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Raise Data Recovery Changelog

What's new in Raise Data Recovery 10.3

Jan 12, 2024
  • 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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 10.1 (Nov 3, 2023)

  • Reworked support of ReFS file system.

New in Raise Data Recovery 10.0 (Oct 5, 2023)

  • Significant changes in the software licensing scheme:
  • The licensing options have been simplified to a single Personal License that covers all supported file systems and other storage technologies;
  • Added two variants of the software updates period to choose from: Short-Term Support (30 days of free updates) and Long-Term Support (360 days of free updates);
  • Enhancements to the user interface:
  • Several optimizations in the program's GUI (Storages navigation area, Explorer, and other GUI elements);
  • Automatic adaptation to the system "dark mode" settings under Windows and macOS;
  • Reworked scan procedure:
  • Added support for a "quick" scan of the available file system metadata to save time and memory;
  • Added an option to select the preferred scanning mode;
  • Added displaying of the approximate number of found files (categorized by file type);
  • In the Explorer dialog for scan results:
  • Multiple scan result items have been consolidated to a single scan result that corresponds to the scanned source;
  • Added automatic sorting of the scan results to folders according to the file type (photos and pictures, documents, audio, video files and others).

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.18 (Jul 28, 2023)

  • 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);
  • Fixed issue displaying color progressive (one scan per component) JPEG images as greyscale.

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.17 (Jun 20, 2023)

  • 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

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.16 (May 16, 2023)

  • Some rework of Explorer interface;
  • EXT3/4 file systems:
  • Faster (optimized) processing of file system journal - by caching it to memory;
  • Faster 'open' for existing big EXT3-4 volumes;
  • 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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.15 (May 8, 2023)

  • 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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.14 (May 8, 2023)

  • HFS+ scan: better reconstruction of lost folder names from journal;
  • ExFAT scan: removed duplicate 'green'/'yellow' file systems in result.

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.13 (Jan 30, 2023)

  • XFS file system scan: fixed couple of issues with save/resume scan and deleted file names recovery;

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.12 (Dec 8, 2022)

  • 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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.10 (Sep 21, 2022)

  • Update to FAT32 scan: better file system recovery when superblocks are lost AND FAT tables are damaged.

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.8 (Jun 10, 2022)

  • NTFS file system: fixed issue with support of very fragmented files when the FileName attribute is outside of the main MFT entry;
  • GUI related updates.

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.5 (Feb 15, 2022)

  • ExFAT scan: added processing of CheckDisk .CHK files (when possible), fixed few more issues;
  • Raw recovery scan: found and fixed 'scan stuck' issue.

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.4 (Jan 17, 2022)

  • ExFAT scan: fixed issue with recognition of previous cluster size after format;
  • F2FS file system: added support of 'extra attributes' flag.

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.3 (Dec 14, 2021)

  • 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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.2 (Nov 17, 2021)

  • 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;
  • Fixed several issues with Btrfs file system scan.
  • 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;

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.1 (Oct 18, 2021)

  • Added indication of folder capacity in scan result;
  • Added indication of file status in scan result;
  • Recovery of lost address translation leafs in Btrfs scan (for correct deleted data recovery).

New in Raise Data Recovery 9.0 (Sep 20, 2021)

  • Support of hard links on NTFS, APFS, HFS+, Ext, F2FS, Reiser, UFS and XFS;
  • Added automatic deduplication of duplicate hard links;
  • Added support of duplicate file/folder hard links in scan result;
  • 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: better structure recovery and finding of lost snapshots in full scan;
  • HFS+ scan: added support of hardlinks (including Time Machine);
  • Preserving 'Hidden' and 'System' flags on copied files (Windows version);
  • XFS scan: fixed few major bugs with structure recovery in full scan;
  • Older ReFS (Windows Server 2012): fixed few bugs in scan procedure;
  • ExFAT scan: support of 1MB clusters, fixed few issues.

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.17 (Sep 17, 2021)

  • ReFS: Support of symbolic links;
  • Added quick detection of lost partitions at 'standard' offsets;
  • Support of storages with physical sector size 1 and 2 KB.

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.16 (May 14, 2021)

  • 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 additional logging of user actions for file copying.

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.15 (Apr 22, 2021)

  • 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 '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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.13 (Mar 2, 2021)

  • 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;

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.12 (Feb 5, 2021)

  • 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 optimization for better translation to ARM64 (Apple M1) via Rosetta.

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.11 (Jan 18, 2021)

  • Support of restoring extended file attributes from Windows/Linux/Mac;
  • XFS file system: added support of multi-block directory clusters;

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.9.0 (Dec 3, 2020)

  • 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).

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.8 (Nov 11, 2020)

  • NTFS file system:
  • Added procedure of files recovery using $LogFile content;
  • Blocked copying of non-synchronized files from OneDrive;
  • Fixed bug with copying error when source to target is copied root to root.

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.7 (Oct 19, 2020)

  • 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 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;

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.6 (Sep 25, 2020)

  • Added tool for unwrapping eCryptFS passwords from wrapped password files;
  • Support of password unwrapping from Synology 'key file' backup and legacy keystore;
  • Added address translation from component to RAID location for RAID0/1/1E/3/5/6/Span;
  • Enabled support of address translation from disk-on-disk storage to parent;
  • Raw data comparison tool:
  • Added ability to change components order;
  • Added tool for address translation to component;
  • Indication of file chunk addresses on Btrfs file system and its scan result;
  • Indication of inode offsets on Btrfs file system;
  • Fixed rare crash bug that was happening at the end of storage scan;
  • 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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.5 (Sep 2, 2020)

  • 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;
  • 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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.4 (Aug 10, 2020)

  • 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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.3 (Jul 20, 2020)

  • 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

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.2 (Jul 20, 2020)

  • 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);
  • Fixed several bugs causing software crash;
  • Enabled displaying of system/hidden files.

New in Raise Data Recovery 8.0 (Jul 20, 2020)

  • New installation options for macOS and Linux;
  • Changes in the software licensing:
  • Removed limitations on saving the results of 'raw' recovery with the trial license;
  • The licensing options are reduced to three license types (Windows Support License, macOS Support License, Linux Support License);
  • Work with RAID (including Apple, mdadm, Windows dynamic disks, etc.) doesn't require a separate license;
  • Added software events log;
  • Expanded log on saving the scan results with more information about the saved files and saving errors;
  • Added error notification for bad blocks on disks;
  • Significant optimization of NTFS and HFS+ scan.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.23 (Feb 6, 2020)

  • Fixed bugs in FAT recovery 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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.22.2 (Dec 27, 2019)

  • Fixed bug with FAT file system quick scan.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.22.1 (Dec 3, 2019)

  • Optimization of HFS+ scan result set.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.22 (Oct 14, 2019)

  • Optimized file systems detection procedure by number of read requests;
  • Extended detection of certian file systems using backup copies of superblock.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.21.3 (Sep 16, 2019)

  • Added Spanish software interface language;
  • Fixed bug reading legacy HFS volumes;
  • Added extra search for folder name entries for EXT file system;
  • Update to PDF viewer: added support of buggy files with shifted xref table.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.21.2 (Aug 19, 2019)

  • Support of NTFS storages with cluster size over 64KB.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.21 (Jul 23, 2019)

  • 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.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.20.4 (Jul 3, 2019)

  • Added NTFS tail scan to file system indexing stage.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.20.3 (Jun 14, 2019)

  • Reworked scan procedure for ExFAT (for better handling of deleted records).

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.20.2 (May 20, 2019)

  • Added support of "CLOUD" reparse points on NTFS (files from OneDrive etc.).

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.20.1 (May 8, 2019)

  • Fixed problem with ExFAT root folder validation during full-disk scan.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.20 (Mar 29, 2019)

  • Reworked LVM module (adopted to LVM 2.2 with DM RAID);
  • Update to embedded viewer.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.19 (Jan 7, 2019)

  • Significant update to APFS file system scan procedure;
  • Update to embedded viewer.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.18.5 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Better handling of APFS after unclean shutdown.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.18.4 (Oct 21, 2018)

  • Fixed problem processing EXT directories with block size over 32KB.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.18.2 (Sep 24, 2018)

  • Added few more formats for raw recovery procedure.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.18.1 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Added more formats for raw recovery procedure;
  • Detection of valid size for TIFF/QTFF formats (TIF, NEF, CR2, MOV, MP4 etc.).

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.18 (Aug 31, 2018)

  • Updated data recovery procedure for ExFAT file system

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.17.2 (Aug 21, 2018)

  • Few bugs fixed in scan result handling procedure

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.17.1 (Jul 19, 2018)

  • Fixed problem reading expanded EXT-formatted volumes (classic+meta GD);
  • Fixed reading of large EXT folders after massive file deletion (when whole blocks are released).

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.16.2 (May 17, 2018)

  • Enhanced recovery quality from ExFAT file system.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.16.1 (May 17, 2018)

  • Enhanced recovery quality from Btrfs after format;
  • Fixed issue with reconstruction of damaged root folder on FAT32.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.16 (May 4, 2018)

  • One more enhancement to NTFS file system reconstruction after scan;
  • Significantly enhanced reconstruction of Apple APFS file system.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.15.2 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • Enhanced structure reconstruction on NTFS file system after scan.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.15.1 (Mar 26, 2018)

  • Added support of several new camera RAW formats (including new Canon CR3).

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.15 (Mar 7, 2018)

  • Fixed data recovery on FAT with zero file creation dates;
  • Added thumbnail preview for certain video file formats.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.14.2 (Jan 22, 2018)

  • Byte-accurate recognition of file size for JPG and MTS formats with raw recovery;
  • Excluded bad JPG files from result;
  • Displaying of partially damaged progressive JPG files.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.14.1 (Dec 21, 2017)

  • Fixed software bug that may happen when handling EXT file system with specific superblock damage.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.14.0 (Dec 13, 2017)

  • Support of openning EXT file system with group descriptor damage.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.13.2 (Oct 26, 2017)

  • Fixed support of Apple software RAID.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.13.1 (Oct 26, 2017)

  • Fixed few issues with Apple APFS file system scan quality.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.13 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • Mac File System Support is extended with Apple APFS file system.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.12.2 (Sep 26, 2017)

  • Applied modifcation to FAT32 scan procedure (related to car DVR);
  • Few minor bugs fixed (related to internal resources leak).

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.11 (Jul 28, 2017)

  • Enhanced raw recovery procedure for certain picture formats based on TIFF (including camera raw photos);
  • Fixed some problems and extended support of camera raw photos by embedded viewer.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.10.1 (May 25, 2017)

  • Option to skip file system scan to revise existing file system contents;
  • Extended support of camera-raw formats by ebedded viewer.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.10 (Apr 20, 2017)

  • Support of HFS+ hardlinks in file system access mode.
  • Fixed problem with expanded EXT4 (meta_bg).

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.9.5 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Added support for PDF, EXE and some other formats in embedded viewer..

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.9.4 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Fixed bug with memory overflow in certain scenarios when scanning Ext4 file system;
  • Extended support of camera-raw formats by ebedded viewer.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.9.3 (Jan 19, 2017)

  • Extended support of camera-raw formats by ebedded viewer.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.9.2 (Dec 7, 2016)

  • Better damaged FAT/FAT32 recovery in certain scenarios.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.9.1 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Better deleted data reconstruction on XFS file system in certain scenarios.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.9 (Nov 14, 2016)

  • Massive update to file type-based data recovery (raw recovery).

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.8.2 (Nov 4, 2016)

  • Extended supported formats by embedded image viewer (DICOM, Camera RAW);
  • Scan result now deafults to "All files"
  • Other minor updates.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.8.1 (Nov 4, 2016)

  • Support of automatic connection to network shared folders under Windows 10;
  • Better data recovery results under 'found by type' files;
  • More photo formats supported by file viewer.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.8 (Nov 4, 2016)

  • Separation of deleted and normal data in scan results;
  • Rework of different elements of user interface;
  • More informative and clear user interface with brighter and bigger fonts.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.6 (Jul 4, 2016)

  • Data recovery quality optimization.

New in Raise Data Recovery 6.4.2 (Apr 28, 2016)

  • Data recovery quality optimization.