Disk Drill Basic

Disk Drill Basic
Developer(s) CleverFiles
Stable release 2.1.376
Operating system Mac OS X and Windows
Type Data recovery
License Free
Website cleverfiles.com

Disk Drill Basic is a freeware version of Disk Drill,[1][2] data recovery application for Mac OS X, developed by CleverFiles. Disk Drill Basic was introduced in 2010[3] and was primarily designed to recover deleted or lost files from hard disk drives, USB flash drives and SSD drives with the help of Recovery Vault[4] technology.

Recovery Vault

The core of Disk Drill Basic[5] is a Recovery Vault[6] technology which allows to recover data from a media that was secured by Recovery Vault beforehand. Recovery Vault runs as a background service and remembers all metadata and properties of the deleted data. Thus making it possible to restore deleted files with their original file names and location.

Supported file systems

Disk Drill Basic provides recovery from HFS/HFS+ and FAT disks/partitions.

Data Backup

Disk Drill Basic can be also used as a backup utility for creating copies of the disk or partition in DMG images[7] format.

Version for Windows OS

In February 2015, CleverFiles have launched a Windows version of its data recovery software for Mac OS. While in beta, Disk Drill for Windows is licensed as a freeware and allows to recover the deleted files from storage devices that can be accessed from Windows PC. Disk Drill for Windows also includes the Recovery Vault technology [8] and works on any Windows XP system or newer (Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10). The software is compatible with FAT and NTFS, as well as HFS+ and EXT2/3/4 file systems.

Release history

Version Platform Release date Notes and significant changes
1.0.47 Beta Macintosh September 2010
  • First Beta.
1.0.52 Beta Macintosh September 2010
  • The first public release
1.0.62 Macintosh November 2010
  • In-app navigation.
  • New uninstaller.
  • Better support of the disks used for Time Machine backups
1.1 Macintosh February 2011
  • Totally new Deep Scan algorithm
  • Recovery and scanning sessions management
  • S.M.A.R.T. disk diagnostics added
  • Portable Mode introduced
  • Interactive scanning and recovery dialogs
1.4 Macintosh August 2011
  • Guaranteed Recovery algorithm introduced
1.7 Macintosh February 2012
  • Thunderbolt support
  • Full support of new Growl's features
1.8 Macintosh May 2012
  • New file signatures were added to Deep Scan's database
  • The speed of Quick Scan was significantly improved
  • Integration with OS X Mountain Lion Notification Center
2.0 [9] Macintosh May 2013
  • Completely Redesigned UI
  • HFS+ Catalog file rebuild function
  • Universal Partition Search function
  • Scan for Lost HFS+ Partition method
  • Mount Scanning Results As Disk function
  • Better Deep Scan file naming
2.1 Macintosh December 2013
  • updated Directory Rebuild recovery algorithm
  • additional disk image formats can now be attached in Disk Drill: .raw, .dd and .img
  • extended disk health monitoring for I/O errors
  • new file signatures: EMF (Enhanced Windows Metafile), LNK (MS Windows Link), DPX (Cineon image file)
  • 64-bit ready internal daemon (responsible for Recovery Vault, S.M.A.R.T. stats and Guaranteed Recovery)
2.2 Macintosh March 2014
  • More file type signatures added to Deep Scan
  • Completely redesigned HFS+ Catalog File Rebuild recovery algorithm
2.3 Macintosh August 2014
  • More file type signatures added to Deep Scan
  • Disk Drill interface is retina-ready
  • New drive blocks reading indication
  • Support of EXFAT within Deep Scan
2.4 Macintosh August 2014
  • New disk space visualization module
  • Recoverable files can now be previewed with hex view
  • Mounted disks and disk images can now be ejected right from Disk Drill
  • “Allocate Existing File System Data” scan method is now available for free in Disk Drill Basic
  • Support the recovery of stereo images in MPO format
1.0 Windows February 2015
  • Disk Drill version for Windows released [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Derek Schauland (2011-02-08). "Cleverfiles Disk Drill file recovery for the Mac".
  2. ↑ Cody Fink (2010-12-15). "Disk Drill Is An Amazingly Simple Recovery App For HDDs".
  3. ↑ "Disk Drill 1.0.52 Beta – first public release". 2010-09-29.
  4. ↑ "Why is Recovery Vault important?". 2010-09-12.
  5. ↑ Steven Sande (2011-05-08). "Disk Drill protects your Mac disks, recovers files". http://www.tuaw.com''.
  6. ↑ Simon Slangen (2010-09-10). "Disk Drill: Easily Protect and Recover Your Hard Drive Data".
  7. ↑ "Protect Your Mac Data And Recover Lost Data With Disk Drill". 2012-04-23.
  8. ↑ Martin Brinkmann (2015-03-03). "Mac Data Recovery Software Disk Drill ported to Windows".
  9. ↑ by Erica Sadun (2013-05-23). "Disk Drill file recovery app moves to 2.0 release".
  10. ↑ Marina Dan (2015-03-03). "Disk Drill 1.0.0.186".

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