UFS Explorer RAID Recovery

What's new in this version:

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.11.1
- Fixed critical issue with parallel access to disks (caused by an unexpected behaviour of device handle duplication API)
- Fixed crash bug issue caused by decoding of some malformed MPEG4 video frames (for purposes of 'preview')
- Added support of 'still frame preview' for more video formats


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.11
- MacOS version: Fixed bug with software crash after the scan (after updated to macOS 15 SDK)
- 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


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.10
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


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.9
Microsoft Storage Spaces:
- 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

MDADM RAID metadata format:
- Added automatic recognition of dedicated parity configurations ('parity frst'/'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. chemas)

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 'trasformed' (decrypted, byte-swapped etc.) in certain scanirios 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.


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.8
- 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)


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.7.1
- Drobo support: fixed issue with reading RAID when total data size on the storage exceeds 16TB

Added support of work with disk WWN IDs:
- Software now reads and displays Device ID (WWN) of SATA drives on disk properties panel;
- For SAS drives Device ID, Port ID and Target ID WWNs are displayed;
- When disk is imaged to SDLSP format, WWNs are saved (preserved) and also can be displayed for such SDLSP files

- ReFS file system: updated both scan and direct access modules to support the latest ReFS 3.14


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.7
- 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


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.6
- 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.)


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.5
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


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.4
- 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)


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.3
- 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


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.2
- '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'


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.1
- 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')


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 10.0
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


UFS Explorer RAID Recovery 9.18
- 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.