WD Marvell

• Added Charger family support;
• For SMR HDD (Spyglass, Palmer, Charger):
  • Added map building based on second-level translator data, disabling Read Defrag;
  • the restriction on the volume (65535 sectors) read by the module ID has been removed;
  • Added technological reading by PBA (reading is possible if a second-level translator is lost).
• For the PC-3000 Portable-III complex, a logical scan has been added for the USB / COM utility (for the USB Host port).

Seagate F3

• Added support for the following families:
  • 7A Makara, 8B Lamarr, 91 MakaraPlus, 95 Hepburn Oasis, 9B V11, A1 M11, A6 Nemo, AF Rosewood AF / Janus;
• UnlockTech code rewritten to ensure minimum size in ROM;
• A mechanism for expanding the BOOTFW segment in ROM for UnlockTech has been made for the AF Rosewood AF / Janus family;
• For the families GrenadaBP2, Bacall, PharaohOasis, HepburnOasis, the loader loading permission code has been improved:
  • from BFW (integrated into UnlockTech);
  • from DFW (available from: ROM Wizard or Auto Initialization Wizard, function "Switch off extended LOD checking(RAM)".
• For reading modules, the selection of a working copy has been added (auto, 1, 2). If "auto" is selected, the disk reads and selects the copy by itself;
• - When recording modules and Sys Files, you can separately select which copy to save;
• - When recording modules and Sys Files, the last selected folder is now remembered;
• - When writing ROM, the last selected terminal speed is now saved;
• - The ability to save the selected region of RAM via ATA has been added to the procedure of HDD resources backup;
• - Added head test for reading / writing SA modules: DST_WRTESTx, where x = 0..7 - head numbers (i.e. modules 22..29);
• - The option to work via terminal has been added to maps of logical and physical heads to edit the block of SAP parameters (Servo Adaptives Parameters) in RAM - MaxHead;
• Added active utility actions for Data Extractor:
  • "Download the write lock to RAM HDD (ATA)";
  • "No HOST BSY -> RDY" - receiving the state of readiness for some damage to SA leading to BUSY;
  • "Switch off extended LOD checking(RAM)”;
  • "Clear device fault state (RAM)";
  • "Download translator to RAM HDD";
  • "Download MCMT to RAM HDD.
• Plugins and add-ons to them:
  • Plugin "MCMT extent edit" - extent editor in MediaCache;
  • "MCMT \ Edit" - added the ability to cut TRIM extents;
  • In the parser "MCMT \ Parser" you can now filter TRIM records and save them into a separate map file.
• New feature for direct work with DiskFW has been added in "Work with Flash ROM image file" menu: through reading/writing Sys File (Terminal/ATA Direct/ATA Indirect - Utility status settings);
  • New patches/actions have been added in the "Work with Flash ROM image file" menu:
  • The "Block native DFW boot" patch from SA (to bypass SA SysDef reading) and patch removal;
  • The "Show Device Fault reason at start" patch (impact on DiskFW);
  • The patch clearing DAP / CELog (Critical Event Log) in ROM;
  • The "Kahuna/GrenadaSSHD CFW/DFW patch 2" patch - to get Terminal access in case of NAND damage;
  • The "Desaru LED67 FAddr: 0038xxxx" patch and patch removal;
  • The "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags, BSY -> RDY (HDD RAM)" action.
• New patches/actions has been added in the "HDD Autoinitialization":
  • The "Block native DFW boot" patch from SA (to bypass SA SysDef reading);
  • The "Show Device Fault reason at start" patch (impact on DiskFW);
  • The "Desaru LED67 FAddr: 0038xxxx" patch;
  • The "No HOST FIS-ReadyStatusFlags, BSY -> RDY (HDD RAM)" post-action;
  • The "Load translator to HDD" post-action;
  • The "Load MCMT" post-action.
• Control and warning message about adaptives corruption has been included into all ROM reading/writing options;
• Control and warning message about adaptives corruption has been included into all ROM reading/writing options;
• Defect hiding procedure and translator regeneration via ATA have been improved - for Rosewood and similar families;
• In case of Alternative initialization through terminal (ROM/DiskFW) sys files are saved in profile folder;
• BootFW and BootCode switches have been added to the "User commands" menu.
• New tokens have been added for user commands:
  • REPEAT_CHAR, using: char, ^char, 0xHEX (ex: REPEAT_CHAR A, REPEAT_CHAR ^R, REPEAT_CHAR 0x1B);
  • INIT_BC, force switching in BootCode.

Seagate ST10

• 7200.10 NHawk has been added to the Family list (same block with Galaxy).

HITACHI-IBM-ARM

• Autofilter has been added for different object types in Work with SA objects menu;
• Warning messages have been added for ROM writing option:
  • Warning before ROM writing - "If it fails, it needs a programmer for ROM rewrite";
  • Warning before ROM writing - "For ROM write it needs to be code overlays loaded in HDD RAM";
  • Warning before ROM writing - "ROM write may take some minutes to perform".

Samsung HDD

• The "Send "LE"" ("LE" package) has been added in the "Utility Actions";
• In defect's editor fixed error when it was impossible to enter a cylinder number greater than 0xFFFF when adding a defect;
• In "Reading modules" test fixed error when the module was first read, and then the "Skip Existing Modules" checkbox was checked;
• In "Disabling zone and heads" test fixed error when it was impossible to interrupt the running process;
• Added header check when editing the SNTBL module;
• Added possibility to reserve modules not only by composing reading but with chosen heads;
• For Samsung "USB Utility" (USB host Portable3 version) added the test "Logical Scan";
• Added the "Reconnect COM port" menu;
• Added possibility to clear module directly in ROM dump to the "Clearing FIPS module";
• Added autopower switching after reading ROM from the drive to the "Initializing HDD with editing the head map in RAM" test. In some cases the drive may freeze after reading ROM;
• Added S.M.A.R.T. enabling in module B2 PROFILE to the "S.M.A.R.T. Clearing" (by utility method). For M8E drives that pass the burn-test;
• Added possibility to choose values from the list of standard capacities to the "Passport data editor" test and the menu "Set max LBA" from the "Disabling zones and Heads" test;
• Added menu for selecting zones according to the CHS list and the A-LIST table to the "Disabling zones and heads";
• In order to unify it with other utilities, the “Formatting” test has been moved to a separate quick access menu;
• For F1_3D, F2_EG, N2B, N3 families loaders are replaced. New loaders have the ability to write a ROM dump to the drive completely, including a head map;
• Added the "Change the head map in ROM" test for drives F1_3D, F2_EG, F3, M7S2, N2B, F3_4D, M7E, F4_3D, F4, M8E, MT2, N3, MP4, M9T;
• Samsung USB utility adapted to work with USB-Host port PC-3000 Portable 3.

Toshiba

• Added a logical scan for the PC-3000 Portable-III complex and for the USB Utility (for the USB Host port).

The PC-3000 Core

• A completely redesigned simplified interface. Added support for NVMe and USB drives. Added report on the results of diagnostics and statistics on a copy creation.

• Imaging speed increased by increasing priority of threads engaged in "secondary" parsing processes (background analysis, writing and reading maps) and energy saving settings changes (% of process using etc). Due to these improvements imaging speed was increased to minimum reading speed of two devices (source and patient). For example, the PC-3000 SAS II device is able to perform imaging with about 220 MB/sec;
• Alternative maps
  • real-time coloring possibility for alternative map (during the reading process for example) was added;
  • real-time coloring possibility for alternative map on drives with changed sector size and "connected" map during the reading initial drives was added;
  • "Snapshots based on legend" alternative maps for File systems option was added.
• During the saving process from the searching window now only saves files that meet the search criteria;

RAW recovery

• Fixed the Fake APFS structures searching result issue;
• Some types of files control has been improved to avoid possible fake searching result;
• *.heic files are parsing now (before determined like *.mp4);
• AppleCoreStorage structures parsing methods improved;
• DHF and WFS structures searching has been added, also virtual partitions adding methods has been improved.
• Virtual Drive - Map Decrypted:
  • Added support of 256 bit keys;
  • Added support of AES-CBC-WithoutDiffusor algorithms.
• FileVault
  • Metadata parsing has been improved. Loading speed has been improved.
  • EncryptedRoot.plist.wipekey files is no longer required for a lot of tasks;
  • Unicode passwords are supported now.
• BitLocker
  • Added support of Partitions with few recovery keys;
  • Added support of Unicode passwords.
• VeraCrypt
  • Added support of VeraCrypt (though without Camellia and Kuznechik algorithms for now).
• F2FS File system
  • Primary support of FS added.
• NTFS file system
  • Added parser for NTFS LogFile. LogFile contains NTFS metadata changes (MFT, Index). Option is in the context menu of file system node (menu "Parse LFS", LFS stands for Log File Service). As a result, the virtual disk with so-called layers is created. It's possible to select a layer on the disk. Layer presents a snapshot of metadata at a certain time period. Number of layers correlates with the "age" of the layer. Based on practice, LogFile can contain metadata for a time period from several hours to several months.
  • Implemented basic support for the new type of EFS metadata.
  • Improved start offset detection for partitions with huge amount of non-resident catalogs;
  • Added support for MFT uploading for tasks with several disks.
  • Implemented saving procedure for deduplicated files with resident attribute C0.
• UFS file system
  • Improves partition analysis with file extensions with more than 8 unicode symbols.
• ExFAT file system
  • Improved partition analysis. Added parser for objects addressed by FAT table without descriptors in catalogs (LostFatObjects node).
• FAT file system
  • Improved analysis for cases with more than 10000 catalogs;
  • Added support for the FAT table with more than 200000 sectors.
• HFS+ file system
  • Improved performance of partition analysis.

Silicon Motion

• eNew loaders have been added for SM2246EN and SM2246XT controllers;
• During translator building an output of the total number of defective pages has been added into the log;
• Tests for translator saving and uploading have been added;
• Verification of wrong memory ID has been added into log during drive initialization and in "Memory chips test"
• SM2246EN (SATA) controller:
  • New family Transcend 370s has been added;
• SM2258XT (SATA) controller:
  • New family Silicon Power S55 has been added;
• SM2260G (NVMe) controller:
  • New family ADATA XPG SX7000 has been added;
• SM2263XT (NVMe) controller:
  • The following families have been added: AMD Radeon R5, Transcend MTE110S, Lexar NM600, Neo Forza Zion NFP03, HP EX900.

Phison

• For PS3108, PS3111 and AS2258 controllers new loaders have been added;
• Algorithm for correct Loader version autodetection in case if SSD stays in SAFE MODE has been improved;
• Verification of wrong memory ID has been added into log during drive initialization and in "Memory chips test".