We update our products regularly. Please check detailed release notes here.
23 Feb 4, 2023
NEW
- Ultimate package: Boot Disk Creator can store configuration for WIM PXE boot
IMPROVED
- Improved recovery of NTFS volumes formatted with large cluster size
- Latest recovery kernel version 13.1.31 contains many improvements
- Upgraded to Qt framework version 5.12.5 and Platform Kit v143
- Ultimate package: Active@ Boot Disk - WinPE upgraded to Windows 11 22H2 base
22 Mar 24, 2022
NEW
- Added Apple iWork Pages [PAGES] file signatures recognition
- Added Apple iWork Numbers [NUMBERS] file signatures recognition
- Added Apple iWork Keynotes [KEY] file signatures recognition
IMPROVED
- Performance enhancements and bug fixes
- Improved Bootable Disk Creator and Active@ Boot Disk switched to the latest WinPE based on Windows 11 v21H2 code base
21 Oct 19, 2020
NEW
- Added applying Boot Sector Template [all major file systems supported] to any disk’s sector
IMPROVED
- Latest Recovery Kernel includes many improvements and bug fixes
- Ultimate version: Active@ Boot Disk upgraded to WinPE based on Windows 10 build 2004
- Ultimate version: Active@ LiveCD upgraded to openSUSE 15.2: Linux Kernel 5.3, KDE 5.18
20 May 15, 2020
NEW
- Added recovery of new Apple’s ApFS file system
- Added new pre-defined file signatures recognition: Ancestral Quest Database File [AQ], LibreOffice Documents [ODT, ODG, ODP, OPDS, ODF, ODB], WPS Office Documents [OCX, XLSX, PPTX]
IMPROVED
- Re-implemented recovery of Microsoft ReFS file system to get more stable & reliable code
- Latest Recovery Kernel including many improvements & minor bug fixes
- Ultimate package: the latest Active@ Boot Disk utilities & Boot Disk Creator
- Ultimate package: Active@ Live now supports PCI-E NVMe M.2 disks
19 October 4, 2019
NEW
- New pre-defined file signatures recognition: Canon Raw Image File [CR3], Finale Notation File [MUSX]
IMPROVED
- Redesigned Welcome Screen & Registration
- Improved recovery of volumes with 4KB sector
- Latest Recovery Kernel, many improvements
- Ultimate package: Active@ Live now supports PCI-E NVMe M.2 disks
18 November 6, 2018
NEW
- Implemented more pre-defined algorithms for file signatures recognition: - Microsoft Office Documents [ONE, PUB]; - MySQL files [IBD,FRM,MYI]; - Oracle VirtualBox [VDI]; - Betacase Client Info [BCB]
- New Easy Mode for File Recovery
IMPROVED
- Improved software stability
17 Fenruary 23, 2018
NEW
- Microsoft ReFS v 3.x file system data recovery
- New signatures: MS SQL .MDF, Virtual HDD .VHDX
IMPROVED
- Improved Linux/Unix JFS/XFS filesystem recovery
- Improved WSS partition handling
- Improved LDM & LVM dynamic arrays recovery
- Improved stability working with damaged disks
- Active@ Boot Disk switched to WinPE 10 x64
- Active@ LiveCD switched to KDE5 base [64-bit]
16 April 6, 2017
NEW
- Microsoft new ReFS file system data recovery
- Linux/Unix JFS file system scan & data recovery
- Microsoft Windows Storage Spaces recovery
- New signatures: AI, ACCDB, OST, DB3, SVG...
- Fragmented files recovery by signatures [MP4]
- Optimized SuperScan speed & memory usage
- Full support for HiDPI monitors
15 March 22, 2016
NEW
- Linux/Unix XFS file system scan & data recovery
- Logical Volume Manager [LVM] recovery
- New signatures: AC3, MSG, 3DS, MAX, DXF...
- Files metadata display: $FILE, $INDX & $DIR
IMPROVED
- Improved LDM support for nested volumes
- Improved display for HiDPI and large resolutions
14 May 11, 2015
NEW
- Added progress display for taskbar icon
- Added support for latest UEFI Secure Boot
- Active@ Boot Disk switched to 64-bit [x64]
- Added file signatures: ODB, ODF, ODG, ODP, ODS
- Ultimate package includes LiveCD & Boot Disk
IMPROVED
- Improved work with large & unstable disks
- Improved display for HiDPI and large resolutions
12 February 14, 2015
NEW
- Added skip bad sectors option
- Added file signatures: STL, AEP, ISO, DWG, C4D
IMPROVED
- Improved disk formatting & recovery algorithms
- Increased scan speed for signatures detection
11 October 7, 2014
NEW
- Added Last Chance recovery method for detecting and restoring files by their signatures
- Files detected by signatures can be renamed and organized in folder's before recovery occures
- Added Linux BtrFS file system recovery
- Added option of recovery only volume's files & folders, in addition to sector-by-sector copy
- Included the latest Active@ Disk Editor & Active@ File Recovery 13
- New Ultimate package beyond Windows-based Active@ Boot Disk now includes Linux-based bootable Active@ LiveCD
- Active@ LiveCD [Linux-based] boots all the latest x86 & x64 UEFI secure boot systems
10 January 15, 2014
NEW
- Added 64-bit executable to perform faster on x64 platforms
- Extended volume properties displayed
IMPROVED
- Improved scanning and recovery algorithms
- Increased scan speed for signatures detection
- Latest Active@ Disk Editor 4
- Latest version of last chance recovery tool Active@ File Recovery v. 12
- Enterprise version: the latest Active@ Boot Disk Lite 8 & all the latest boot disk utilities
9.5 October 24, 2013
NEW
- Ability to open Disk Image and recover all files and folders from a disk image to another location
- Support for Raw and Compressed disk images and any raw disk images created by third party tools
- Support for VMWARE disk images [*.vmdk] and VirtualPC disk images [*.vhd]
IMPROVED
- Enterprise version: the latest Active@ Boot Disk Lite 7.5 and all the latest utilities
9 July 5, 2013
NEW
- Added recovery of all volume data at once: 'Copy All Data to a New Disk' function
- Enhanced support for recovery of FreeBSD Unix UFS and Linux Ext2/Ext3/Ext4fs file systems
- New application style: Light color scheme by default
- Professional and Enterprise editions now include the latest Active@ File Recovery ver. 11
- Enterprise version: the latest Active@ Boot Disk Lite ver. 7.1 and the latest utilities
IMPROVED
- Improved integration with Active@ Disk Editor 3.0 [HexViewer] - to inspect disks and partitions on a low level
- Improvements in data recovery kernel: more deleted and damaged volumes can be detected
8 January 21, 2013
NEW
- Added support for recovery of FreeBSD Unix UFS and Linux Ext4fs file systems
- Added stand-alone and integrated Disk Editor [Hex Viewer] component - to inspect disks and partitions on a low level [raw sectors]
- Flexible application style: can be changed from Dark to Light color schemas
- Convenient 'Go Back' and 'Go Up' navigation buttons and key combinations added
- Enterprise: Password protection and network pre-configuration added to Boot Disk Creator; the latest utils, Virtual Keyboard...
- Professional and Enterprise editions now include the latest Active@ File Recovery ver. 10
IMPROVED
- Improvements in recovery kernel: faster scans and more partitions can be detected
7 June 7, 2012
NEW
- Added support for recovery of exFAT, Apple HFS+, Linux Ext2/Ext3 file systems
- Completely re-designed graphical user interface having visual representation of SuperScan process
- Includes freeware DOS tools, Disk Editor and 'How to' step-by-step recovery guide with examples
- Support for not only 512 bytes standard sector size, but 4096 bytes sector size in newest HDDs
- Advanced filtering of found volumes by recoverability flags and integrity statuses
- Previewing of files on detected partitions before partition recovery occurs
- Visualization of found volumes within disk area, including overlapping with live drives
- Professional and Enterprise editions now include the latest Active@ File Recovery ver. 9.5
IMPROVED
- Improved QuickScan/SuperScan algorithms, detecting more deleted and damaged partitions
- Detailed descriptions of recovery errors, and actions suggested to avoid the problems
6.5 April 4, 2012
NEW
- Professional and Enterprise editions now include the latest Active@ File Recovery 9.0
IMPROVED
- Improved Bootable Disk Creator
- Improved Extended Scan algorithms
6 April 4, 2012
NEW
- Enterprise version now contains full installation bootable ISO [no additional download required]
- Enterprise version: Windows PE updated to version 3.1 [Windows 7 SP1]
IMPROVED
- Improved FAT partitions search
- Minor kernel and GUI improvements
- Fixed bug caused exception on hard disks > 2TB
5 September 26, 2006
NEW
- First release of Active@ Partition Recovery Windows version
- Professional version includes last chance data recovery tool: Active@ File Recovery
- Enterprise version includes bootable Windows disk based on WinPE 2.0 [XP-based]