4.12.2024
Added support for macOS operating systems (the macOS product version).
Added support for Linux operating systems (the Linux product version).
Added support for High-DPI displays.
FIXED the error when loading files (which occurred while saving files/disks by FTP).
Improved the program’s interface and usability.
FIXED a series of minor bugs.
NTFS: improved the algorithm of log file scan.
ReFS: added support for heavily fragmented files.
Ext: fixed errors in the scan algorithm (the program will find more files).
Btrfs: fixed errors and improved the scan algorithm.
28.08.2023
A number of minor bugs FIXED.
Unraid: added support for Unraid OS (Single Parity and Dual Parity).
FIXED. LVM: some RAID arrays created with LVM wouldn’t be read.
RAID Constructor: improved RAID search algorithm. In some cases, search is now faster.
25.07.2023
FIXED. MBR: sometimes, excessive disks were identified and added (by mistake).
FIXED. Interface: on some monitors, icons for deleted files and folders weren’t displayed correctly.
14.07.2023
IMPROVED ALGORITHM: the program will find more deleted RAIDs created with the help of RAID controllers.
LSI Logic: added support for some LSI Logic controllers (in addition to those which were supported before).
3ware: added support for 3ware controllers.
Dawicontrol: added support for Dawicontrol controllers (RAID-0, RAID-1, RAID-5, RAID-10, JBOD).
FIXED. MBR: fixed MBR table read error (it used to occur when a physical MBR disk had many logical partitions).
FIXED. ReFS: in some cases, the program failed to display file contents.
LVM. Thin Provisioning: added support for Tier Thin Pool technology (previously, only Thin Pool was supported).
XFS: improved support for large files and sparse files.
30.03.2023
FIXED. From time to time, the program tended to freeze suddenly while scanning the disks.
FIXED. VMFS: the program sometimes froze at startup (while reading data from VMFS).
FIXED. HFS+: in some cases, the program froze while analyzing the file system.
FIXED. XFS: On some systems, the block size was misidentified so the system was either not analyzed at all or analyzed incorrectly.
FIXED. When rebuilding RAID in the automatic mode, the disk order was identified incorrectly (for some NAS devices).
Added support for some NetGear devices (previously unsupported).
27.12.2022
FIXED. ZFS file system: in some cases, the program failed to find all files with Fast scan.
FIXED. When creating a RAID with Linux, the program sometimes failed to build the array correctly in the automatic mode, and respectively, it couldn’t analyze the file system of such an array.
12.12.2022
GPT: when the inner disk table (inside GPT) is damaged, the program will read its copy.
FIXED. Saving disk analysis data: there used to be an error when users saved Full scan and Content-Aware scan data and then opened it.
Windows Storage Spaces: added support for the older version of the system.
Added support for Mobius 5-Bay FireWire 800 (automatic search only).
5.08.2022
FIXED. ReFS: in new versions of this file system, file contents were not displayed;
FIXED. XFS: fixed the error in analyzing old versions (4 and earlier). Previously, analysis of some systems was not supported;
XFS: improved analysis algorithm. In some cases, the file contents which were not displayed before are now shown properly;
FIXED. XFS: some deleted files were displayed as existing;
FIXED. Ext3/4: when running Fast scan, the program might freeze in some cases;
During registration, it is now possible to enter the key both with hyphens and without them.
FIXED. Windows Storage Spaces: some RAID types were recognized incorrectly;
Added support for IPStorPartition technology. Owing to that, we added support for Intel SS4000-E NAS devices.
15.07.2022
ZFS: added 4K block support;
FIXED. NTFS: in some situations, found files were duplicated;
Improved support for mounted disks: when a mounted disk is removed, the remaining disks related to it are checked (for example, its child disks created automatically with RAID or LVM), and they are removed (only if all their parent disks are removed).
FIXED. The wizard failed to display some of the automatically detected RAID disks;
7.06.2022
XFS: scan algorithms improved (for both quick scan and full scan). Now the program shows properly more of the files, which used to be recognized as having zero byte size;
APFS: fixed errors in working with disks containing Snapshots;
FIXED. UFS: with quick scan, the program could almost freeze in the process (i.e. it would take a really long time to analyze a disk);
LVM: added LVM Thin Provisioning support;
Thumbnails and Preview: now the program can identify text documents regardless of the file extension;
Preview: added HEX mode. It is displayed automatically if the program can’t show the file contents in the conventional way. This can be disabled in the program settings;
FIXED. Mounting disk images: in some cases, physical disks were displayed as logical;
Saving files by FTP: accelerated, added support for big files, added support for UTF8 servers;
Saving disk images: added the option to save an image to FTP server.
Added GEOM Vinum support (Software RAID in FreeBSD);
FIXED. When mounting a physical disk image that contained a RAID in its logical partition, the RAID couldn’t be recognized;
FIXED. The work with RAIDZ-1 is fixed and improved.
21.03.2022
XFS: added XFS file system support.
24.01.2022
ZFS: fixed and improved ZFS support;
RAID-z2: fixed and improved RAID-z2 (level two array) support;
19.01.2022
Added support for network storage systems with TrueNAS core.
10.01.2022
FIXED: when mounting a physical disk image that contained a RAID in its logical partition, the RAID couldn’t be recognized;
Fixed and improved RAIDZ-1 support.
30.12.2021
Added support for Cisco NAS devices.
22.12.2021
ZFS: added ZFS file system support;
Added RAIDZ (1/2/3) support;
Added support for Areca RAID controllers.
28.10.2021
Added support for Linksys NAS devices.
13.10.2021
Added support for Acer NAS devices.
Added support for NAS devices using Synology (XPEnology) DSM;
Added data recovery option for Synology NAS RAID systems (created with Synology (XPEnology) DSM).
5.10.2021
Added support for NAS devices using OpenMediaVault;
Added data recovery option for OpenMediaVault RAID systems.
16.09.2021
Added support for NAS devices using Promise Technology;
Added support for SmartStor NAS devices;
Added support for Iomega (Lenovo) NAS devices;
Added support for Thecus NAS devices.
7.09.2021
Added support for Zyxel NAS devices.
31.08.2021
Added support for D-Link DNS-343 NAS devices.
12.08.2021
Added support for NetGear NAS devices;
Added X-RAID support.
6.08.2021
Added support for Seagate NAS devices.
28.07.2021
Added support for Western Digital NAS devices.
22.07.2021
Linux Mdadm: added autodetection for RAID systems built in older versions of Mdadm;
Linux Mdadm: fixed size detection for Mdadm disks (especially important for JBOD);
Linux Mdadm: added 5 new block orders for RAID-6 (Q-parity is located on the last disk);
Added support for Synology NAS devices.
9.06.2021
Added support for HP NAS devices.
11.05.2021
Improved data recovery after controller replacement or breakdown for RAID systems based on RAID controllers.
30.04.2021
FIXED: sometimes, a mounted physical disk would be recognized as a logical one and wouldn’t show up in the RAID Constructor;
Added checking service information when mounting a disk image where RAID is to be created;
Fixed an error encountered by some DDF-based controllers. Sometimes it resulted in the program’s inability to recognize a RAID);
FIXED: some mounted physical disks would be recognized as logical ones and wouldn’t show up in the RAID Constructor.
27.04.2021
Added support for IBM RAID controllers.
20.04.2021
Added data recovery option for damaged RAID systems.
6.04.2021
Added support for sparse files in Windows, Linux and MacOS, as well as in NTFS, REFS, Ext3, Ext4, BTRFS and APFS file systems.
30.03.2021
Added BtrFS file system support;
Data recovery from BtrFS RAID is now possible.
15.03.2021
Added data recovery option for RAID systems based on a motherboard controller;
Added support for most popular motherboard RAID controllers.
10.03.2021
Added support for HP RAID controllers.
23.02.2021
Improved data recovery options for hardware RAID systems created with Windows Storage Spaces on a Windows Server operating system.
4.02.2021
Added support for QNAP NAS devices.
28.01.2021
Added support for D-Link DSN-1100 NAS devices.
22.01.2021
Improved data recovery options for software-based LVM RAID, LV RAID, MD RAID (Linux).
8.01.2021
Added data recovery option for Hikvision surveillance / security systems;
Added Hikvision file system (Hikvision DVR) support.
7.01.2021
Added data recovery option for a software RAID built with the mdadm command on Linux, after a single or multiple disk failure.
26.11.2020
Added support for Adaptec RAID controllers.
20.11.2020
Sales launched for the first version of a RAID recovery tool - Hetman RAID Recovery.