The visual cluster map (used for viewing allocated/free/unreadable sectors) would gradually consume system memory over long scans. The leak is now patched, allowing 48+ hour continuous operations on 4TB+ drives without restart.
When recovering files from non-English language drives (Cyrillic, Chinese, Arabic), Scandall Pro v2.0.20 would replace characters with “?”. Version 2.0.21 fully supports UTF-8 and UTF-16LE in recovery logs and file output. scandall pro v2.0.21 -update-
The command-line interface (CLI) has been rewritten. The scandall pro v2.0.21 -update- introduces a JSON-based scripting engine, allowing administrators to: The command-line interface (CLI) has been rewritten
Example script (new syntax):
"device": "\\\\.\\PhysicalDrive2",
"scan_mode": "deep_sector",
"output_format": "csv",
"post_scan": "generate_hash"
Several users reported blue screens when scanning drives connected to ASMedia 106x/116x SATA controllers. Version 2.0.21 now uses a safer IRQL level for IRP handling, eliminating the conflict. Example script (new syntax):
A 30-day fully functional trial is available from the official website. The trial includes all v2.0.21 features except batch scripting and network drive support.
Installing this update is straightforward, but caution is advised because Scandall Pro installs a kernel-mode driver.