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UFS Explorer RAID Recovery Changelog

What's new in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.6

Apr 25, 2024
  • Added support of OpenBSD softraid (RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, Span);
  • In disk imager: added a tool to re-image defect blocks (it resets the 'defect' status to the 'unread' status and allows to re-image the 'unread' zones);
  • Microsoft Storage Spaces:
  • - Added basic support of multi-tier volumes with several rotation groups;
  • - Fixed parsing issue of 'parent link' metadata entries (version 2);
  • Added a tool to open 'directory-bundled' images from a local file system:
  • - Added support of macOS sparsebundle/backupbundle format;
  • - Added support of Parallels HDD bundle virtual disks (with automatic support of snapshots);
  • In media manager: added recognition of local Parallels Desktop virtual machines and possibility to access their virtual disks (under macOS);
  • Disk images of Parallels Desktop software: added support of snapshots;
  • Fixed scan issue that caused incorrect file system sub-trees reconstruction on Linux/Unix file systems (EXT, XFS etc.).

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.5 (Mar 26, 2024)

  • 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

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.4 (Feb 17, 2024)

  • 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).

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 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 UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.2 (Dec 6, 2023)

  • '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'.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.1 (Nov 3, 2023)

  • 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');

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.0 (Oct 11, 2023)

  • 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 UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.18 (Jul 28, 2023)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 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);
  • 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;
  • 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 UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.16 (May 16, 2023)

  • iSCSI target (server):
  • Fixed compatibility issue with open-iscsi client (iscsiadm);
  • Added proper reproduction of defect blocks via iSCSI (verified with default Windows initiator and Linux open-iscsi);
  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.15 (Apr 15, 2023)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 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;
  • 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;

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.13 (Jan 30, 2023)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.12 (Dec 8, 2022)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.11 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.10 (Sep 21, 2022)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.9 (Jul 11, 2022)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.8 (Jun 10, 2022)

  • 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).

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.7 (May 12, 2022)

  • Linux LVM recovery module:
  • Added 'address translation' of found text configurations to the base storage;
  • Found text configuration now can be displayed with embedded viewer;
  • 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).

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.6 (Apr 11, 2022)

  • USB Stabilizer/Guardonix configuration: added option for 'Auto-repower by UFS Explorer';
  • Restoration of file/folder attributes (hidden flag, permissions etc.) was made optional;
  • 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;

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.5 (Feb 15, 2022)

  • Optimized 'Refresh' procedure; scan of logical drives is now made optional (by default it is 'on');
  • 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.
  • 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;
  • 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;

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.4 (Jan 17, 2022)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 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;
  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID 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;
  • Enhanced procedure of damaged file system reconstruction and deleted data recovery;
  • Fixed issue with direct access to highly fragmented file system;

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.1 (Oct 18, 2021)

  • 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.)

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.0 (Sep 20, 2021)

  • Added tool for saving on-demand disk image files (imaging tasks):
  • Support of imaging to flat, flat-sparse and sparse (SDLSP) disk image files
  • Support of imaging (clonning) to another disk
  • Using of built-in defect map for SDLSP and external defect map for other targets
  • Save/restore of task configuration (.uitask) files
  • Support of 'imager' interface and background (asynchronous) imaging
  • Task control panel with map of defects and with activity indication
  • Map of defects can be cleared in given region (all states or only defects)
  • Detailed configuration of imaging parameters (two-pass imaging, timeouts etc.)
  • Quick switch of pre-configugured and customizable imaging tiers
  • Added support of flat-sparse image files (set of chunks with missed fragments);
  • Scan now has option to save status periodically (with predefined time period);
  • Data saving now can be scheduled as number of steps in priority order:
  • Added 'Create batch copying task'/'Add to copying task' tool to context menu;
  • Task can be aborted with possibility of resumption from aborted step;
  • Common task copying log with logging of task step events;
  • Task manager dialog to re-order, remove or configure steps (enable filters etc.);
  • Added 'Quick scan (index)' tool to context menu of valid ('green') file systems;
  • When empty or damaged FS is activated, there is a choice to browse or to scan it;
  • Activation of partition with no file system now activates 'scan' dialog;
  • Changed format of SDLSP files to version 3;
  • Added tool to re-assign file extensions basing on content (for CHK files etc.);
  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.17 (Jun 14, 2021)

  • 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).

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.15.0 (Apr 23, 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 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.14.0 (Mar 22, 2021)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.13.0 (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 UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.11.0 (Jan 15, 2021)

  • 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).

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.10.0 (Dec 22, 2020)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID 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 UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.8.0 (Nov 11, 2020)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.5.0 (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;
  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.4.0 (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;
  • In 'Open device': devices are re-sorted by drive number.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.3.0 (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 UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.2.0 (Jun 30, 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);
  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.1.0 (Jun 17, 2020)

  • 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'.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.0.1 (Jun 8, 2020)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 8.0 (Jun 5, 2020)

  • 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...

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 7.16.0 (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 UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 7.15.0 (Dec 27, 2019)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 7.7.0.5210 (Mar 29, 2019)

  • 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.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 5.23.3 (Apr 23, 2018)

  • In this version we updated Apple APFS module to support "release" version of APFS file system. The software will provide file system access to read files from consistent file system and to recover files from RAID storages with this file system.
  • "Scan" procedure to search for lost and deleted files will be available in Recovery Explorer version 6 products since version 6.13.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 5.24.4 (Mar 7, 2018)

  • In this version we updated Apple APFS module to support "release" version of APFS file system. The software will provide file system access to read files from consistent file system and to recover files from RAID storages with this file system.
  • "Scan" procedure to search for lost and deleted files will be available in Recoveyr Explorer version 6 products since version 6.13.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 5.23.3 (Oct 30, 2017)

  • In this version we updated Apple APFS module to support "release" version of APFS file system. The software will provide file system access to read files from consistent file system and to recover files from RAID storages with this file system.
  • "Scan" procedure to search for lost and deleted files will be available in Recoveyr Explorer version 6 products since version 6.13.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 5.23.1 (Aug 28, 2017)

  • This update adds support of file compression on Btrfs file system to UFS Explorer software. UFS Explorer Professional Recovery and Standard Access also receive read support for new VMFS6 file system (available since VMware ESX version 6).
  • Scan procedures for both Btrfs and VMFS6 are still only available in version 6 (Recovery Explorer) software.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 5.23 (Aug 28, 2017)

  • Fixed bug reading Ext3-Ext4 created with meta-GD;
  • Added several camera raw photo formats.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 5.22.1 (Aug 28, 2017)

  • UFS Explorer version 5.22.1 is released as ordinary update, addressing several issues and extending support camera-raw photo formats by embedded viewer. Additionally, this software version implements basic "read" support of new, experimental, Apple APFS file system.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 5.22 (Aug 28, 2017)

  • Since version 5.22 UFS Explorer Professional Recovery supports data recovery from thin-provisioned LVM2 volumes: the volume can be opened and operated as "virtual disk" storage
  • More significant changes were applied to software editions for Linux OS: there was replaced procedure of displaying texts in user interface. As result the software executable files size was decreased at least two times. Style of displaying of text elements was changed from "sharp" to "smooth"

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 5.21 (Dec 15, 2016)

  • This update introduces "Viewer" tool in all editions of UFS Explorer software. Software comes with "SDL Software Manager" to keep track of software updates.

New in UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 5.20.2 (Sep 6, 2016)

  • This update enables the following features in the software:
  • Support of Apple file Extended Attributes and Resource Forks. When copying of extended attributes is enabled (by default), the software restores file tags, associations and other custom attributes. This function is available under Mac OS X via native API and under Windows/Linux by means of support of .AppleDouble extended attribute format.
  • Glyphs pre-composition. Apple Mac OS X does not support so-called "composed glyphs" (such as certain Kanji or umlauts, formed by base symbol and "accent modifier" symbol). When copying data across operating systems, using of composed glyphs may cause issues with access to file system under Mac OS. Starting from this version, UFS Explorer replaces "composed" symbol sequences with "pre-composed" characters.