WinHex
Computer Forensics and Data Recovery Software for Windows
WinHex is a universal editor that works in the hexadecimal system. For the most part, the program is used in various computer examinations, for low-level data recovery and processing and in information technology security systems. The application provides a rich set of tools for both emergency and everyday use. With this editor you can study and edit almost all types of files, recover deleted data and lost files from hard drives and digital memory cards, even if their file system is damaged.
Additionally, WinHex allows you to physically and logically edit disks with file systems FAT16, FAT32, CDFS and NTFS. If you have the Windows NT operating system installed, you will be able to edit the contents of the virtual memory of system processes. In addition to the above mentioned features, the program supports deletion of files from disks without the possibility of their further recovery, backup and cancellation of changes, data encryption, duplication of sectors and generation of random numbers.
WinHex is beneficial for low-level data recovery and processing in both IT security and computer examinations.
- editor for hard drives and removable media;
- support for FAT, Ext2/3, NTFS, ReiserFS, UFS, Reiser4, UDF and CDFS file systems;
- Interpretation of active disk and RAID systems;
- different file recovery techniques;
- RAM editor;
- a data interpreter;
- editing data structures using templates;
- Combination and disaggregation of data;
- data comparison and analysis;
- flexible search and replacement systems;
- scripting and interface programming;
- checksum coding, AES, CRC32, random data;
- securely deletes private files;
- transfer of buffer formats, including ASCII hex;
- A set of characters: BM ASCII, ANSI ASCII, Unicode and IEBCDIC;
- to switch between windows;
- data printing;
- a random number generator;
- support for files larger than 4 GB;
- High reliability and speed of operation.
PROS
Supports a wide range of file systems.
Detailed and user-friendly interface.
CONS
Requires substantial technical knowledge to fully utilize.
Software updates are not frequent enough.
