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WinHex for Windows

  • Trial version
  • 3.6
    158
  • 253.8K
  • V21.5

Complete and flexible Hexadecimal editor

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: you can 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:

* Disk editor for hard disks, floppy disks, CD-ROM & DVD, ZIP, Smart Media, etc * Native support for FAT, NTFS, Ext2/3, ReiserFS, CDFS, UDF * Built-in interpretation of RAID systems and dynamic disks * RAM editor, providing access to physical RAM and other processes' virtual memory * Data interpreter, knowing 20 data types * Editing data structures using templates (e.g. to repair partition table/boot sector) * Concatenating and splitting files, unifying and dividing odd and even bytes/words * Analyzing and comparing files * Particularly flexible search and replace functions * Disk cloning (under DOS with X-Ways Replica) * Drive images & backups (optionally compressed or split into 650 MB archives) * Programming interface (API) and scripting * 128-bit encryption, checksums, CRC32, hashes (MD5, SHA-1, ...) * Erase (wipe) confidential files securely, hard drive cleansing to protect your privacy * Import all clipboard formats, incl. ASCII hex values * Convert between binary, hex ASCII, Intel Hex, and Motorola S * Character sets: ANSI ASCII, IBM ASCII, EBCDIC, (Unicode) * Instant window switching. Printing. Random-number generator. * Supports files >4 GB

Changes

Refined volume snapshots supersede drive contents tables Dynamic filters based on filename, deletion status, file type category, ... GREP syntax for physical and logical simultaneous search operations Searching logically in multiple evidence objects at the same time now easier File preview mode available when reviewing search hits Evidence file containers allow to pass on selected files forensically to other examiners

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WinHex for PC

  • Trial version
  • 3.6
    158
  • 253.8K
  • V21.5

User reviews about WinHex

3.6

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    Anonymous user

    Top drawer software for pros. I've been using it for years for data recovery and it works - period. Not for amateurs, it is worth it's weight in gold to a professional.

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    Anonymous user

    Excellent software - we use it every day.. Simply the best software for data recovery engineers. Perhaps not for amateurs. But there is no better place to go when it is necessary to perform a RAID rebuild of HP disks with a delayed parity.

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Score result: Clean

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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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File Integrity

File
WinHex_V21.5.zip
SHA256
b01b014a94fa8ef27556acff41bedc2ac134061074eebc8b43193fc8ad2b7fd2
SHA1
b0c5383ef8bf5f58092f019e3cd93f319a7fcd90

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