WinHex 15.7
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WinHex is a universal hexadecimal editor, particularly helpful in the realm of computer forensics, data recovery, low-level data processing, and IT security. An advanced tool for everyday and emergency use: inspect and edit all kinds of files, recover deleted files or lost data from hard drives with corrupt file systems or from digital camera cards. Features include template editing, drive cloning and imaging, encryption. It allows to concatenate, split, unify, analyze, convert, and compare files. Flexible search and replace functions are included, also a data interpreter and a sophisticated undo and backup mechanism. The disk editor supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, CDFS, UDF, Ext2, Ext3, and Reiser volumes as well as physical disks. The RAM editor can prove particularly useful for debugging purposes.
- License: shareware ($45)
- Updated: Dec 18, 2009
- Publisher: X-Ways Software Technology AG
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Rated 50/50 by buenamierdaxf at Apr 17, 2008
Hi, please lower the price. it is too much for many of us. BTW gehtnix, obviously I am not the only one that believes the price is pretty hefty. Look at past posts fyi dude. Are you the programmer of this software, No? didnt think so, so why dont you just hush. And if you do have any kind of idea on how to program a piece of software of this high quality why dont you go ahead and do so.
Rated 50/50 by gehtnix at Apr 18, 2008
"Hi, please lower the price. it is too much for many of us." errr...you got any idea what it means to code that piece of software? if you need a free hexeditor choose one of the many free tools of that kind. for all the other features pay for a license, it is one of the tools that are worth their price. what do you expect from the author? selling it for 19.95 § ? BTW: it's about 32.- Euri at the moment :-p
Rated 10/50 by geronimo13 at Jun 22, 2008
This crapware is overhyped. Stay away from it and save your money.
Rated 40/50 by Cooledit at Jul 4, 2008
i quite like this you have good control over hidden entries made to the hd sectors, that will not go away after i delete the partition, make a new partition and then do a full format of the drive entries made by 3dsmax and photoshop (in sector 32)
Rated 40/50 by Undesired Username at Jul 12, 2008
"I can't afford it; therefore, it sucks." Suddenly I realize why the US is locked into an awful two-party system. WinHex is very useful but it's a pain to use for data recovery. It's just nowhere near as convenient as utilities like Recuva. (Whether it works better or worse I cannot say.) And I despise selecting a menu item, only to be told that I'm not in the elite crowd who purchased a Specialist license (or higher). If it's not a function available to me, HIDE IT. Or am I still running a demo version, even after I've paid?
Rated 20/50 by agnostic7 at Sep 6, 2008
I don't even know how a customer's nationality has anything to do with a software review but maybe you should try selling your trashware through a nonEnglish-speaking website. That people want cheaper software is a given. Anyone wants cheap products. The price for this buggy software is hefty and has lead to its doom. Plus with opensource everywhere the end of many such projects is inevitable. Addressing your disdain for the US: good luck selling your products in other countries. Oh my bad, nations in the eastern hemisphere lead the world is software piracy so there goes your argument. Moral: dont bite the hand that feeds you( dont badmouth honest customers ). Oh, my bad again, you already have. Hope you have a day job. OSS is the way to go.
Rated 50/50 by Undesired Username at Sep 19, 2008
Nice try, but I'm not the author of WinHex. Show me one freeware or open source software title that does ALL that WinHex does, and that does it as well as WinHex does it. Just one. I'll be waiting. Speaking of the author of WinHex, he's doing nicely, and sells more licenses than he can keep up with. This is because he sells to people, companies, and government agencies who have a real need for good, stable software. For these users, OSS just doesn't cut it, with endless sub-version-1 (0.x) releases, stability problems, lack of definitive project timelines and author commitment, and lack of support. "I prefer free!" just doesn't cut the turd.
Rated 40/50 by angrypc at Nov 17, 2008
I'm happy with it; it does do what it's supposed to and very well.
Rated 50/50 by gehtnix at Jan 16, 2009
IMHO still the best tool for cloning hard drives, i must admit that is the main reason i use it for, this and some hex editing. i rate it 5 because of it's unbelievable features.
Rated 50/50 by emanresU deriseD at Dec 21, 2009
It costs a king's ransom and the interface needs work and the author is a bit arrogant, but nonetheless it's by far the best hex editor going.
Rated 50/50 by darkwzrd1 at Jul 29, 2010
Since when is $45.00 dollars a Kings Ransom?
Rated 30/50 by Plumber at Oct 11, 2010
Uh... $45? You need to stop paying attention to way-out-of-date listings. Here are the current prices for WinHex, converted to USD courtesy of Yahoo! Finance: Personal: $53.34 (37.73 EUR) Professional: $96.98 (69.90 EUR) Specialist: $271.78 (195.90 EUR) I give it a 3 because the usability could use a huge boost.
Rated 30/50 by Nightside at Apr 27, 2011
Nyuck