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Recovery Explorer: Standard Changelog

What's new in Recovery Explorer: Standard 10.6

Apr 25, 2024
  • Microsoft Storage Spaces:
  • Added basic support of multi-tier volumes with several rotation groups;
  • Fixed parsing issue of 'parent link' metadata entries (version 2);
  • Added a tool to open 'directory-bundled' images from a local file system:
  • Added support of macOS sparsebundle/backupbundle format;
  • Added support of Parallels HDD bundle virtual disks (with automatic support of snapshots);
  • In media manager: added recognition of local Parallels Desktop virtual machines and possibility to access their virtual disks (under macOS);
  • Disk images of Parallels Desktop software: added support of snapshots;
  • Fixed scan issue that caused incorrect file system sub-trees reconstruction on Linux/Unix file systems (EXT, XFS etc.).

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 10.5 (Mar 26, 2024)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 10.4 (Feb 17, 2024)

  • 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).

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 10.3 (Jan 12, 2024)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 10.1 (Nov 3, 2023)

  • 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')

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 10.0 (Oct 11, 2023)

  • Archive viewer:
  • Added support of MSZIP decompression schema;
  • Added partial support of CAB file format;
  • Fixed bug with support of LUKS2 decryption;
  • Added support of decryption of Synology full volume encryption;
  • Reworked design of all static HTML reports;
  • 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 configuratios on some controllers;
  • Fixed several quality-related issues in raw recovery.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.18 (Jul 28, 2023)

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

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.17 (Jun 20, 2023)

  • 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)
  • 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

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.16 (May 16, 2023)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.15 (May 8, 2023)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.14 (Mar 7, 2023)

  • All file reports have been reworked to support splitting into files of roughly a fixed, configured size;
  • Dynamic HTML report:
  • Added 'recalculate folders capacity' sub-report type (for reports, saved from file system with no scan);
  • Fixed numeric overflow bug in object IDs;
  • Fixed issue with column sort function in search result;
  • Added experimental support of Drobo Cache - for attempts to recover damaged blocks from cache;
  • VMware Workstation - encrypted VMDK files:
  • Added decryption of split-VMDK files (they have to be opened from encrypted VMDK metadata file);
  • Added support of encrypted delta-files (including split) - setting up as a delta, indication of the parent file hint;
  • Added support of custom LaCie/WD AnyRAID LUKS encryption:
  • Added password transform function (when possible to apply);
  • Initialization vector 'cbc-plain:sha1' is considered as 'cbc-plain' (32bit);
  • Microsoft Data Deduplication:
  • NTFS access: added support of non-deduplicated modification of deduplicated files via copy-on-write bitmaps;
  • ReFS access: modified procedure for handling deduplicated files and added support of non-deduplicated modifications on them;
  • File open procedure: is now much optimized for speed (by reducing the number of verifications);
  • In scan: optimization for completion speed, fixed bug with 'hotspots' interference ('pending modifications' not yet supported);
  • LUKS2 decryption: fixed issue with decryption of volumes with 4K sector size;
  • HFS+ scan: better reconstruction of lost folder names from journal;
  • ExFAT scan: removed duplicate 'green'/'yellow' file systems in result.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.12 (Dec 8, 2022)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.11 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • 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;
  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.10 (Sep 21, 2022)

  • 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;
  • For BitLocker-encrypted volumes, partition properties panel now displays properties of encryption.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.9 (Jul 11, 2022)

  • Linux software version:
  • Addes support of indication of OwnerID/GroupID for Btrfs, EXT2-4, UFS1-2, XFS;
  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.8 (Jun 10, 2022)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.7 (May 12, 2022)

  • Added basic support of LVM thin-provisioned volumes (Linux only) via 'Find LVM' tool;
  • Fixed some reported bugs/issues.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.6 (Apr 11, 2022)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.4 (Jan 17, 2022)

  • Added experimental support of QNAP SSD write-cache;
  • Added indication of encrypted APFS volumes and volume decryption states;
  • Added automatic assembly of APFS Fusion drives;
  • Added support of BitLocker decryption using external keys from BEK-files (with no TPM);
  • Implemented ZSTD compression and enabled its support for ZFS and Btrfs file systems;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • ExFAT scan: fixed issue with recognition of previous cluster size after format;
  • F2FS file system: added support of 'extra attributes' flag.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.3 (Dec 14, 2021)

  • 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 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.2 (Nov 17, 2021)

  • '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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.1 (Oct 18, 2021)

  • Added support of Microsoft Data Deduplication:
  • Software now automatically asks to open and enable MSDDD when file system is opened;
  • Fixed support of big (over 1GB) files deduplicated with Windows Server 2012/2012-R2;
  • Fixed issue with opening files from relocated segments;
  • Support of macOS ".sparsebundle" disk image format (open as disk-on-disk storage);
  • Decryption of encrypted Apple DMG disk images (version 2/'encrcdsa' format);
  • Fixed bug with data caching in hexadecimal editor;
  • FS with address translation (Btrfs) is now supported for 'status indication' in Explorer;
  • Recovery of lost address translation leafs in Btrfs scan (for correct deleted data recovery);
  • File and Folder hardlinks deduplication is now made optional.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 9.0 (Sep 20, 2021)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.17 (Jun 14, 2021)

  • In 'advanced' copying, added filter to copy normal, deleted or both states;
  • Storage properties tab now includes hashes for E01/Ex01 format;
  • Fixed few issues with processing of Windows Dynamic Disks (NT LDM);
  • ReFS support is extended with new version found on Windows Server 2022 preview;
  • Fixed several bugs (including crash bugs).

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.15 (Apr 22, 2021)

  • 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.15 (Apr 22, 2021)

  • 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.14 (Mar 22, 2021)

  • Enabled support of Windows Server ReFS (both old and current versions);
  • Support of automatic reconstruction of mdadm RAID10/near layout;
  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 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;

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.12 (Feb 4, 2021)

  • 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;

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.11 (Jan 15, 2021)

  • 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;

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.10 (Dec 22, 2020)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.9 (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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.8 (Nov 11, 2020)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 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;
  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.6 (Sep 25, 2020)

  • 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.5 (Sep 2, 2020)

  • 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.4 (Aug 10, 2020)

  • What's new in version 8.4:
  • Added 'Skip file' button to copying dialog (to skip individual files);
  • Raw recovery:
  • - Added file name generation for .contact, .vcf, .fb2 files;
  • - Recovery of name (Original/Internal) and build date from Windows executables;
  • - Adjustment of file size for EXE/DLL/SYS files to match size of sections and signature;
  • Speed-up of properties (preview) extraction for Windows executable files;
  • In disk list: change drive icon to ATA/SCSI when drive works with custom method;
  • Added ability to change read method via storage properties.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.3 (Jul 20, 2020)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.2 (Jun 30, 2020)

  • Open disk image file from MRT DE File Image chunks;
  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.1 (Jun 17, 2020)

  • Raw recovery is now enabled by default;
  • 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 to find whole file size;
  • Toggle selection of partitions in partition manager (to help in removing extra found partitions etc.);
  • Fixed bug reading disks with defect blocks under Linux using 'system procedure'.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 8.0 (Jun 5, 2020)

  • More options to scan file systems;
  • Changes to hexadecimal viewer UI;
  • Advaced error reporting, including disk defects warning popup.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.16 (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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.15 (Dec 27, 2019)

  • Hexadecimal search with any block size (big blocks scanned with jumps);
  • Fixed bug with FAT/FAT32 file system indexing.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.14.1 (Dec 3, 2019)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.14 (Nov 7, 2019)

  • 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;
  • Fixed several bugs in metadata parser procedure.
  • Dynamic HTML report:
  • Fixed problem with JavaScript integer precision for big object IDs;
  • Report with filter is now displayed with minimal required folder structure;
  • HTML styles corrections.
  • 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).

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.13 (Oct 16, 2019)

  • Added "Dynamic HTML Report":
  • interactive navigation on file system structure;
  • interactive file search function;
  • interactive report conversion to XML/CSV format;
  • files/folders selection from report;
  • reverse import of selection state to UFS Explorer/Recovery Explorer.
  • Extended basic XML/CSV reports with ID/parent ID to preserve FS structure;
  • Added search for LUKS partitions in partition manager;
  • Fixed bug reading BitLocker volumes on drives with 4K sector size;
  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.11 (Aug 19, 2019)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.10.1 (Jul 28, 2019)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.10 (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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.9 (Jul 3, 2019)

  • Added option to apply masks to folders for copying with filter; NTFS tail processing is now included into quick scan (to file system indexing).

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.8.3 (Jun 14, 2019)

  • Fix to VMFS/VMFS6: support of data holes in file of type 1;
  • Reworked scan procedure for ExFAT (for better handling of deleted records).

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.8.2 (May 20, 2019)

  • Added support of "CLOUD" reparse points on NTFS (files from OneDrive etc.); Read-only support of "streamOptimized" (compressed) format of VMware VMDK files.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.8.1 (May 8, 2019)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.8 (Apr 22, 2019)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.7 (Mar 29, 2019)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.6 (Mar 11, 2019)

  • Fixed bug with multiple detected NT LDM volumes.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.5 (Feb 18, 2019)

  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.3 (Jan 7, 2019)

  • Significantly enhanced scan of APFS file system.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.2 (Dec 21, 2018)

  • 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)

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.1 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • Added support of older metadata for legacy Core Storage Apple FusionDrive; Added support of Apple Fusion Drive created with Apple APFS;
  • Added more parititon indicators;
  • Updated embedded viewer component.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 7.0 (Nov 21, 2018)

  • What's new in version 7.0:
  • 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.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.18.4 (Oct 21, 2018)

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

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.18.2 (Sep 24, 2018)

  • Support for 'virtual offsets' for encrypted files on APFS;
  • Added 'save'/'restore' function for 'hidden' RAID configurations (urtf format); Added few more formats for raw recovery procedure;
  • Changed to full file path for storage file ID.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.18.1 (Sep 12, 2018)

  • Added support of 128bit keys in 256bit field for APFS key encryption;
  • Added more formats for raw recovery procedure;
  • Detection of valid size with raw recovery for TIFF formats: TIF, NEF, CR2, ARW etc.;
  • Detection of valid size with raw recovery for QTFF formats: MOV, MP4, CR3 etc.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.18 (Aug 31, 2018)

  • Updated data recovery procedure for ExFAT file system.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.17.2 (Aug 21, 2018)

  • Fixed bug in scan result 'filter' procedure.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.16.2 (May 17, 2018)

  • Enhanced recovery quality from ExFAT file system.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.16 (May 4, 2018)

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

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.15.2 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • Enhanced structure reconstruction on NTFS file system after scan;
  • Added setting to skip automatically objects that cannot be created during copying.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.15.1 (Mar 26, 2018)

  • Fixed bug in partition search tool;
  • Added new camera raw formats to embedded viewer.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.14.2 (Jan 22, 2018)

  • Raw recovery: byte-accurate detection of size for JPG and MTS, excluded bad JPG;
  • Viewer: now displaying damaged progressive JPG files;
  • Bug fix: fixed severe issue with multi-thread scan under Linux and Mac OS.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.14.1 (Dec 21, 2017)

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

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.14.0 (Dec 13, 2017)

  • Support of 'read' for EXT file system with group descriptor damage.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.13.2 (Oct 26, 2017)

  • Fixed issue with Apple software RAID support.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.13.1 (Oct 12, 2017)

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

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.13 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • Added support of Apple APFS file system (both 'read' and 'scan').

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.12.2 (Sep 22, 2017)

  • Fixed issue reading disks with 4K sectors under macOS X;
  • Applied modifcation to FAT32 scan procedure (related to car DVR);
  • Few minor bugs fixed (related to internal resources leak).

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.12.1 (Aug 28, 2017)

  • Added support of LZO/ZLIB compressions to Btrfs (including scan);
  • Fixed bug with resumption of scan result from Btrfs file system;
  • Extended support of camera raw photos by embedded viewer.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.11 (Jul 28, 2017)

  • Significantly enhanced quality of lost data recovery from Btrfs file system;
  • 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.10.1 (May 25, 2017)

  • Option to skip file system scan in Wizard mode to revise existing file system contents;
  • Fixed bug with incorrect file dates on native file systems under Linux and Mac OS;
  • Extended support of camera-raw formats by ebedded viewer.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.10 (Apr 20, 2017)

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

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.9.5 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • Added support of PDF, EXE and some other formats in embedded viewer;
  • Added "read" support for experimental Apple APFS file system.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.9.4 (Mar 2, 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 Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.9.3 (Jan 19, 2017)

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

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.9.2 (Dec 7, 2016)

  • Better damaged FAT/FAT32 recovery in certain scenarios.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.9.1 (Nov 28, 2016)

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

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.9 (Nov 14, 2016)

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

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.8.2 (Nov 4, 2016)

  • Update to image viewer (DICOM, JPG, Camera RAW);
  • Returned support of 32bit version of Windows XP SP3;
  • Update to NTFS and ZFS modules.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.8.1 (Nov 4, 2016)

  • Support of restoring network shared folders under privileged user account of Windows 10;
  • Enhanced 'raw recovery' procedure result quality;
  • New raw photo formats supported by embedded viewer.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.8 (Nov 4, 2016)

  • Major update to Wizard mode;
  • Fixed reported software errors;
  • Fixed issue with USB adaptors that convert 512 byte sectors to 4KB sectors.

New in Recovery Explorer: Standard 6.7.1 (Nov 4, 2016)

  • Software release with English, German and Ukrainian languages