The New Software Update: PC-3000 Ver. 7.5.x, Data Extractor Ver. 6.5.x, PC-3000 SSD Ver. 3.5.x has been released

full support of 4K Displays into PC-3000 interface

full support of GDI Scale Mode. It could be useful in case of 4K Displays and 200% Windows scale usage

symbols drawing in the PC-3000 interface (important for Chinese, Japanese and Korean software versions)

error processing algorithm for the PC-3000 Portable III USB HOST connections

overall driver stability for the PC-3000 Portable III USB HOST

Portable III boot initialization

AHCI-based PCIe drives initialization

autodetection of connected storage interface

support for the VeniceR Plus 2 Lite family, including unlock support

module selection for initialization. As a result, you can start initializing any module from SA in HDD RAM. Previously, only module 01 (Dir) was possible to initialize. Renamed "Init dir from HDD SA" mode to "Init custom module"

"Block custom module access", "Allow custom module access" modes

"BackGround task activity" checkbox to the value "Disable all background task operation" for the "Solve 'slow responding' problem" solution. As a result, the internal process of WD HDD "Data Life Guard-II" does not start for more HDD FW

"Do not add the ROM version to the HDD profile name" option in the utility settings

decoding of HDD initialization steps in the "Power up log"

the ability to write module 190 to the drive immediately after forming it using translator data

"MR heads resistance" mode. It allows you to show the resistance value of magneto-resistive heads. Useful for checking heads condition

overall stability in different modes inside WD Marvell Utility. Minor bugfixes.

basic support for new families: Mobula, Evans, CimarronBP, EvansBP (Unlock techno mode, functions to work with service area)

an automatic unlocking of the User LBA -> PCHS function for CimarronBP and other families, where techno function 131 is excluded from the firmware

an option for DE "Stop Intercommand Activity" (stopping the HDD firmware background process)

an option for DE "Park (unload) heads" (putting the heads to the parking ramp)

an option for DE "Check availability of LBA->CHS". In addition to checking, it attempts to activate on families where the function is excluded from the firmware. The action is necessary as part of the sequence for processing HDD freezes (after switching power and unlocking) to continue “reading physics through the utility”

mode for launching code modules in a system with write protection of RAM firmware by processor hardware (Memory Protection Unit). Works in tandem with the new version of the tech mode unlock

the "View SA objects / Read SA by LBA" mode for all Seagate families newer than EVANS

the new HDD ROM wizard with built-in support for assembling a logical ROM image (one object) from two ROM stripe files (for families with two ROMs chips joined into a “RAID” stripe)

the new ROM wizard with built-in support for uploading a logical ROM image (one object) into two ROM stripe files (for writing two ROMs on the programmer)

"TechUnlock Handshake" function. When starting the HDD, in case the drive checks the digital signature of the ROM with an error after adding Unlock Tech, the ability to select the starting block of the ROM firmware "Boot FW" (BFW) has been added, which will allow the drive to start. Relevant for the Evans family

support for the BuildInfo (CODE Info) structure of revision 0x23 (CimarronBP family and newer) in the information about "ROM/Disk FW"

ROM wizard. The core of the utility for working with ROMs has been rewritten to work with packed data segments. Relevant for modern families in which data segments in ROM are nested in a section of another segment

the "park heads" techno command to the utility interface. The Spindle Motor will continue to rotate

"volume tables" analysis for the "Disk FW" image and SA partition directory files for the Cimarron BP family and newer families

the firmware name adjustment before saving the ROM dump in the "Reading ROM via terminal" test

a new T2 translator recovery implementation for encrypted drives. The new implementation takes into account the possibility of conflicting data about the translation found during the analysis of module 190. The map based drive is now created not from the initial drive that was read by "physics", but it's created from the virtual drive with all possible addressing variants. The translation versions search process is improved due to the accelerated translation uploading to RAM

T2 translator recovery mode for WD drives. Added a possibility to add a disk with "translator uploading into HDD RAM" in Explorer on the drive node based on map, after the translation map creating and versions search. It allows working with the drive at normal speed. Also, there will be only power restart in both scenarios (reading errors and readiness loss). The translator is reloading after the scenario completion

module 190 creation from map for the drive based on map, that has been made after the T2 recovery process in WDC Marvell Utility

file report creation for all export options

MD5, SHA1, SHA256 calculations into report

a possibility to run the verification for data, written into the forensic file, after the writing completion

new extensions (001, bin, img, dd, raw) selection for the raw format copy process;

txt file report for the forensic storage creation procedure

metadata analysis for the thin volumes. As a result, we get drives with possible data allocation. We can use editing mode for data allocation correction (context drive menu)

"Tiering" support (the most demanded data on the fastest drive). There is a tab pops up when you add "thin volume", where you should mention partitions with tier_0 (fast drive), tier_2 (main storage) and one of created maps of "thin volume"

versions adding in "thin volume" analysis

a menu on _tmeta partition for the "thin volumes" analysis

structure viewer. The structure parsing time has been decreased a lot;

PDF-files parsing (without detailed information). Can be used for RAID recovery based on files

RAR-files parsing

support for virtual drives VDI and QCOW2

support for SynologyDrive (File system transformation in a form familiar to the user)

reaction to impossibility of file saving due to the lack of free space. Now the file skips and the saving is not interrupting

a possibility to save each partition to a separate archive during the file saving into ZIP

a reaction to "Skip" button pressing during the file saving into ZIP

"Express Test" to the utility menu for PCIe NMVe SSD drives

support for SM2263ENG controller (Kingston A2000 utility)

support for SM2320G USB controller (Kingston XS2000 utility)

support for drives with disabled encryption

read/write firmware algorithms

new loaders

translator building algorithm

translator building algorithm for drives based on Hynix 3dv6 chips

support for Crucial MX500 (SM2258H/G) drives with additional OPAL encryption

translator building algorithm

PBT0, PBT1.a translator building algorithms for ADATA SU635

MAS0902Sfw loader for MAS0902 controllers

support of SmartBuy Splash (MAS0902), Apacer AS350 (MAS0902), KingSpec P3, KingSpec Q-720

the general building translator algorithm

translator building algorithm for BB.x firmware

algorithm of data rereading for Z1.x firmware

support for Intel/Micron B47R memory chips

translator building algorithm for small-capacity drives

data rereading algorithm for B1.x, BA.x, D0.x, E1.x, J1.x, K1.x, KB.x, Y1.x microprograms

support for Intel/Micron B27A memory chips

translator building algorithm

Phison PS5013 drives initialization in SAFE MODE