What's new in version 9.8:

 

• Added tool and tab for displaying of a map of block states (defects) applied to a storage;
  
• Map of block states is now integrated with Explorer and with the 'Go to content'/'Go to descriptor' tools;
  
• Added 'View map of file' function (displays the imaging status of a specific file);
  
• Information about defect blocks, recognized by a pattern now can be saved (cached) to a map file;
  
• Loading of maps of sector states (defective sectors):
  - For maps in the ACE Lab format, added automatic section of sector size using the map size to drive size ratio;
  - When the ACE Lab RAW map format is selected, software now also recognizes the range-based format (to avoid mistakes);
  - For drives with DDI metadata: added an option to enable an external map of defective blocks;
  
• Block state information is now also passed to 'sub-range', 'transformed' and RAID0/RAID1/JBOD storages;
  
• Fixed bug with scan of chunks on VMFS6;
  
• 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).