Release Notes for Data Rescue II version 1.0 (09/19/2005)

Overview
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Data Rescue II is a major step forward from Data Rescue X, Prosoft Engineering's award winning data recovery program for Macintoshes.

What's New, version 1.0
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• A brand new all-Cocoa based GUI.
• Assistant mode and Expert mode operation
• Drag and Drop recovery, and double-click to open single files.
• Optimized for Tiger; runs on Panther and Jaguar.
• Supports 10 times more file types for content scans than Data Rescue X. 
• New Deleted Files scan, much faster and more capable for finding deleted files
• Integrated Thorough and Content scans; does both in one scan.  Generally faster scanning and recovery.
• More reliable file recovery algorithms.
• Authorization is retained.  The user's password is needed only once, when launching the first time.

Special Instructions
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• Same convenient Drag and Drop installation as past Data Rescue versions
• This is a paid upgrade.  Your old Data Rescue X serial number will not work.  You will need to obtain a new one from Prosoft Engineering.
• Can be run in demo mode without serial number, to recover one file 500KB or less.

Known Issues
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• Multi-partitioned disks with a bad partition table are not treated properly.
• The main window can't be minimized.  This will be fixed in an upcoming release.

System Requirements
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MacOS 10.2.3 through 10.4.x
128MB RAM needed, 256MB or more recommended
A Firewire, USB 2.0, or internal drive, or equally fast locally attached drive with free space amounting to 1-2% the size of the drive or volume to be scanned must be present, and should not be the same drive as the one to be scanned.  Additional free space is needed for files that are to be recovered.