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UFS Explorer Standard Access Changelog

What's new in UFS Explorer Standard Access 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 Standard Access 5.24.3 (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 Standard Access 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 Standard Access 5.23 (Aug 12, 2017)

  • Starting from version 5.23 the software supports much more new file systems. Among them are:
  • Windows Server ReFS2;
  • Older IBM AIX JFS1 and new AIX J2FS;
  • Unix HTFS/DTFS/EAFS as well as different versions of VxFS.
  • In "Recovery" edition there was added manual "check for updates" function (still no any automatic requests for privacy reasons). Professional Recovery edition also receives "read" support for ReFS2 file system (Windows Server 2016 and later).
  • Minor changes for all editions include:
  • Fixed bug reading Ext3-Ext4 created with meta-GD;
  • Added several camera raw photo formats.

New in UFS Explorer Standard Access 5.22.1 (Apr 3, 2017)

  • An 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 Standard Access 5.22 (Jan 19, 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 Standard Access 5.21 (Dec 15, 2016)

  • Starting from version 5.21 it is possible to evaluate data quality before starting recovery or purchasing license by revising contents of pictures or digital photos of most popular formats (including camera RAW formats):
  • Revised software installation policy: now software is installed via single installer for 32 or 64 bit OS with automatic software selection;
  • Introduced software installer for Linux and Mac OS software versions;
  • Introduced Linux software version with no installer at all and no installation requirements (just to unpack from archive and run);
  • Software comes with "SDL Software Manager" to keep track of software updates (updates are still free within same major version 5.x);
  • Windows version of UFS Explorer Professional Recovery comes with updated registration codes: please request registration code update via our web site.

New in UFS Explorer Standard Access 5.20.2 (Sep 5, 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.

New in UFS Explorer Standard Access 5.19.1 (Mar 18, 2016)

  • This is mostly technical software update that replaces old digital signature on Windows editions of the software with new, more secure one, according to new Microsoft security recommendations.
  • Another feature is added function to Windows software edition of direct "drive passport" query from ATA/SATA/SCSI/USB attached storages, even through certian bridge chips. This makes valid drive serial numbers available in the interface.

New in UFS Explorer Standard Access 5.19 (Mar 18, 2016)

  • This is ordinary software update that adds the following new features to all UFS Explorer software:
  • VHDX support: along with other supported virtual disk formats, UFS Explorer can now open VHDX virtual disks, created with Microsoft Hyper-V of all versions. It is included read-only support of both stand-alone virtual disks as well as virtual disks with "snapshots".
  • New hard disk "keep alive" policy. Starting from version 5.19 all UFS Explorer products perform attempts to restore hard disk connection in case of accidental disk disconnection or link loss. With this new policy, you will not need to re-open storage to restore disk data connection.
  • Other modifications include found bug fixes. This update is considered as "recommended" to all users of UFS Explorer version 5 products.

New in UFS Explorer Standard Access 5.18.5 (Mar 18, 2016)

  • Latest software modifications (versions 5.18.2-5.18.5) were addressed to tune the software and fix software problems in certain scenarios. Among recent modifications are:
  • In RAID Builder: parameters for RAID6 Compact Left Symmetric rotation are now default to ARECA RAID controller;
  • In RAID detection tool: support of mdadm metadata at non-standard offsets;
  • In GPT: better support of disks with 4K sectors.
  • Among problem fixes:
  • Fixed RAID builder GUI in part of RAID6 advanced settings (when doing recovery with two missing drives);
  • Fixed issues with GPT module when partition address is incorrect;
  • Fixed "missing symbols" issue for extended Unicode;
  • Fixed issue with detection of current file system type after format of ExFAT to FAT32.

New in UFS Explorer Standard Access 5.18.1 (Mar 18, 2016)

  • This version address issues detected after launching support of Btrfs file system. Particularly, when RAID volume was formatted with Btrfs and contained millions of files, this caused significant performance penalty because of high level of internal storage layout segmentation. With this update was applied different approach of handling this kind of storage that saved much resource and made it work much faster.
  • We have also noticed that UFS Explorer did not support Meta-Group Descriptor feature of Ext3/Ext4 file systems. Starting of version 5.18.1 this feature is also supported in all software editions.
  • This update is considered as "recommended", especially to users of software version 5.18.

New in UFS Explorer Standard Access 5.18 (Mar 18, 2016)

  • With skipping of intermediate update 5.17.2 we are announcing release of updated software at version 5.18. In this update, we release support of Btrfs file system. The update is applicable to all UFS Explorer software, including Standard Access.
  • What is currently implemented:
  • "Read" support for Btrfs formatted volumes;
  • Support of RAID-enabled Btrfs, including "mirror", "stripe", "raid5", "raid10", "raid6" schemas for both data and metadata with any number of disks.
  • For next software versions we discovered quite good possibility of deleted files recovery from Btrfs formatted volumes as well as low chances of data recovery after volume format (due to loss of critical information about internal storage layout).

New in UFS Explorer Standard Access 5.17.1 (Mar 18, 2016)

  • This release is mostly related to found problem fixes. Among them are:
  • Fixed issue with recognition of virtual disk size of Hyper-V virtual disks (VHD) with format version 6.x;
  • Fixed size of files recovered from XFS and HFS+ file system in certain scenarios (because of incorrect size, the files were padded with zeros to whole cluster boundaries);
  • Fixed licensing issue for ExFAT file system in Standard Recovery/Raise Data Recovery software family.
  • New features only include recognition of SPARK Solaris disklabels and support of disk partitions, created by natively big-endian systems.

New in UFS Explorer Standard Access 4.1 (Aug 7, 2008)

  • HFS/HFS : fixed problem with missing files