What's new in version 9.5:

• Action for activation of partitions with no file system now can be configured;
  
• Disk Imager:
  - Rework (optimization) of configuration GUI;
  - Fixed issue with attempting 'multi-sector retries' on defect blocks with 'system' read procedure;
  
• Added setting of file system 'read policy' for storages with defect blocks:
  - Enabled support of 'read policies' for FAT, FAT32, ExFAT, NTFS, ReFS, Ext, XFS, F2FS file systems;
  
• Added Export/Import function for user-defined raw recovery file types:
  - Selective export to own XML-based file format for backup or selective restore on different PC;
  - Partial support of importing user-defined rules in some third-party XML formats;
  
• Optimized 'Refresh' procedure; scan of logical drives is now made optional (by default it is 'on');
  
• DeepSpar USB Stabilizer/Guardonix:
  - Added recognition of devices with no media or when it is not powered on;
  - Added power control and support of driver configuration;
  
• ExFAT scan: added processing of CheckDisk .CHK files (when possible), fixed few more issues;
  
• Raw recovery scan: found and fixed 'scan stuck' issue;
  
• Update to S.M.A.R.T monitoring tool: added 'SSD life' indication and support of SCSI Log Sense;
  
• Added indication of storage device type and rotation speed for HDD.

How to recover data from a LUKS-encrypted volume

 https://www.ufsexplorer.com/articles/how-to/recover-data-luks-encryption/

How to recover data from a volume encrypted with BitLocker

 

https://www.ufsexplorer.com/articles/how-to/recover-data-bitlocker/

How to recover data from an encrypted Apple APFS volume

 https://www.ufsexplorer.com/articles/how-to/recover-data-apfs-encryption/

What's new in version 9.4:

* Added experimental support of QNAP SSD write-cache;
* Implemented integrated management of raw recovery rules:
- Added GUI that shows full list of custom and built-in raw recovery rules;
- Implemented simplified interface to create/view/edit user-defined rules;
- Built-in editor is set as priority source of custom rules for scan;
* Added support of BitLocker decryption using external keys from BEK-files (with no TPM);
* Update to S.M.A.R.T monitoring/log pages reader tool:
- Reading of both GP log and S.M.A.R.T log (when possible);
- Fixed issue with indication of 'seek error count' when it includes seek statistics;
* Added automatic assembly of APFS Fusion drives;
* Added indication of encrypted APFS volumes and volume decryption states;
* ExFAT scan: fixed issue with recognition of previous cluster size after format;
* Implemented ZSTD compression and enabled its support for ZFS and Btrfs file systems;
* F2FS file system: added support of 'extra attributes' flag.

- Reworked storage schema for custom raw recovery rules;

What's new in version 9.3:

Added experimental support of Synology SSD write-cache:

- Recognition and indication of SSD cache partitions;
- Applying latest cached data from SSD 'as a delta' to the 'base' volume;
Added decryption of drives from WD MyBook with JMS561 bridge chip;
Fixed several issues with opening files, deduplicated using Microsoft Data Deduplication;
Under Linux, added 'unlock' function for WD drives, locked with WD Security;
File status indication in Explorer is extended with 'zeroed' (bad) state;
Source sector size is now preserved for image files, saved to VHDX and SDLSP formats;
In Linux software version:
- Added proper identification of SCSI/SAT drives to support drive serial numbers etc.;
- Added support of SMART monitoring for SCSI/SAT-attached drives;
Linux LVM2 logical volumes:
- Added indication of logical volume ID in partition properties;
- Fixed issue with recognition of 'long' (64K) binary metadata;
- Fixed issue assembling multi-segment logical volumes on 'fake' (single-component) mdadm RAID;
For manually defined partitions added recognition of known metadata at defined location;
Reworked FAT/FAT32 quick scan/indexing procedure for better support of damaged folders;
In embedded file viewer:
- Added support of HEIC/HEIF photo format (Canon R5/R6, Apple products etc.);
- Added decoding of Fujifilm 14bit 'packed' RAF format (models X-A3, X-A7 etc.);
- Added decompression of Fujifilm compressed RAF format (models X-T2, X-T3, X-E3, X-H1 etc.);
- Defined configurations for many other raw photo formats.

What's new in version 9.2:

* 'Transform sector size' tool is extended with options to switch between 512/1K/2K/4K sectors;
* Added decryption of encrypted VMware VMDK virtual disks (encrypted VMs for Windows 11 etc.);
* Added decryption of compressed Apple DMG disk images encrypted with version 2/'encrcdsa' format;
* Write support for VHDX virtual disks (file creation and modification);
* In 'Imaging Task' interface:
- Added VHDX as target file format option;
- Optimized target format selection UI;
* Added VHDX as target file format option for Disk Imager;
* 'File mask' operations ('search' etc.) now all support multiple values with semicolon as delimiter;
* Raw recovery and tool for re-assigning file extensions are extended with more types;
* Fujifilm RAW photos format (RAF):
- Added extraction of file size, camera 'model name' and 'date taken' in raw recovery;
- Fixed issue with file separation to 'preview' and 'tiff' when it is detected by content;
* MacOS HFS+ file system:
- Enhanced procedure of damaged file system reconstruction and deleted data recovery;
- Fixed issue with direct access to highly fragmented file system;
* Fixed several issues with Btrfs file system scan.