The New Disk Drill 5.1 Update With Lots of New File Formats Recovered

The new minor update of Disk Drill 5.1 sees lots of new file types added to its recovery résumé, a more responsive interface, and better support for iOS devices.

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New

Faster scans for lost data thanks to new caching algorithms
Recovery from Windows Storage Spaces (also known as Storage Pool)
Lots of new file signatures are now found by Deep Scan, including ZPR, ZBR – Pixologic ZBrush 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting; PCBDOC, PCBLIB, SCHLIB, SCHDOC – Altium Designer; GED – GEDCOM Genealogy Data File; XCF – eXperimental Computing Facility, the native image format of the GIMP image-editing; PPM – Flipnote Studio Animation files; ANX – HotDocs Answer Format files; SPP – Substance Painter project; PRJPCB – Altium Designer Project file; XHW – ChamSys MagicQ Icon Snapshots files; ARI – ARRIRAW images; ARX – ARRIRAW images; TAR – Tape Archive files.
Symlink support to recover data from iOS backups saved to external storage locations (including network and web-based ones)
iOS Backups can now be shown in Finder via right click

Improvements

Fine-tuned Disk Drill interface responsiveness
Better recovery from SSD on M1, M2, and T2-based Macs
More details on lost partitions displayed while scanning
More app-specific files extracted during iOS recovery and placed into Accessible Files category in results
Disk Drill’s iOS data recovery module extracts more files with longer names (above 72 characters)
Improved scanning feedback for locked iOS 16+ devices
Visually improved hints for even easier navigation through the app
Greatly improved detection of RAID5 with EXT file system
Smoother start of iOS recovery thanks to preliminary disk space and device availability verification
Enhanced preview with even more information about found folders
More intuitive support for native macOS hotkey combos
Better recovery chances prediction for APFS drives
A more on-point icons design in dark mode
A more responsive iOS scan cancellation
Greatly improved scanning of FAT32 systems

Fixes

Random exception error messages when a disk was disconnected while navigating through the list of sources available for recovery
Multiple interface touchups throughout the app modules
An issue with adding identical folders to Clean Up, Data Shredder, and Find Duplicates modules
Now Clean Up and Data Shredder modules give out a warning when attempting to add an item that’s already on the list
Erroneous number of recovered files indicated upon recovery completion, if the destination drive was disconnected at some point of the recovery process
The S.M.A.R.T. module refreshing its data continuously

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.updated: January 31, 2023 author: CleverFiles Team