DMDE Change Log

Version 4.2.0.814 (2024-07-25)

added: interface improvements for novice users
added: btrfs subvolumes support
added: NTFS support for cluster size larger than 128 sectors (up to 2M)
fixed: RAID parameters detection with small LBA Offset Step
fixed: possible NTFS reconstruction hangs on corrupted INDX records
fixed: exFAT scan critical bug
fixed: FAT scan support for 128 sectors per cluster (64K)
improved: increased limit on the max. number of files in a directory (64-bit
versions)
other improvements and fixes

Version 4.0.6.804 (2023-04-06)

fixed: broken log support when copying sectors in Linux
fixed: broken RAID calculation in 64-bit versions for Windows
fixed: btrfs reconstruction critical bug
fixed: btrfs scan may hang
fixed: app may stop responding after minimizing (Windows GUI)
other fixes

Version 4.0.0.800 (2022-03-06)

new: Btrfs support (without RAID support)
new: new ReFS modifications support (up to v3.7)
improved: interface improvements
fixed: APFS reconstruction critical bug
fixed: support for APFS "duplicated" files
other improvements and fixes

Version 3.8.0.790 (2020-11-08)

new: APFS support (without encryption)
new: image preview (for standard graphics)
new: Portuguese Brazilian, Simplified Chinese translations
fixed: HFS support critical bugs
fixed: extfs Full Scan critical bug processing damaged inodes
other improvements and fixes

Version 3.6.1.773 (2019-10-12)

new: 64-bit version for macOS

Version 3.6.0.770 (2019-09-14)

new: ReFS v1/v3 support
new: filtering Raw results by using cluster map
new: applying Raw results to FS data
new: support for VMDK disk image files
new: support for EWF disk image files (e01/etc., Professional Edition only)
improved: cluster map support (diff. FS types / damaged FS / reports)
improved: more presize detection of RAID parameters, fixed offset detection
fixed: HFS support critical bugs
fixed: extfs some rare parameters support
fixed: exFAT found directory fragments processing
fixed: copying sectors bug when loading log with retried bad ranges
other improvements and fixes

Version 3.4.4.740 (2018-08-03)

new: version for macOS
new: GUI version for Linux
improved: size detection of some Jpeg files (Raw search)
 fixed: support for custom EOF signatures (Raw search)
other improvements and fixes

Version 3.4.2.722 (2017-11-21)

new: Apple partitioning support (read-only)
new: HFS+/HFSX support including complex HFS search
new: popup hints
improved: detection of some file types (Raw search)
improved: custom file signature support (detection, complex signatures)
fixed: RAID-6 detection critical bug
other improvements and fixes

Version 3.2.0.692 (2017-01-14)

new: tabbed interface to work with multiple devices and objects
new: custom file signatures support
new: detection of RAID parameters
new: support for VHD and VHDX dynamic disk image files
new: SMART report reading
new: NTFS encrypted file recovery (without decryption)
new: NTFS option: reading MFT from an external file
new: disk imaging option: splitted image creation
improved: exFAT boot sector recognition during fullscan
improved: improved NTFS reconstruction by processing INDX records
improved: better name recognition for some removed NTFS files
other improvements and fixes

Version 3.0.6.648 (2016-06-22)

new: recovery of some truncated NTFS files
improved: file signatures and size detection
improved: branches separation of directory tree (NTFS and extfs)
fixed: NTFS search critical bug
fixed: storing/loading found signatures to/from log
fixed: RAID-5 forward dynamic parity: wrong striping
new: French, Italian, Spanish, Persian (+RTL UI) translation
other improvements and fixes

Version 3.0.4.630 (2015-10-15)

new: Full Scan (multiple FS and Raw search, improved interface)
new: Raw file search by signatures
new: NTFS extended search (FS structures and file signatures based)
new: exFAT extended search (FS structures and file signatures based)
new: extfs extended search (FS structures based)
new: extfs removed entries processing
new: FAT32 removed file recovery using signatures
other improvements and fixes

Version 2.10.2.564 (2014-12-11)

improved: NTFS reconstruction default filters
fixed: exFAT reconstruction when there are removed directories
fixed: ex(FAT) table processing memory exception
fixed: search string in 64-bit version
fixed: extFS superblock detection in 64-bit version
fixed: extFS 64-bit support
other fixes

Version 2.10.0.560 (2014-07-12)

added: Basic exFAT support
added: DOS ASPI support
improved: FAT reconstruction
 fixed: 64-bit versions issues
some bugs fixed

Version 2.8.2.546 (2014-04-18)

fixed: extfs: missing files while recovering
fixed: extfs: reporting error for sparse files
fixed: extfs inode template
fixed: DOS version bugs (device selection when copy sectors)
fixed: DOS ATA reset option is not visible
other fixes

Version 2.8.0.542 (2014-02-13)

added: Basic Ext2/3/4 support
added: Disk Editor: custom template support
fixed: critical error when open some USB devices
minor improvements and fixes

Version 2.6.0.522 (2013-11-18)

added: GUID partitioning (GPT) support (edit mode)
added: Disk images/clones: load/save parameters, write log; resume using log
(Prof. Edition)
added: Disk images/clones: simultaneous read and write in two threads (Linux
and Windows)
added: Bad I/O option: replace bad sector data by filler
added: RAID: RAID-6 support (only XOR recovery), custom striping, load/save
parameters
added: Undo, Redo support (Disk Editor, Partition Manager)
added: ATA software reset (DOS ATA)
added: Unicode support for Windows console interface, Linux terminal
interface, Disk Editor
added: NTFS reconstruction: MFT fragment manager
added: additional NTFS features to recover lost or damaged files
added: NTFS Search: search shifted MFT records
improved: NTFS Search: handling many MFT fragments optimization
improved: FAT Search: search volumes w/o subdirectories, detect small FAT
tables
other improvements

Version 2.4.6.448 (2013-08-29)

fixed: erroneous omission of some close small MFT fragments
fixed: handling found MFT fragment larger than 2GB
fixed: cache error (data confusion on drives >2TiB in some special cases)
fixed: search by name (last symbol omission for name without extension)
other bugs fixed

Version 2.4.4.442 (2012-09-05)

fixed: RAID redundant data parity use when disk is absent
fixed: read backward issues
fixed: NTFS Search 64-bit cluster support
minor improvements and fixes

Version 2.4.2 (2012-04-05)

fixed: disk size detection
fixed: NTFS sparse file support
fixed: GPT copy test
fixed: Chinese Big5 Code issue
other bugs fixed

Version 2.4.0 (2011-12-18)

 improved: partition search (flash disks, Vista/Win7 partitioning)
improved: handling directory recovery with the same names
improved: FAT volume scan uses FAT Search results
added: recovery reports
added: exFAT boot sector, Ext2/3/4 superblock detection
added: RAID delayed parity support, RAID-4 support
added: NTFS alternate data stream support
fixed: Large sector support
fixed: NTFS search critical bug on MFT gaps
fixed: special sector search critical bug
fixed: device I/O error handling bug
fixed: pci scan for ATA devices over non-default ports (DOS)
fixed: DMA transfer completing detection (DOS)
other improvements
other bugs fixed

Version 2.2.2 (2010-12-10)

imporved: FAT search speed up
imporved: NTFS search speed up
improved: partition manager
fixed, improved: volume locking
added: customizable device I/O error handler (Professional Edition only)
added: DMA I/O under DOS (Professional Edition only)
added: recover NTFS multirecord files w/o attribute list
added: support for compressed files when cluster size is less than 4KB
some bugs fixed

Version 2.0.1 (2009-09-20)

added: version for Linux terminal
added: support for devices larger than 1TB
added: device I/O retry dialog
added: RAID partial support
added: GPT partial support
added: Unicode name support
added: support for large NTFS compressed files
added: multi language support
added: file and directory marking for group recovery
improved: device access
interface improved
other improvements
some bugs fixed

Version 01.39 (2008-05-01)

added: Windows XP+ theme support
added: write siupport under Windows Vista+

Version 01.38 (2007-09-03)

added: GUI version
improved: NTFS search
improved: processing lost FAT directories
some bugs fixed

Version 01.37 (2007-07-23)

improved: faster input/output operations
added: recovery NTFS directory structure (full version only)
added: support for disk images
added: support for IDE ATA drives in DOS version
added: support for DOS logical drives DOS version
interface improved
 some bugs fixed

Version 01.36 (2006-10-22)

added: russian/english interface
added: work with FAT volumes with damaged directories structure
added: directory recovery (full version only)
some bugs fixed

Version 01.35 (2006-09-10)

added: cluster map
added: support for FAT files >2GB and NTFS files >4GB
fixed: NTFS Search
fixed: writing to MFT reserved area when create NTFS files and directories
fixed: NTFS directory recovery (support for 64bits, file attributes
corrected)

Version 01.34 (2006-07-27)

added: support for different NTFS versions
fixed: processing NTFS volumes without MFT record 0
improved: NTFS indexes reading

Version 01.33 (2006-07-19)

fixed: MFTMirr updating after MFT modification
fixed: NTFS extended attribute processing

Version 01.32 (2006-07-13)

added: direct NTFS write access
some small bugs fixed

Version 01.30 (2006-06-26)

critical bug fixed: detecting XBIOS in 32bit DOS version
fixed: NTFS FILE fragmented record processing
added: FAT Search
added: file panel for FAT
added: write file to sectors, save sectors to file
added: work without FAT tables, with bad FAT tables
improved: partition manager
improved: NTFS file enumeration
improved: removed file recovery for FAT
improved: interface
changed: Windows event handler
some other logical bugs fixed
some other modifications

Version 01.23 (2006-03-27)

fixed: processing cluster chains for removed FAT files
fixed: mouse and keyboard processing under Windows

Version 01.22 (2006-03-23)

added: versions for Windows NT/2000/XP
some interface improvements

Version 01.21 (2006-03-17)

added: 32-bit DOS version
some interface improvements
some bugs fixed

Version 01.20 (2006-01-09)

added: quick search for lost partitions
 added: simple partition manager
added: file recovery
some bugs fixed

Version 01.11 (2005-12-23)

improved: NTFS Search (more information used, some bugs fixed)

Version 01.10 (2005-11-18)

added: NTFS Search
added: safe processing compressed files with errors
fixed: memory loss
fixed: error handling
some interface modifications

Version 01.04 (2005-09-17)

added: support for NTFS volumes without MFT
fixed: incorrect partition start sector for DOS extended partitions

Version 01.03 (2005-09-09)

added: viewing MFT record details
fixed: NTFS compression processing
fixed: NTFS extended attribute processing
fixed: searching for string