| December 08, 2022 |
The new PC-3000 Software Ver. 7.2.12, Data Extractor / Data Extractor RAID Edition Ver. 6.2.11, PC-3000 SSD Ver. 3.2.9 has been released |
The latest PC-3000 Software is available! Thanks to the new SDK we have recently switched to, it's already been the 3rd major software update released this year.
The new update has brought the enhanced T2 Reading and Analysis Mode, the support of PS5012, PS3112, the support of new SAS SSDs, and many more useful features to improve your work with data recovery cases! All this is available in the freshly-released versions of the English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean software:
- PC-3000 Portable II-III/Express/UDMA-E software Ver. 7.2.12
- PC-3000 SAS software Ver. 7.2.12
- Data Extractor / Data Extractor RAID Edition software Ver. 6.2.11
- PC-3000 SSD/SSD Extended software Ver. 3.2.9
All authorized technical support users will get the latest software version.
Watch our new YouTube video on the main features of the latest PC-3000 Software Update:
Contact us to learn more on how to become an authorized technical support user and receive the recent PC-3000 Software Updates:
A SHORT LIST OF THE MAIN ENHANCEMENTS
PC-3000 Portable, Express, UDMA
WD Marvell HDD
| ENHANCED | T2 Reading and Analysis Mode |
| ADDED | WD Spyglass 3 family full support |
| ADDED | the ability to save the recreated translator as an ID=190h module |
| ADDED | the ability to create a translator (module 190) for reading bands when the translator is "lost" (when it is cleared, TRIMmed or when it is a "zeroed" HDD) |
| ENHANCED | improved and redesigned sector-by-sector reading of module 190 |
Toshiba HDD
| ADDED | support for the new HDWL1 family |
Data Extractor
| ADDED | the ability to view the contents of compressed, encrypted, resident, deduplicated files (compressed, decrypted...) in Explorer, in the Structure Viewer Mode |
| ADDED | the ability to create a virtual disk for compressed, encrypted and non-standard stores |
Ext3/4 File System
| ADDED | Implemented option: File System journal parsing with the following goals:
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PC-3000 SSD Extended (for PC-3000 Portable III)
Phison
PS5012 controller
| ADDED | support for PS5012 controller (Apacer AS2280P4, Dexp M1, Dexp L2, Seagate Barracuda 510, Smartbuy Impact E12, Toshiba RC500). Launching Preformat is possible on drives with any configuration, and reading the data in the technological mode is only possible from BiCS3 and BiCS4 family drives on Kioxia (Toshiba) chips |
PC-3000 SSD (PC-3000 Portable III/Express/UDMA)
Phison
PS3112 controller
| ADDED | support for PS3112 controller (GOODRAM IRDM S25C, Seagate Barracuda 120, Smartbuy Impact) |
PC-3000 SAS
HGST HDD
| ADDED | uploading of microcode of various vendors for the HUH7210xALx20x (AriesHC10) family |
| ADDED | support for the DC HC310 HUS726TxTALx20x (VL64K) family in terms of reading and writing modules and CPs |
HGST SSD
| ADDED | support for the SSD HGST family SSD1600MM HUSMM16xxASS200 (MLCP) and SSD40M HUSML40xxASS200(MLC). Implemented operation hours editing |
| ADDED | support for the HGST SSD family SSD1600MR HUSMR16xxASS200, HUSMR16xxASS204 (MLCP192). Implemented operation hours editing |
A DETAILED LIST OF ENHANCEMENTS
PC-3000 Portable, Express, UDMA
WD Marvell HDD
| ENHANCED | T2 Reading and Analysis Mode |
| ADDED | WD Spyglass 3 family full support |
| ADDED | the ability to save the recreated translator as an ID=190h module |
| ADDED | the ability to create a translator (module 190) for reading bands when the translator is "lost" (when it is cleared, TRIMmed or when it is a "zeroed" HDD) |
| ENHANCED | SFDP algorithm for determining the size of Flash |
| ENHANCED | improved and redesigned sector-by-sector reading of module 190 |
| ADDED | plugins to work with module 190 |
| ADDED | the ability to work with data streams of module 190 in the View and Edit HDD Resources Mode |
| ADDED | indication of read HDD states and offline pending status in the status bar |
| ADDED | the ability to saving hidden SA modules (the modules are not in Dir) in the HDD Resources Backup Mode |
| ADDED | saving restored module 28 from PST logs to a file in the Self-Test Mode |
| ENHANCED | other fixes, optimizations and improvements |
HGST-IBM-ARM HDD
| ADDED | the Skip SRVM, SN Info Loading Option when initializing an HDD from a donor firmware profile (from another drive). This feature is Used to access the native firmware on the SA surface if the HDD itself is not initialized. Previously, the files for these modules (SRVM, SN/WWN) had to be deleted manually |
Toshiba HDD
| ADDED | support for the new HDWL1 family |
Quantum HDD
| ENHANCED | RAM write process in SA Object Viewer |
Data Extractor
| ADDED | a panel with navigation controls similar to Windows Explorer:
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| ADDED | a button for searching files and folders to the panel with navigation controls in Explorer. Thus button allows to use search results to navigate in Explorer and create bookmarks:
Syntax: * - any number of any characters
**- any number of any directories ? - any character | - combining conditions by "or" Example: **\Program*\*.exe|??123.db - at any nesting level (from the selected directory), a subdirectory is searched that includes "Program" and in it all EXE - files and DB - files that have any two characters at the beginning and “123” |
| ADDED | for most file systems, methods have been implemented that allow checking headers (and file bodies when building a file system validity map) for non-standard stored files:
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| ENHANCED | approach that allows you to create generally correct snapshots of the file system in which files are compressed, encrypted, stored Inline or deduplicated (this could have not been applied everywhere before) |
| ADDED | the ability to view the contents of compressed, encrypted, resident, deduplicated files (compressed, decrypted...) in Explorer, in the Structure Viewer Mode |
| ADDED | the ability to create a virtual disk for compressed, encrypted and non-standard stores (inline for example). This feature can be useful for working with stored compressed, encrypted virtual machines in case of a problem disk. For static machines, simply creating a virtual disk is sufficient. For dynamic - in the map of the created disk mode, create another virtual disk corresponding to the machine type. Not applicable for VMDK with extends |
| ADDED | processing of one additional path where files and database can be stored |
| ADDED | the ability to save files to a ZIP archive (the save options form will be implemented for background processes later on) |
| ADDED | a copy of the table at the end of the disk - to the map of used sectors map in the case of GPT |
| ADDED | using a copy of GPT data for the cases where first GPT is missed or unavailable |
| ADDED | Boot and its copy to the used sectors map of FAT |
| ADDED | starting LBA for files to the filter |
| ADDED | power management into the task parameters for a USB drive connected to the USB HOST port of PC-3000 Portable III |
| ADDED | power management for USB drive tasks created via Active utility (PC-3000 Portable III) |
| ADDED | power management for tasks with standard drives (you can use one of the PC-3000 channels) |
| ADDED | alternative maps using data now are not being filled for sectors that are not read and are being modified for sectors that have been reread |
Ext3/4 File System
| ADDED | Implemented option: File System journal parsing with the following goals:
If changes are found in the log that precede the current state of the FS, a layered disk is created, each layer representing a separate transaction in the FS change history. The context menu of this disk allows to select a specific layer. For changes not yet committed in the FS - if any are found - a separate disk with its own layers is created. |
HFS+ File System
| ENHANCED | metadata scanning process speed. Now it is much faster |
NTFS File System
| ADDED | icons for resident and deduplicated files |
WD Cloud FS storage
| ADDED | processing of one additional path where files and database can be stored |
Data Extractor RAID Edition
| ADDED | method to enable the entropy map for all the RAID members and optionally run a background filling processes |
| ADDED | the following steps have been added to the RAID autodetect based on data method:
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| ADDED | the RAID Members Report now keeps cache for stats based on RAW recovery and entropy maps. This cache can optionally be used to significantly speed up the operation of the following modes:
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| ADDED | for Reed-Solomon blocks in the matrix on the RAID creation form, new methods have been added to be applied to the indexes of the selected RS block to the entire table in the synchronous and asynchronous styles |
PC-3000 SSD Extended (for PC-3000 Portable III)
Phison
PS5012 controller
| ADDED | support for PS5012 controller (Apacer AS2280P4, Dexp M1, Dexp L2, Seagate Barracuda 510, Smartbuy Impact E12, Toshiba RC500). Launching Preformat is possible on drives with any configuration, and reading the data in the technological mode is only possible from BiCS3 and BiCS4 family drives on Kioxia (Toshiba) chips |
PS5016 controller
| ENHANCED | translator building algorithm |
| ENHANCED | window interface for the loaders selection window if the system text size was more than 100% |
| ADDED | possibility to edit LUNsPerChip parameter in the utility status window |
PS5013 controller
| ADDED | Added EDFN70.0 loader, supporting Micron N28A chips |
| ENHANCED | optimization of the translator building algorithm |
| ADDED | support of drives based on Micron B47R chips |
| ADDED | Interleave autodetection |
PC-3000 SSD (PC-3000 Portable III/Express/UDMA)
Phison
PS3112 controller
| ADDED | support for PS3112 controller (GOODRAM IRDM S25C, Seagate Barracuda 120, Smartbuy Impact) |
PS3111 controller
| ADDED | support for HG2258 (PS3111) controller (Silicon Power A55) |
| ADDED | possibility to read SSD image to the file (NAND flash chips - Saving dumps - SSD image) |
| ADDED | auto-detection of model name for drives in STAFIRM S11 Mode when creating a profile |
| ADDED | support for Apacer AS340 and Apacer AS350 drives |
| ADDED | SBFK71 and SBFKB1 loaders for Kingston drives and autodetecting the necessity of using them in the Preformat procedure |
| ENHANCED | translator building algorithm for Kioxia BiCS4 chips |
| ENHANCED | translator building algorithm for PS3111 with 4 LUNs per chip |
PS3110 controller
| ENHANCED | translator building algorithm for PS3111 with 4 LUNs per chip |
| ADDED | new type of translator (firmware SAFM01.R) |
SM2258XT
| ADDED | support for Transcend MTS820 drives |
| ADDED | support for Team Group MS30 drives |
| ADDED | support for ADATA SU650 drives |
| ADDED | support for Radeon R5 drives |
| ENHANCED | algorithm for constructing a translator for drives based on Hynix 3dv5-96L chips |
| ENHANCED | window interface for the loaders selection window if the system text size was more than 100% |
SM2246XT
| ENHANCED | the search algorithm for the CP block at the start of the utility |
| ENHANCED | algorithm for translator rebuilding for drives with one region (usually it's a low-capacity models like 16-32-64GB) |
| ADDED | the ability to read an SSD image to a file (NAND flash chips - Saving dumps - SSD image) |
SM2258G
| ADDED | Improved translator building algorithm |
SM2258XT and SM2259XT
| ADDED | CheckBox "Show all" and filters for the loader selection window |
PC-3000 SAS
HGST HDD
| ADDED | uploading of microcode of various vendors for the HUH7210xALx20x (AriesHC10) family |
| ADDED | support for the DC HC310 HUS726TxTALx20x (VL64K) family in terms of reading and writing modules and CPs |
HGST SSD
| ADDED | support for the SSD HGST family SSD1600MM HUSMM16xxASS200 (MLCP) and SSD40M HUSML40xxASS200(MLC). Implemented operation hours editing |
| ADDED | support for the HGST SSD family SSD1600MR HUSMR16xxASS200, HUSMR16xxASS204 (MLCP192). Implemented operation hours editing |
Seagate SAS
| ADDED | Added launch of a terminal window when entering the utility |
