Recovery Force® Data Recovery Forum

What's new in version 10.7:

* In password unwrap tool: added support of key unwrap from Synology key vault files;
* Updated procedure of detection of Intel Cache Technology (Optane) for proper recognition of this technology in some scenarios;
* Enabled write support for 'span' constructions and 'chunked' VMDK files;
* Added VMDK format as a supported target format for the Disk Imager;
- Virtual disk size limit for VMDK images is set to 128EB (instead of 8TB in VMware GUI);
* Also added support of legacy VHD format as an output format for Disk Imager (for sources with capacity below 2040GB);
* Added support of importing defect maps in RSM format;
* In 'Save selection (advanced)' dialog added the possibility to fine-tune certain copying parameters to override temporary the global software settings;
- Also added possibility to set up copying 'with the full path from the root';
* Added 'Save with full path' tool to the context menu of individual files;
* Symbolic links support:
- Fixed a bug causing truncation of long symbolic links;
- In object properties GUI: now symbolic link is displayed fully, with no truncation;
* On XFS file system:
- Added support of 'long date' feature for both 'access' and 'scan';
- Fixed bug with 'dirty' short symbolic links;
- Added support of long symbolic links in older (plain) format;
* FAT32 scan: fixed bug with folder structure reconstruction when there are multiple deleted files and file system indexing is enabled.

What's new in version 10.8:

* When indication of folders capacity is available (number and size of enclosed files), this information is now also saved to all reports;
* 'Save processed data' function now also saves device WWN to the image;
* Unproperly unmounted ('dirty') VHDX files are now opened read-only with no possibility to write to them;
* In VHDX/AVHDX format: added support of embedded log (transaction journal) to support 'virtual' log replay in case of 'dirty' virtual disk detachment;
* When scan result is restored to a different offset (from a disk/partition context menu) a confirmation warning message now appears;
* In file system direct access mode: added a function to calculate and show capacities of subfolders (size and count of files inside);
* Added support of NVMe SMART reporting in software version for Linux OS;
* ZFS file system (direct access): modified file 'open' procedure to support delayed loading of metadata and speed-up opening of large files;
* ReFS file system: added support of 'resident' files for both 'Access' and 'Scan' (small files stored in metadata with file system format 3.14 or later);
* FAT/FAT32 scan:
- Removed some 'junk' objects that can appear during 'indexing' stage of scan;
- Added support of older SONY camera style file deletion (indication with zero instead of E5h byte);
* In embedded viewer: added support of PDF documents in 'version 2' format and fixed few PDF format-related issues;
* In raw recovery:
- Added detection of PDF in format version 2;
- Fixed bug that caused some PDF files to be classified by mistake as Adobe Illustrator (AI) files;
- Added search for 'real' file size of PDF and AI documents (when possible).

What's new in version 10.9:

* Microsoft Storage Spaces:
- Added experimental support for 'fixup' of improperly unmounted volumes using the Transaction Log (via the 'RAID'->'Microsoft Storage Space volumes' tool);
- Fixed issue parsing volume metadata (record version 10);
- Fixed a bug with automatic updates to the 'dual parity' volumes when additional (missing) components are added;
* Added support of the Synology RAID-F1 pattern (both algorithm and support in RAID builder);
* In RAID builder:
- Added support of pattern rotations for 'dedicated parity' patterns of RAID5/RAID6;
- Added setting for rotating/dedicated Q-stripe for RAID6 and support of pattern indication for dedicated Q rotation type;
* Fixed recognition of RAID50/60 configurations with DDF2 RAID metadata on some Adaptec RAID boards;
* MDADM RAID metadata format:
- Added automatic recognition of dedicated parity configurations ('parity first'/'parity last' rotations) for both RAID5 and RAID6;
- Also added recognition and full support of RAID6 with RAID5-style rotation and dedicated parity (like 'left-symmetric-6', 'parity-first-6' etc. schemas);
* Ext3/Ext4 scan:
- Added support of journal checksum feature (for better deleted data recovery);
- Enabled EXT4 B-tree search for attempted recovery of big deleted files;
* Fixed bug with data access errors on 'transformed' (decrypted, byte-swapped etc.) in certain scenarios with transformation block size over one sector;
* Fixed bug with creation of image files in VHDX format;
* Linux software version in save/open dialogs now shows connected media from /media/USER_NAME subfolders;
* ReFS3 file system scan:
- Fixed bug with indexing procedure (incorrect location of indexed files);
- Added support of 'hard-links' in ReFS scan result.

What's new in version 10.10:

* Adaptec RAID metadata: added support of RAID60 with Adaptec RAID6 rotation;
* HP SmartArray: added recognition and support of 0+1-style rotation;
* When software is closed or iSCSI server is stopped, locally mounted iSCSI targets are now disconnected automatically;
* DDF metadata:
- Added support of RAID 10/'Far' rotation and RAID 00 rotation (as a subvariant of RAID0);
- Also added support of RAID metadata timestamps;
* Reworked RAID10/RAID1E support:
- Added support of multiple data copies in rotation: from two and up to number of disks;
- Added support of 'Far' and '0+1' rotations in addition to Near/Interleaved (or 'Offset'/'Near' in terms of mdadm);
* Automatic RAID builder:
- Reworked assembly algorithm to fix an issue that prevented automatic building of RAIDs with some metadata damage scenarios;
- Added support of RAID metadata 'last updated' time (when available) for selection of more recent components to build the RAID;
- Removed automatic adding of 'incompletely rebuilt' components (when it's possible to identify them);
* MDADM RAID:
- Added support of metadata timestamp and 'incomplete rebuild' flag (both metadata versions 0.9 and 1.x);
- 'Reshape in progress' scenario is now also supported by combining already reshaped and pending areas;
- Added proper support for 'Offset'/'Near'/'Far' RAID 10 rotations with multiple data copies;
* Intel MSM: fixed issue with recognition of RAID10/1E configurations;
* Update to procedure of automatic partition detection:
- Implemented additional checks to distinguish between partially overwritten GPT and MBR formats;
- Added more checks to quickly detect lost/deleted partitions, now including BitLocker (when possible);
* Manual partition search tool: optimized speed and fixed issue skipping existing partitions for 'free space'-only scan;
* Storage properties panel: added display of RAID metadata last modified timestamp (when available) to check for 'outdated' components;
* Image viewer: fixed a bug with displaying JPEG with present, but empty EXIF.

What's new in version 10.11:

* Apple Core Storage (HFS+) volumes: added support of type 24 data allocation;
* Fixed issue with using of LUKS2 passwords with null-symbols;
* When saving RAID configuration built on 'flat' disk images with sector size transformation, this transformation is now preserved;
* Fixed issue with support of newer EnCase Ex01 forensic image format (tests performed with FALCON-NEO imager);
* Added support of DFL-DE sector maps (both plain and compact) plus log file of other software with disk imaging capabilities;
* Fixed issue with using of wrong disk if source disk is disconnected and replaced with a different one;
* When source disk is reconnected to a different device path, the software attempts to restore connection by finding the disk by its serial (when possible);
* Reworked scan abortion procedure to allow much faster scan abortion on an area of defect blocks;
* NTFS scan procedure:
- More detailed parsing of directory indexes for better recovery of file names;
- Optimization for better support of file 'undelete' after deletion by the Linux NTFS driver.