Disk Drill 5.5 Offers NAS and Linux Data Recovery via SSH, Providing an Extra Layer of Security

This Disk Drill minor update habitually offers a major list of new features, overall improvements, as well as anticipated fixes. Advanced settings for SMART monitoring, better handling of RAID arrays, and new file signatures supported.

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New

Completely new NAS recovery algorithm. Disk Drill can now connect to NAS devices via SSH protocol and securely scan the connected drives and RAID units.
Completely new Linux Recovery algorithm. Disk Drill now connects to Linux OS via SSH protocol in order to securely scan the connected drives and RAIDs.
BTRFS RAID systems are now fully supported.
New file signatures recognized by Disk Drill: .gp – Guitar Pro 8 Tablature and .musx – Finale Music Notation files.
Advanced settings for SMART monitoring for JMICRON USB RAID units.

Improvements

Greatly improved filtering of scan results in different view modes.
The .potm file signature detection during scan has been improved.
Multiple enhancements in user interaction with the Disk Drill interface. Lots of responsiveness updates throughout.
Better detection of the following file signatures during scan: .potx, .ppsm, .pptm, .dotx, .docm, .dotm, .xltx, .xltm, .xlsm, .xlsb.
EXT4 journals are scanned at a faster speed now.
General info section for RAID arrays now contains more data.
Detection and display of RAID child units when the RAID had several partitions.
Possibility to show/hide hidden items and their information on disks.
The view of all detected storage devices are now expanded for better visual convenience.
Now you won’t miss a Disk Drill update thanks to improved check for updates mechanism.

Fixes

Issues with failed recovery of the files that originally had reserved names as the filenames.
Unsuitable storage devices showing up in Clean Up module.
A crash occurring in Clean Up module when several drives were connected simultaneously and Quick Access folders were deleted.
A random app crash occurring if a critical SMART notice has been clicked while in Clean Up module.
Offline license activation issues.
Scan statuses not fully displayed during the scan with the app window size set to default.
Minor interface flaws have been fixed here and there.
Right-click menu options not always corresponding to the recovery options available at the time.
Disabled recovery chances filter for the recovery session with the chances calculated during scan, after the source drive had been disconnected from computer.
Random crashes occurring during the scan of .eml files.
At times, already deleted folders were still displayed in Clean Up module.