • 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 support of DDF and ARECA RAID metadata formats;
  • Support of RAID6 on 3 drives as this configuration is allowed on some controllers;
  • Added separate Adaptec RAID5EE configuration to RAID builder;
  • 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:

  • Support of automatic reconstruction of mdadm RAID10/near layout;
  • 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:

  • Updated RAID builder dialog:
    - Added support of selecting multiple components for 'bulk operations';
    - Support of 'Move', 'Remove', 'Edit size' and 'Revert size' via 'bulk operations';
  • 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:

  • Btrfs: fixed issue with assembly of multi-device volumes for direct access;
  • 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:
    - Now works on any supported ZPool configuration;
    - Added support of RAID-Z scan (including multi-VDev RAID-Z);
    - Added scan support of Oracle RAID-Z mirror-style metadata;
    - Better recovery of file system structure, including names/structure of lost datasets;
  • In RAID builder: now adding new component before selected one (if any);
  • 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:

  • Added 'Drobo BeyondRAID Assistant' tool (Wizard mode):
    - Selection of any disks for analysis (including spare, replaced etc.);
    - Quick asynchronous scan for lost metadata;
    - Caching of scan results to speed-up work with multiple configurations and/or volumes;
    - Support of 1..5-disk RAID sub-configurations built on any number of disks in set;
    - Automatic, semi-automatic and manual drive numbers assignment.
  • 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:

  • Drobo BeyondRAID:
    - Reworked BeyondRAID internal reading procedure;
    - Fixed bugs that caused errors in degraded RAID virtual reconstruction;
    - Added recovery with two missing drives of dual redundacy configurations for 4-8 drives;
    - Simplified RAID builder dialog for BeyondRAID configuration;
  • 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:

  • Added Adaptec RAID6 to 'Visual mode' of RAID Builder;
  • Added 'Grid pattern' view mode to RAID Builder:
    - Conversion of standard patterns to grid (including delay, shift etc.);
    - Visualization of custom patterns created with RDL;
    - Active pattern cell corresponds to hexadecima viewer position;
    - Stripes naviagtion using pattern grid;
    - Support of both vertical and horizontal pattern view modes;
  • Added 'Entropy report' (histogram) to 'Reports view' of RAID Builder:
    - Shows entropy histogram of all readable storage components;
    - Configurable x-scale, y-scale and y-adjustment of the histogram;
    - Supports sigma-smothing of histogram values;
    - Custom histogram colors;
    - Support of dynamic report reconfiguration when drives order is changed;
    - Pick address location from report picture to navigation in hexadecimal viewer;
  • 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:

  • RAID builder dialog:
    - Changed icons to indicate component type and read method (System/ATA/SCSI);
    - Ability to load partial RAID config via this UI (when components are missing);
    - Displaying drive serial number or image file path as ID for missing components;
  • RAID configuration files:
    - Save/restore drive read method (System/ATA/SCSI);
    - Drive Serial Number is now saved to config file;
    - Restore RAID config with verification and priority of drive Serial Number;
    - When disk image is not found, searching it at the same location on other drives;
    - URCF extension is now mandatory for RAID configuration files;
  • Added error reporting for bad RAID configs when opened via general 'Open' dialog;
  • 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:

  • Added Compact Left Symmetric rotation for RAID5 (for LSI RAID50 etc.);
  • 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 building degraded RAID4/RAID5 VX;
  • Fixed issue with RAID6 adaptive reconstruction when one disk is missing;
  • 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 bug in double-degraded RAID-Z2/Z3 recovery;
    - Added support of RAID-Zx0 (stripe of RAID-Z/Z2/Z3);
    - Added support of SunOS-specific "long" allocations on RAID-Z;
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  • 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:

  • Added parallel data visualization in RAID builder:
    - Synchronized with hexadecimal data viewer;
    - Automatic reconstruction of missing data (when available);
    - RAID pattern visualization;
    - Automatic parity check (when available);
    - Highlighting of key structures (such as MFT).
  • Added support of defect blocks in format of ACE Data Recovery MHZ;
  • 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 support of DeepSpar image file format (DDI, including defect block maps);
  • Added function to open disk as virtual disk for full-disk clones of virtual disks;
  • 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:

  • Added masking of bad blocks (replacing bad blocks with custom pattern);
  • Updated RAID configurations save/restore procedure:
    - Added support of virtual (VFS) files in RAID configuration;
    - Custom RAID names are now preserved.
  • 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:

  • Customization of adaptive reconstruction of RAID1 (mirror);
  • 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 "dynamic" map of bad blocks (by pattern recognition);
  • Added bad blocks definition directly to RAID Builder;
  • Drive context menu to RAID builder;
  • Fixed bug with adaptive RAID reconstruction;
  • 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 support of Apple Fusion Drive created with Apple APFS;
  • 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 and “stripe” ZFS volumes;

  • Added support of bad sector maps created by ACE Lab software;

  • Defining damaged regions using bad sector maps created by ACE Lab software;

  • Adaptive reconstruction of redundant RAID using maps of bad sectors;

  • 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.