UFS Explorer Professional Updates

[lcoughey]

UFS Explorer Professional Recovery
What's new in version 7.4:
* Added multi-selection for 'Open file as disk image' function;
* Added 'Open as spanned volume' function for multiple selected storage components;
* Added support of QCOW/QCOW2 virtual disk image format (QUEMU, XEN etc.);
* Added support of VirtualBox VDI virtual disk format;
* Fixed some interface-related bugs.

[Jared]

* Added support of VirtualBox VDI virtual disk format;

This is the only one that might get me to pay to upgrade to the new version. I needed this a few months back and had to jump through some hoops to get the data out of the VDI.

[lcoughey]

* Added support of VirtualBox VDI virtual disk format;

This is the only one that might get me to pay to upgrade to the new version. I needed this a few months back and had to jump through some hoops to get the data out of the VDI.

Perhaps for this particular update, but there are other things that UFS already has that aren't within R-Explorer, such a Drobo BeynondRAID support and integration with PC3000 DE sector maps. Whether we make the change today or sometime in the future, it only makes sense that we drop R-Explorer and go back to UFS Explorer professional.

[Iurii]

As was said before UFS Explorer and Recovery Explorer aimed to different target audience. Recovery Explorer better fits for end-users, while UFS Explorer for specialists. Also we have good upgrade policy with option to upgrade products and licenses.

[Iurii]

What's new in UFS Explorer Professional Recovery version 7.5:

* Added support of SCSI drives with non-standard sector size (like 520 bytes etc.);
* Added "dynamic" map of bad blocks (by pattern recognition);
* Added bad blocks definition directly to RAID Builder;
* Drive context menu to RAID builder;
* Fixed bug with adaptive RAID reconstruction;
* Added support of non-fragmented FileVault2 (type 15);
* Added support of old HP-UX LVM;
* Added support of R-Studio image file format (RDR-files);
* Updated support of Apple DMG files;
* macOS: Added placeholder for inaccessible disks;
* macOS: Fixed bug reading disks with sector size 4KB.

[Iurii]

What's new in version 7.6:

* Support of BitLocker encryption (with user password and recovery key);
* Support of ReFS 3.4 format (Windows Server 2019);
* Support of Microsoft data deduplication on ReFS volumes;
* Fixed bug reading Core Storage metadata in "pending state";
* Support of ZFS-on-Linux custom ZFS metadata;
* Support of "bogous" FreeNAS RAID10 (mix of simple disks and mirrors);
* Fixed bug with multiple detections of NT LDM volumes.

[Iurii]

UFS Explorer Professional recovery video presentation:
https://youtu.be/m0nEz9-oBPA

[Iurii]

What's new in version 7.7:

* Added masking of bad blocks (replacing bad blocks with custom pattern);
* Added AES XTS support for BitLocker;
* Updated RAID configurations save/restore procedure:
- Added support of EWF-files in saved RAID configuration;
- Added support of virtual (VFS) files in RAID configuration;
- Custom RAID names are now preserved.
* Reworked LVM module for latest LVM2 (with added DM RAID function);
* Assignment of LVM names to LVM partitions and logical volumes;
* Option of automatic saving of scan state immediately after full scan;
* Simplified process of removal of opened storage components;
* Regular update to embedded pictures viewer.

[Iurii]

What's new in version 7.8:

* Added virtual sector size transform function (for SATA drives and disk image files);
* Added LVM logical volume recovery manager UI:
- Search for older versions of LVM configurations;
- Open logical volume from found configurations;
- Search for missing physical volumes;
- Manual definition and assignment of missing physical volumes;
* Extended context menu functions in partition manager;
* Drobo support: using of alternative drive IDs, big volume sizes;
* Fixed bug with scanned Btrfs file system filtering.

More details: https://www.sysdevlabs.com/product.php? ... r_cat=tech

[Iurii]

What's new in version 7.8.1:

* Saving virtual file system structure for off-site revision;
* Added function to save/restore files/folders selection state;
* Loading of virtual FS structure for review and files selection;
* Added possibility to rename temporary disk in user interface;
* Fixed problem with ExFAT root folder validation during full-disk scan;
* Fixed issue with recognition of SCSI transport for fiber-channel connected storages;
* Support of switching to SCSI transport even when SCSI INQUIRY command fails.

What's new in version 7.8.2:

* Fixed bug with reading big files on VMFS6;
* Added support of "CLOUD" reparse points on NTFS (files from OneDrive etc.);
* Read-only support of "streamOptimized" (compressed) format of VMware VMDK files.