• Access to SCSI through SPTI interface has been added
• Hitachi GST HDD utility has been added
• Now you can start Seagate utility using module tables and CP by default, and also resources from profile or database
• Fujitsu utility has changes with CP's and modules methods of reading and writing
• Utility interface has been improved
• SCSI HDD with capacity more than 2 TB are now supported

• We have implemented new method of getting access to user data from Seagate drives (Classic) that had busy state and new mode of building maps on ATA interface. For F3 Seagate drives, we have introduced configuration editor (Autoreassign, Directed Offline Scan etc) and reading of system files over com-port terminal.
• PC-3000 Samsung utility now supports F4 and F4_3D hard drive families. New mode of interacting with ROM and modules directory editor have been added. For Trinity family, «LED A1xx error unblocking» method has been added. We have added USB Interface Samsung drives into support and added the mode of working through com-port terminal.
• More than 10 new families has been added to WDC Marvell utility. We have implemented new mode for SA Regions and automode solving "Slow responding problem". Now WD USB interface drives SA and user data can be accessed over com port terminal.
• New families have been added into Toshiba utility. P-List defects assignment algorithm has been enhanced which enables to fully use Management Defects for Toshiba drives.
• Hitachi-IBM utility NV-Ram interaction mode has been improved. Also the speed of reading user data has been increased.
• Data Extractor task memory allocation algorithms have been significancy improved. Hard drives with capacity more than 3 Tb and hard drives with sector size more than 512 b are now supported. Raw recovery method verification is now available for new file types. Now you can work with new file systems.

• Automatic translator recovery for Seagates F3 with Post-Process issue has been developed! All data recovery professionals were keen to get this feature and it has become available for you!
• Now it is possible to read Seagate F3 Arch. drives over active utility that allows to read data from drives with shifts within their translator. To do it, you should create a Data Extractor task with "Build virtual translator" option.
• In Western Digital Marvell you can load drive from a loader to Normal Mode.
• Method that helps to load up modules table from FIT2 module has been added to Samsung utility.
• Data Extractor stability has been increased, task procession has been improved.
• Many new Hard Disk Drive families have been added.

• Cheetah 15K.7, Barracuda ES.2, Constellation, Constellation ES drive families have been added
• Methods for new families autodetection have been updated
• S.M.A.R.T. reset is now availalbe for SAS drives
• HFS+: data disassembler at Catalog-file analysis have been improved
• Translator recovery text field LBA is available for input. Now it is possible to set the value manually.

• added dialog for head selection at service area module reading
• added composition reading algorithm at service area module reading
• enhanced S.M.A.R.T. clearance mode
• enhanced head map detection mode in T166 family

• added families: 5400.4 (Corsair)
• added families: 7201.1 (M72)
• added families: 7201.2 (Galileo)
• added families: 7201.2 (GalileoPlus)
• added control of power switch, terminal speed is set at 9600
• improved method that switches HDD into Safe Mode

• scan test on LBA has now mechanism of locating BAD-sectors into translator
• improved mode of editing HDD parameters and model name
• added feature of HDD capacity editing
• added mode of password unlocking on terminal
• changed dialog mode of LED: CC unblocking

• added family: 11GAH (1,8 zif)
• added family: 63GSX (SATA)
• CP contents is specified for all families
• enhanced S.M.A.R.T. clearance mode

• improved algorithm of LBA defect conversion and writing them into P-LIST
• enhanced algorithm of sector defect search and assign
• added Relo-List and T-List view

• corrected saving of catalogues with forbidden symbol "/" in the name (important for HFS+)
• FAT32, corrected error at work with files more than 2 Gb
• corrected error that appeared when the last symbol of file or catalogue name was "." (important for HFS+)

• completed all tests with access on LBA to support HDD with sector more than 512 bytes
• eliminated errors at work with HDD of capacity more than 1 Tb

• enhanced mode of HDD ID view for receiving information about size of HDD physical and logical sector
• terminal has now added command to paste information from Clipboard
• improved algorithm of searching resources in database

• View of defect tables: Relo-List and T-List has been added.
• "Plugin" to work with Module 47 Preamplifier DAC tables has been introduced. It helps to set better reading.
• We have added ROM selection mode for Marvell WD HDD (non ROYL).
• New utility for WD HDD with USB interface has been added - "WD Marvell USB".

• We have introduced a password removal mode via Terminal.
• Function that changes model name has been added.
• New method of password removal and LED: CC unlock has been introduced.

• S.M.A.R.T. clearance mode has been improved.
• Support of new families is added.

• Data Extractor has now the alternative mechanism of head map building for HDD if some zones are sequentially translated on one head.
• For HFS+ we have added indexes to increase the speed of result processing.
• Work for FAT32 has been improved, work with files more than 2 Gb has been adapted.

• We have done several optional modifications of utility face (see "View" tab in setting dialog).

1. PC-3000 UDMA Ver.4.39.5
2. Data Extractor UDMA Ver.4.14

1. It is necessary to install driver version 2.26.
2. When using the built-in firewall and Windows User Account Control (UAC), PC-3000 should be launched with administrator permissions.

• Motherboard: Asus P5K;
• CPU: Core 2 Duo E7400;
• RAM: Samsung 2x1Gb PC6400;
• PSU: FSP FSP450, 450W;
• Windows: Vista x86 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 x86 build 7100

• New mode to Seagate Hard Disk Drives has been added
• Data Extractor has been improved
• Profile managing utility system has been changed
• and much here...

• read\write CP
• recalculate translator and clear G-List
• clear SMART
• add defects to G-List
• view P-List
• dit drive ID
• read and write to RAM and buffer RAM
• read ROM

• We appended the new utility for all HDDs of Seagate 7200.11 family, which has the following possibilities:
  1. translator regeneration (restoration)
  2. SMART settings recovery, SMART log cleaning
  3. G-list clearance
  4. MR heads test
• All utility functions do not damage user data!
• The utility allows to solve the following problems:
  1. HDD is detected in OS, but has 0Gb capacity
  2. HDD does not run the readiness, is not detected in OS, the following messages are ejected to the terminal:
     FlashLED - Failure code:000000CC Failure Address:xxxxxxxx
     FlashLED - Failure code:000000CC Failure Address:xxxxxxxx
• The expert system which allows to detect HDD failure and remove it in the automatic mode without loss of the user data is appended to the utility. This mode will be very useful for beginners.
• Reaction to the error during reading of user data by Data Extractor was changed through the utility on the terminal.

• ROM content automatic recovery mode is appended to WD Marvell for HDD WD ROYL utility. As is well known ROM contains individual adaptive parameters, which cause impossibility to user data recovery in case of damage (loss) of the native PCB. This mode allows to synthesize ROM content and get access to user data automatically. It is enough just to place any board of the same family to HDA and choose "ROM recovery". WD Marvell utility will perform all commands in automatic mode.
• There are appended new families to the utility: 2,5" Cougar, Denali, Saturn; 3,5" Sequoia PMR, Atlantis, Hulk
• There is appended vendor Specific errors decipher. These are double-byte codes, which allow to remove HDD failure in the majority of cases.
• Track writing speed is advanced, forms for reading/writing and viewing modules for ROYl family are improved, the possibility of reading/writing modules on ID is appended.

• While LDR form DB loading mode is released LDR list automatic update

• Track reading error indicator spilling is repaired (there was wrong message regarding to track reading error, although track was read correctly)
• An opportunity of LBA in CONFIG modification in the text "Domain translation list" is appended
• While ROM reading the terminal rate is advanced
• Inhibit for using indicated heads (selection in "Utility condition" window). This function is useful for reading data of HDD, which had heads failures.

• Synchronization was added in the time of notification about upgrading of modules.

• complex specialized work with HDD of > 2 Tb capacity

• While data copying together with sector reading LBA number and reading attempt number, in case if head map is formed, head number for present LBA is indicated additionally. This allows to check reading errors on the exact head or surface.
• In "Object map" mode while loading map from the file we appended the possibility not to erase the present map. It allows to combine maps (e.g. it is possible to make "used" summary map of 2 from the different sections).
• While you copy chains, repainting and displaying data to Log are improved. This solve hanging problems while reading back and reading huge numbers of short chains.
• Reading error processing algorithm is modified, which allows to refuse of additional qualifying failure sector reading attempt and use 1 attempt instead of 2, which save time and reduce HDD load in case of HDD unstable reading.
• In map chain copying mode we appended useful tag "map" and deleted useless tag "HEX".
• Corrected error in NTFS which appeared in the case, when the copy of sector Boot falls on the last sector of the disk.
• Corrected error in NTFS which was brought in the last version, in the controlling of the integrity of record MFT for the compressed nonresident files.
• In NTFS corrected error of the analysis of the 20th attribute for the large catalogs (it was ignored attribute A0 before).
• It was eliminated the error which appeared along with the creation/opening the task with. Eternal file in a case if this file had been opened by another application (task does not open, if the file is opened exclusively).
• The file of the map now opens with the options SHARE_READ, SHARE_WRITE.
• Corrected error which appeared when files with UNICODE name couldn't be deleted in the case of interruption of copying along the button or because of the error of reading.
• In the editor HEX there is retention of files was removed in the case named "Maximized".

1. One of the basic changes in version 1.5. is the mode of automatic determination of the necessary sequence of operations to prepare the results of task for the analysis and the execution of this sequence.
   
   
2. The mode consists of the following elements:
   • automatic determination and the elimination of mixing through the bytes in the initial results of reading or of the results of preliminary preparation;
   • automatic determination and the elimination of inversion in the initial results of reading or in results of preliminary preparation;
   • the automatic determination of the nonstandard structure of the task sector in the initial results of reading or the results of preliminary preparation and bringing them to the standard form. As the standard form within the framework of complex, the size of page 512 + 16. is considered;
   • automatic determination and the elimination of the characteristic "Interleave" in the initial results of reading or in the results of preliminary preparation;
   • the automatic determination of the need for additional conversions in the initial results of reading or the results of preliminary preparation and the fulfillment of these operations;
   • the complex mode, which includes the above-enumerated operations in the specific sequence with the automatic fulfillment of all necessary operations.

• error in method "Number of block type 0 [0000]"is corrected;
• the possibility to use a mask in the method "Number of block type 0 [0000]" is added;
• method "Translator the type of 3 MemoryStick" is completed;
• the mode of auto-analysis is improved. Now it is carried out more rapid and it is more reliable;
• the mode of the data collection is changed. Its effectiveness is increased.;
• new controllers are added in the base of complex.

FlashLED - Failure code:000000CC Failure Address:xxxxxxxx
FlashLED - Failure code:000000CC Failure Address:xxxxxxxx

• "Block Number (Type 5) [0x1001]" method probability calculation error removed
• "Block Number (Type 3) " method auto definition error removed
• "Block Number (Type 7) [0x80800101]" analysis method appended
• "Translator (Type 2) AU6389,AU6980" algorithm enhanced
• In "Block Number (Type 7) [0x80800101]" algorithm we appended automatic modes
• "Translator (Type 3) MemoryStick" algorithm enhanced greatly - it recognizes blocks of different size
• "Block size" parameter is introduced into "Translator type 2 MemoryStick" method
• Errors in "information gathering" mode are removed
• Support is appended into microchip Infineon HYF33DS512800ATC
• The possibility of downloading report file directly from information gathering utility is appended
• Toshiba TH58NVG2 512 Mb microchip support is appended into database of the complex
• Universal algoritm for SD Kingston 512 Mb Flash drives recovery is appended into database of controllers
• Controller AU6981 support is appended
• "Translator (Type 6) SM321QF" analysis method is appended
• In "Translator (Type 6) SM321QF" analysis methods of auto definition parameters are appended

• service information structure checking
• service track reading-writing
• service information module reading-writing
• configuration pages (CP) reading-writing
• ROM reading
• browsing and editing of modules and CP
• long reading on logical parameters with possible writing of read data to file
• heads and surface testing (reading-writing) on physical parameters
• HDD serial number editing
• S.M.A.R.T. data reading
• enhanced diagnostics

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