Disk Drill 5.4 is a minor update, but it brings a lot to the table – free up disk space with new Clean Up module; detect more file types, encrypted and unencrypted alike; enjoy even more stable performance.
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New
- Introducing the Clean Up module that will keep your drives clutter-free
- New look for Disk Drill icons and visuals
- Significant updates for S.M.A.R.T. monitoring module: added support for AMD RAIDXpert2, Intel VROC, JMicron USB RAID, Sandisk/WD CloudSpeed Gen II SSD, as well as other 16 devices
- Disk Drill’s Deep Scan can now recover MBS (Opera Mailbox File), Notes Template Facility (NTF) files, and EML (electronic mail format or email saved in plain text) files
Improvements
- S.M.A.R.T. details are now sorted according to disks’ IDs by default
- Disk Drill installation process has several subtle improvements
- The HEX view operations are handled faster now
- Interface and menu touch ups throughout Disk Drill’s interface
- Improved recovery from NTFS partitions with damaged MFT (master file table)
- Smoother Disk Drill updates installation
- The links in Disk Drill’s updater window now properly open in a default web browser
- Improved Deep Scan and labeling for MBOX, EMLX, EWD, RTF files
- Improved detection of encrypted and unencrypted .sparseimage files with Apple Partition Map, GUID Partition Map and Master Boot Record schemes
- Improved detection of encrypted and unencrypted .dmg files with Apple Partition Map, GUID Partition Map and Master Boot Record schemes
- Improved Deep Scan for PDF files with Xref table that is not standardly sized
- Improved Deep Scan for encrypted .sxi, .sxd, .sxc, .sxw file signatures
- Improved Deep Scan for encrypted .odt, .ods, .odp, .odg file signatures
- Improved Deep Scan for encrypted .docx, .xlsx, .pptx file signatures
- Improved Deep Scan for encrypted .xmind file signatures
- Improved Deep Scan detection of .xls file signature created in MacOS MSExcel 2008
- Better recovery chance prediction for the .ppt files
Fixes
- Deep Scan processes have been revised and minor fixes applied
- Minor crashes when Quick Scan labeled a file with unacceptable characters
- Occasional crash when scanning the .eml file signatures
- Occasional crash when scanning certain .doc file signatures
- Exceptions while deep scanning the .rtf file signatures
- Hide duplicates menu option behavior during certain types of scan has been fixed
- Occasional crash occurring when a drive got disconnected at the time of recovery destination selection
- Fixed the incorrect behavior of scan pause/stop button at the time of drive disconnect
- Random crash when the hex view window was open and the scanned drive was disconnected
- Occasional crash when trying to open a session file that got corrupted
- Possible freezing of the app upon Deep Scan detection of .flac file signature
- Occasional crash during the recovery of lost NTFS partitions
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.updated: January 6, 2024 author: