What's new in Data Rescue for Windows 6.0.7
Jun 6, 2022
- Support CR3 files (Canon RAW v3); add Preview embedded decoder
- Extend CR2 support to detect/recover Canon PowerShot RAW files
- Clone: add file destination checks (invalid/read-only/nospace)
- Secure Erase: APFS support; show device path; fix Dark Mode UI
- APFS: fix crash after DB failure; reduce Scan size on DB reuse
- ExFAT: fix “The thread used up its stack” scan crash (Windows)
- NTFS: fix crash on corrupt file system with infinite recursion
- Fix crash in Recovery Progress UI on malformed file/disk names
- Fix “No Machine ID” (missing WMI BaseBoard info) on Windows 11
New in Data Rescue for Windows 6.0.6 (Jun 6, 2022)
- BootWell: new “Clone current system drive (fastest)” option
- (Full APFS clone bootable signed sealed volumes and groups)
- BootWell: support macOS Monterey Installer (Format/Webpage)
- Include installer/runtime libraries required for Windows 11
- Update internal and third-party libraries (macOS, Windows)
- Show all cross-references to files in “Reconstructed Files”
- Fix crash with Sparkle “Library missing / image not found”
New in Data Rescue for Windows 6.0.5 (Jun 6, 2022)
- PFS: support sealed volumes and snapshots (macOS Big Sur)
- APFS: support macOS Big Sur new embedded compression type
- APFS: don’t show “Update” System VolID in Container label
- Support Protective MBR with GPT entries in Windows format
- Support Select/Delete multiple Scans in Professional Mode
- Support “Set Drive Parameters” for disks/images/raw files
- Extend FLA/PPT/XLS patterns; add MPP/PUB/RPT/SUO/VSMACROS
- Fast CLSID binary patterns for DOC/XLS/PPT/VSD/FLA/PUB/MPP
- Unify scan results in macOS and Windows (strict CBR order)
- Fix inconsistent random seek/read results for PDSK images
- Fix crash at “Export” or “Assign Drive” in Scan popup menu
New in Data Rescue for Windows 6.0.4 (Mar 10, 2021)
- Create Recovery Drive “Standard macOS” / “Minimal” modes
- Support Create Recovery Drive on Apple M1 (APFS volumes)
- Improve DOC/XLS/PPT/FLA parser; support VSD (Visio) type
- Normalize UTF-8 file names (fix “Illegal byte sequence”)
- Improve Extended Partition parser (fix crash / overflow)
- Support Cmd-a/Cmd-c/Cmd-v/Cmd-x in macOS embedded WebView
- Add “Minimum File Size” checks for all MPEG file subtypes
- Unify “No files marked for recovery” Standard / Pro check
- Set Recovery Drive icon without installed Developer Tools
- Support “Discarded” block types in VDI (VirtualBox) files
- Fix invalid status text on pages after Reload Drive List
- Fix “Manage Custom File Modules” / “Pattern Syntax” popup
- Fix crash on Search after Change Temporary Storage folder
- Fix crash on race condition in DREngine / UI log threads
- Fix crash on Update Media List after using Clone Wizard
- Fix crash on malformed date/time strings in TIFF parser
New in Data Rescue for Windows 5.0.5 (May 4, 2018)
- Preview opens file using the programs installed on computer
- (support all file types on Mac/Windows/Linux, simultaneous preview)
- Recovery Drive based on full macOS system
- (fix multiple crashes, functionality and user interface issues)
- Fix Secure Erase freeze and “Resource is busy” error
- Fix crash at scanning drive with invalid block size
- Fix buffer overflow during scanning DMG files
- Fix crash at workspace change during writing logs
New in Data Rescue for Windows 5.0.4 (May 4, 2018)
- Normalize filenames during recovery (avoid General Error)
- Improve Create Recovery Drive support for older systems
- Add scan pattern to look for PDF files
- Don’t terminate program at exceptions during the scan
- Clone warnings (“This operation will overwrite data”)
- License warnings (“Professional license will be required”)
- Fix crash after data cache request beyond media limits
- Fix Preview window crash at some of raw image files
- Fix Drive Parameters window crash with invalid block size
- Fix Form NTFS Boot Sector crash with invalid cluster size
New in Data Rescue for Windows 5.0.3 (May 4, 2018)
- Improve error dialog when failing to change temporary storage location
- Improve Create Recovery Drive support for macOS High Sierra
- Fix “Invalid info about selected files/directories after program restart”
- Fix “NTFS incorrectly displays some files/directories as hidden”
- Fix “Scan does not complete”
- Fix Slow Read detection
- Fix several crashes, leaks and UI issues
New in Data Rescue for Windows 5.0.2 (May 4, 2018)
- Improve Create Recovery Drive error handling
- Improve NTFS detection
- Fix directory structure of multiple FAT partitions
- Fix ABL window crash with large number of results
- Fix PCIe devices on macOS in Professional mode showing as unknown
New in Data Rescue for Windows 5.0.1 (May 4, 2018)
- Improve validation of recovery destination
- Fix several crashes
- Fix inconsistent formatting of RAID stripe sizes
- Fix NVMe devices on Windows in Professional mode showing as unknown
New in Data Rescue for Windows 5.0 (May 4, 2018)
- New consistent cross-platform user experience for macOS and Windows
- New file types:
- Images:
- DPX
- WFM
- Pixelmator
- GIMP
- Videos:
- WebP
- Archives:
- XAR
- CHM
- File systems supported on all platforms:
- HFS/HFS+
- NTFS
- FAT32/16/12
- MFS
- Search
- Multliple conditions can be combined for advanced searches
- File extensions can be searched directly
- Preview
- Quick Look is used on macOS
- Basic file types are previewable in Windows
- Email notifications for when a scan or recover completes
- Support for recovering hard link files and directories (Time Machine)
- Reconstructed Files are cross referenced with Found Files and those with matching starting offsets are removed
- “Professional” UI mode:
- View by Extension in Expert Mode organizes files by extension
- Advanced hex viewer with custom binary templates
- RAID auto-detect configuration
- Advanced Recover options
- File modules can be added manually by using a known pattern
- Secure Erase tool which works on multiple drives simultaneously
- Number Sectors tool which helps identify drive order in RAID-like devices
- Add basic support for scanning VDI, VMDK, and VHD disk images
- Support for MBR disks with more than four partitions
- Support for native 4K sector drives
- Native 64-bit on Windows
New in Data Rescue for Windows 2.1 (Apr 22, 2009)
- File Preview - preview files before recovering - images, docs, xls, zip, ppt, pdf, and more
- Raw Scan Recovery - able to find more files even after deletion
- Cloning - clone a drive that is failing, and use Data Rescue PC to scan the cloned drive (which will be safely saved to a new drive)
- Network Support - recover to a network drive
- Updated Hardware Library - able to detect more hardware for better compatibility