This is one of the biggest sensations of the update – completely new approach to data recovery from NAND devices!
It’s not yet another virtual translator, but all new solution that assembles files and file systems using three technologies:

 

1. File system metadata and file attributes advanced analysis
Here the first algorithm is looking for remains of file system metadata and file attributes, using advanced methods, in order to determine logical block number and assemble the original file structure. Following file systems are supported:
FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS

 

2. ZIP archive internals assembly
This algorithm scans ZIP container file internal components and recreates the original archive structure. It is used for recovery of fragmented office files, which are essentially ZIP archives: DOCx, XLSx, PPTx, ODT, ODS, ODP and ZIP.

 

3. Intelligent visual content analysis of multimedia files.
This is a flagship technology of the new tool. On this stage the program performs intelligent visual content analysis of the pictures and videos and then assemble files based on its pixel parameters. It’s like somebody would visually check each and every picture and video fragments in a dump and then assemble it like a puzzle.

 

The file assembler works in two modes:

Mixed blocks mode

Assembly by BLOCKS of fragmented and non-fragmented files from the dumps where block translation is not possible (Blocks were not arranged by LBN).
This mode is designed for cases where LBN is missing in spare area (Toshiba, SSS, others.)

Arranged blocks mode

Assembly by CLUSTERS of fragmented files from dumps with arranged/sequential blocks.
It is useful when a proper logical image is assembled, but file system is corrupted/missing, and the dump contains large fragmented files. This mode is designed for data recovery from formatted memory cards from video cameras with lost file system metadata and so on.

 

Based on our vast experience and feedbacks from our users, we have targeted the most important file formats for the new file assembler and implemented, as we believe, the most powerful solution on the market. Here’s the list of modes and files supported by file assembler:

 

The settings of file assembler are conveniently divided into sets of algorithms and have to be selected based on the situation.

The tool is designed to be intuitive, however, after some feedbacks we will publish an article and case studies with more details on how to use it in specific situations

Finally, after a long research, we have figured out the adaptive XOR algorithms for the descrambling of most (possibly all)  Chipsbank controllers!

For now we have successfully tested our alpha-version of solution on such controller models as: CBM2091, CBM2096, CBM2098, CBM2099, CBM2199, with many different prefixes (e.g. CBM2096E, CBM2098B, CBM2099S) and have been able to extract full file systems in almost every case.

We do not publish a new element in the current update, since it’s been too short testing period and we need more dumps to adjust the solution.
We encourage everyone to check your old cases and, if possible, provide us whole case with the dumps, the chance of successful  recovery is very high.
New fully functioning element for descrambling is expected to be released within the next update.

To continue our tradition of breakthroughs in XOR/descrambling, we introduce a new fully automated XOR key synthesis mode for all Innostor (IS) controllers, which is based on deep AI-powered physical image analysis and machine learning algorithms. It is similar element as for Silicon Motion (SM/EN) controllers, which we introduced in VNR 5.0 update.

Due to similarity of functions with SM XOR synthesis mode, you can find more details on how it works by clicking on the link.

Some controllers utilize blocks of NAND chips in a specific pseudo-SLC mode. We have developed a special SLC Sandisk/Toshiba protocol for all MLC/TLC chips of these vendors. The bitmap of such chip looks like below

The new protocol allows to read those blocks with must less bit errors if they are read through normal MLC/TLC mode. Also unnecessary empty pages get removed.