HxD

HxD
General
Author	Maël Hörz
Type	Hack Utilities
Version	2.5.0.0
License	HxD
Last Updated	2021/02/11
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HxD is a hex editor, disk editor, and memory editor developed by Maël Hörz for Windows. It can open files larger than 4 GiB and open and edit the raw contents of disk drives, as well as display and edit the memory used by running processes. Among other features, it can calculate various checksums, compare files, or shred files.

Features

• Available as a portable and installable edition.
• RAM-Editor.
  • To edit the main memory.
  • Memory sections are tagged with data-folds.
• Disk-Editor (Hard disks, floppy disks, ZIP-disks, USB flash drives, CDs, ...).
  • RAW reading and writing of disks and drives.
  • for Win9x, WinNT and higher.
• Instant opening regardless of file-size.
  • Up to 8EB; opening and editing is very fast.
• Liberal but safe file sharing with other programs.
• Flexible and fast searching/replacing for several data types.
  • Data types: text (including Unicode), hex-values, integers and floats.
  • Search direction: Forward, Backwards, All (starting from the beginning).
• File compare (simple).
• View data in Ansi, DOS, EBCDIC and Macintosh character sets.
• Checksum-Generator: Checksum, CRCs, Custom CRC, SHA-1, SHA-512, MD5, ...
• Exporting of data to several formats.
  • Source code (Pascal, C, Java, C#, VB.NET).
  • Formatted output (plain text, HTML, Richtext, TeX).
  • Hex files (Intel HEX, Motorola S-record).
• Insertion of byte patterns.
• File tools.
  • File shredder for safe file deletion.
  • Splitting or concatenating of files.
• Basic data analysis (statistics).
  • Graphical representation of the byte/character distribution.
  • Helps to identify the data type of a selection.
• Byte grouping.
  • 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 bytes packed together into one column.
• "Hex only" or "text only"-modes.
• Progress-window for lengthy operations.
  • Shows the remaining time.
  • Button to cancel.
• Modified data is highlighted.
• Unlimited undo.
• "Find updates..."-function.
• Easy to use and modern interface.
• Goto address.
• Printing.
• Overwrite or insert mode.
• Cut, copy, paste insert, paste write.
• Clipboard support for other hex editors.
  • Visual Studio/Visual C++, WinHex, HexWorkshop, RegEdit, ...
• Bookmarks.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Number (0-9) sets a bookmark.
  • Ctrl+Number (0-9) goes to a bookmark.
• Navigating to nibbles with Ctrl+Left or Ctrl+Right.
• Flicker free display and fast drawing.

Screenshots

External links

• Official website - https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/