CnW Data Recovery 4.2

May 2013

V4.20 Small changes


April 2013

V4.18 Extra detection for corrupted NTFS disks


March 2013

V4.17 Some carved files can be selected on dates with file filter - depends on file type.

V4.14 - more MP4 modes detected in wizard


February 2013

V4.12, Longer directories for XFS, and more MP4 wizard updates


January 2013

V4.11 Updates to MP4 wizard - displays codecs

V4.10 MP4 wizard, small enhancements. Beta version of DOCX and ZIP wizard


December 2012

V4.06 Further developments on MP4 wizard

V4.05 Small enhancements to MP4 wizard, maximum drives handled now 19 (was 9)¨


November 2012

V4.04 Will block sleep/hibernation mode of PC while recovering files. Small additions to MP/4 wizard

V4.03 Multiple partitions support for HP MediaVault


October 2012

V4.01 Manual selection of Linux files

V3.99 - improved recognition of Ext4 disks. Beta version of 3GP wizard - very limited functions


September 2012

3.96 Small changes to forensic report and reading Mac disks


August 2012

3.95 Improved defragmenting of Word DOCX files, ODT files recognised

3.92 Detects fake memory chips.

3.91 AVCHD no longer has a limit of 128GB for total size of recovery


July 2012

3.90 Improved support form AVCHD recovery from non FAT disks


July 2012

3.89 Extra apple failure modes supported.


May 2012

3.87 New routine for AVCHD Wizard. More modes for reconstructing missing .AVI indexes.

3.86 Improved merging of AVCHD files in wizard function

3.85 Improved support for Reiser scanning and automatic detection of HP MediaVault configuration


April 2012

3.80 Support for simple Ext4 files - still in development phase


March 2012

3.78 Displays type of Linux/Unix disk being recovered

3.75 Option to skip verify on carving. Enhanced 3GP defragmentation


February 2012

3.71 Zip and DOCX files can be defragmented after carving

3.69 Word .DOCX have date added when carved


January 2012

3.67 Improved support for fragmented AVI files

3.66 Improved support for XFS disks. Log subdirectory automatically compressed with NTFS compression

3.64 - a bug on startup of 3.63 removed

3.63 Reiser files listing shown on screen, and addition help for Reiser configuration in the Corrupted disk wizard


December 2011

3.62 VM Virtual file image handled (forensic option only)

3.61, some enhancements to AVCHD and 3GP defragmenting


November 2011

3.60 Extra support for defragmenting deleted .3GP, .MOV files from FAT32 devices.

3.58 Options for different time frame intervals on AVCHD recovery

3.55 Improved Encase .E01 support


October 2011

3.54 SHA-256 hashing may be disabled

3.53 Enhanced supported for fragmented .MOV files.  Can read QIC113 backup files


September 2011

3.52 AVCHD wizard function


August 2011FF

3.51 AVCHD / MTS files can be defragmented.

3.50 MPEG-1 audio streams supported when creating .IFO files on video disks

3.48 Further development on keyword searching - log can be sorted. Keyword searching added to forensic report.


July 2011

3.47 Small changes to the way DVDs are recovered with more than 99 chapters.

3.46 Uni-code added to keyword search


June 2011

3.45 Keyword search exported with log info, keyword file can be viewed from log

3.44 First version of keyword search added for FAT and NTFS disks (commercial and forensic options only).


May 2011

3.41 Reiser files recovered when first superblock is missing

3.40 Extra MP4 type files detected in data carving

3.39 Changes to JPEG defragmenting


April 2011

3.37 Changed routine for defragmenting JPEGs

3.36 Alternate Data Streams extracted from NTFS disks

3.35 Improvements on 3GP amd MP4 defragmenting


March 2011

3.33 Slightly faster copy/imaging speed. A reminder has been added if software is not updated after 3 months.


February 2011

3.32 Reiser FS included as part of wizard - also shows directories while in restore process.

3.31 Multiple strings can be searched for as part of data carving - forensic only option

3.29 Improved support for fragmented 3GP, MP4 files in ftyp-mdat-moov sequence


January 2011

3.28 Mini DVDs can be recovered, and then a new DVD created within CnW

3.27 Apple resource fork modified to allow copying of short cuts and hyperlinks on systems where the links are not valid.

3.26 Function to download and extract NSRL MD5 hash values for standard files (Forensic option only). Dongle drivers now a separate download.

3.25 Will process fragmented .3GP files <16MB in length and in ftyp-moov-mdat sequence

3.24 Verification of 3GP/MP4 files


December 2010

3.23 Will recover many Reiser FS deleted and lost files

3.22 Extra testing on XFS files


November 2010

3.21 Improved ReiserFS support

3.20 3GP video files detected in carving


October 2010

V3.17 improved JBOD operation for HP Media vault

V3.16 improved JBOD operation

V3.12, improved photo defragmenting

V3.11, improved carving of fragmented AVI files


September 2010

V.308 Improved RAID support

V3.07 Support for deleted XFS added


August 2010

3.04 Support for dongle on Windows 7 64 bit

3.02 Mini-DVD wizard displays thumbnails of video chapters on recovery

3.00 released with new Wizard functions

Improved support for Linux Ext2/3 disks


July 2010

Reiser FS, first release in V3 Beta version

2.86 development of Formatted wizard function


June 2010

CnW V3 pre-release details Read about the next major release


May 2010

2.74 Image raw split into separate functions of Data Carve and Disk Image

2.73 New Fragmented AVI routine


April 2010

2.71 More XFS improvements, supports Version 1 inodes

2.68 Improved Unix XFS support. Enhanced routines for fragmented photo recovery


March 2010

2.67 Increased speed for defragmenting photos. Small improvement to MTF (.BKF) file recovery

2.66 Small enhancements - development for RAID systems taking place


January 2010

2.65 First support for Unix XFS disks. 4096 byte sectors supported for FAT32 - iPod disks


December 2009

2.64 Office 2007 documents detected in raw recovery

2.63 Enhanced recovery from FAT disks when using scan for directory stubs - more directories are named


September 2009

2.61 First release of exFAT. Improved Linux Ext2 support

2.59 Enhanced creation of Video disks from recovered MPEG files


August 2009

2.57 First Forensic XML report giving summary and details of jobs performed


July 2009

2.56 Uni-code strings can be searched for in disk image mode

2.55 Enhanced recovery of deleted FAT32 files


June 2009

2.53 Files with failed sectors marked in the log. Encase EWF files can be read (nb this should be considered a Beta feature at this stage) but will handle standard and compressed files..

2.50 Improved operation on Vista systems

2.47 EFI support, including details in forensic report log


May 2009

2.46 Enhanced joining of fragmented jpegs

2.44 Improved stability with Vista


April 2009

2.43 Enhanced sorting of large logs, makes more use of available PC memory

2.42 Improved support in wizard for multiple partition disks


February 2009

2.41 Extra fields added to .csv log reports. Hash value in log for disk images.

2.40 Addition Unix formats added and Mac handling enhanced. Forensic report included in .CSV exported reports

2.38 More tool tips added


January 2009

2.36 First version of MFT Parse implemented. Tool tips added to wizard screen. Installation on systems without a C: drive made possible

2.35 Sector numbers in option boxes can be double clicked to view the sector

2.34 Option to validate FAT files as part of recovery. More development on data carving tool, includes file validation


December 2008

2.32 First version of disk sector searching, so string may be found anywhere on a disk. Improved FAT support, FAT table is checked for integrity and may be repaired automatically. First release of data carving tool, click on verify column within forensic log. Forensic option only.


November 2008

2.31 Additional Forensic report entries. $bitmap, $MFT and $logfile file read with Forensic option


October 2008

2.30 Optional operation with a dongle to allow installation on multiple PCs

2.28 Improved BKF support


August 2008

2.27 Support for SCSI drives not recognised by the operating system

2.25 Improved disk analysis for FAT32. Recovery mode option added to Wizard


June 2008

2.24 Enhanced metedata extraction from JPEG files. Support for GUID partition tables (as used on current Macs).


May 2008

2.23 Improved support for open session CDs, and for multi-session UDF disks

2.22 Preliminary addition of MTF - .BKF file backups. No limit to the size of logs that can be sorted


April 2008

2.21 Preliminary addition of Unix HTFS file system recovery


March 2008

2.19 Small improvements to wizard and analysis. Faster initial scan for NTFS disks


February 2008

2.16 Enhanced initial disk verification and analysis

2.12 Initial version of forensic report


December 2007

2.10 Automatic Windows Vista UAC control

2.09 Enhanced recovery of deleted FAT32 files. CSV files detected


November 2007

2.06 Titles added to Word files on raw recovery mode. Fragmented AVIs joined in Raw mode.


October 2007

2.04 Initial version able to join fragmented jpegs when doing a raw image recovery

2.03 Files may be viewed from directory screen - right click


September 2007

2.00 First full released version - online purchase enabled


August 2007

1.72 Improved partition recovery functions. One step video disk recovery within the Wizard

1.70 Improved wizard with support for CD-RW unerase. AppleDouble format supported when recovering Mac disks to a PC drive


July 2007

1.69 Some analysis of disk structure integrity before doing a wizard recovery . Speed enhancements in wizard as well as target times being displayed

1.68 Disk analysis display


June 2007

1.66 Improved FAT32 recovery analysis


May 2007

1.65 Determine the file a sector is used in. View fragment runs

1.64 Mac JAZ format supported


April 2007

1.63 Enhanced imaging for failing disks


March 2007

1.63 Video disk index creation

1.62 Split routine to place files in directories for DVD burning

1.61 Enhanced Mac recovery


January 2007

1.60 File deduplication added

1.59 Scan for Macintosh directories


December 2006

V1.58 small updates


November 2006

V1.57 Enhanced Raw splitting routine. Improved Mac handling and analysis of FAT disks


September 2006

V1.56 Improved processing of NTFS disks without master $MFT sectors. Improved wizard operation with unrecognised disks. Wizard less likely to hang with some disks. Dates added to JPEG and TIFF file name, when file file contains date tag


August 2006

V1.55 DVD properties can be examined


July 2006

V1.54 Log numbers may be viewed in hex, or decimal

V1.53 Small improvements on partition recovery

V1.52 Bug removed on reading some long files in NTFS


June 2006

V1.51 Improved analysis of FAT disk with missing boot sectors. Filename field added to log


May 2006

V1.50 Analysis for FAT disks with missing boot sectors. Improved UDF support for VAT


April 2006

V1.48 Improved Macintosh support

V1.47 Improved support for long directories on UDF CDs. File selection based on file extension


March 2006

V1.46 File selection on file size implemented as part of file filter. Improved progress reporting. Revised analysis interface screen


February 2006

V1.45 Directory slack for NTFS disks saved. Flags added to logs to indicate read only, encrypted files etc

V1.43 File filter functions added to CD reading

V1.42 Multi-threaded additions to enhance output speed

V1.41 File selection or skipping based on MD5 values

V1.40 Selection of drives by both physical drive number and logical drive letter


January 2006

V1.37 Revised help system - also available online

V1.33 Easier interface to enter registration code

V1.32 FAT32 with no FAT map correctly implemented

V1.31 Partition analysis, and boot sector reconstruction


December 2005

V1.30 Improved MAC HFS+ support

V.128 Improved NTFS support, with selection of MFT range

V1.25 NTFS will store partially overwritten files in a new subdirectory


November 2005

V1.24 Modified dates part of file filter selection

V.12 File filter, implementation of directory selection

V1.20 Output optionally in directories for CD or DVD writing -will fill directories to be a complete CD or DVD size


October 2005

V1.19 Compressed NTFS disks expanded on raw read file extraction. Name length optionally truncated for CD production

V1.17 JPEG files verified when part of unallocated space extraction. Automatic deletion of logs after defined period.

V.1.16 NTFS added to wizard, with partition support

V1.15 CD-ROM added to wizard and demo. Wizard includes track and partition count for media

V1.11 Floppy disk support added to wizard and demo


September 2005

V1.09 Image files can be viewed, even in demo mode. Thumb nails of recovered images are displayed automatically while in wizard mode.

V1.08 first beta copy released for memory chips

CnW Data Recovery Software recovers lost files from
o Digital photo camera memory chips
o Compact Flash, CE, sD, xD, Memorystick, MultiMedia Card, or USB compatible memory
o Hard drives recovered
o RAID 0 - RAID-5, JBODs ** under developmentdata recovery software for hard drives
o CDs and DVDs, including mini-DVDs
o Thumb drives
o Jaz and Zip disks
o Floppy disks

File systems supported
o NTFS, NTFS compressed,.
o FAT32, FAT16, FAT12
o IDE, USB, SATA, SCSI
o Macintosh HFS+
o Hard disc EFI partitions
o Data carving for any operating system
o ISO9660, Joliet, UDF, Macintosh
o Quick erased CD-RW*
o DVD, data and video
o exFAT
o Unix XFS
o ReiserFS
o Flash memory
o .BKF backup files

Recovers data that has been lost
o Deleted file restoring from NTFS and FAT32
o Formatted disks can be recovered
o Disk corruption
o Missing FATs or MFTs are reconstructed
o Partial disk failure can be recovered
o Partition or boot sector failureRead files lost on memory chips
o Corrupted FATs are dynamically fixed
o Overwritten boot sectors are reconstructed
o Master Boot Record (MBR) failure or corruption
o Partition tables corrupted can be regenerated
o Failure when being repartitioned
o Quick erased* (CD-RW)
o Files lost due to software error can be recovered
o Operator error
o Malicious deletion of files can be resolved
o Installation of new operating system
o Not ejecting USB drives correctly
o Power glitch
o Virus
o Video camera DVD corruption, but video can be reconstructed