Recovery Force® Data Recovery Forum

Well known software. https://www.raisedr.com/
License policy applied in version 6 made it less popular than before.
But it is cheap and user friendly that may be attractive for end-users.

Wow! No kidding about it being cheaper...perhaps a little more confusing, but definitely a good deal.

Latest Updates:
What's new in version 6.20:
* Reworked LVM module (adapted to LVM 2.2 with DM RAID);
* Update to embedded viewer.
What's new in version 6.19:
* Significant update to APFS file system scan procedure;
* Update to embedded viewer.

What's new in version 6.21:
* 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.

What's new in version 8.0:

* New installation options for macOS and Linux;
* Changes in the software licensing:
- Removed limitations on saving the results of 'raw' recovery with the trial license;
- The licensing options are reduced to three license types (Windows Support License,
macOS Support License, Linux Support License);
- Work with RAID (including Apple, mdadm, Windows dynamic disks, etc.) doesn't
require a separate license;
* Added software events log;
* Expanded log on saving the scan results with more information about the saved files and
saving errors;
* Added error notification for bad blocks on disks;
* Significant optimization of NTFS and HFS+ scan.

What's new in version 8.2:

* 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;
* Enabled displaying of system/hidden files.

What's new in version 8.3:

* 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.

What's new in version 8.4:

* 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.

What's new in version 8.5:

* 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.

What's new in version 8.6:

* 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.