Active Partition Recovery Professional 19
What's new in version 19 (released Oct 4, 2019)
- Improved NTFS recovery on volumes located in Windows Storage Spaces
- Improved recovery of disks having 4KB (4096 bytes) sector size
- Redesigned and improved Registration & Welcome Screen
- Latest Recovery Kernel including many improvements & bug fixes
- Improved software stability working with failing disks
- Implemented more pre-defined algorithms for file signatures recognition:
- Canon Raw Image File (CR3)
- Finale Notation File (MUSX)
- Ultimate version: Active@ Boot Disk Lite upgraded to WinPE based on the latest Windows 10 build 1903
- Ultimate version: Included the latest Active@ File Recovery 19
- Ultimate version: Active@ Boot Disk now fully supports SATA & PCI-E NVMe M.2 disks
Version 18 (released Nov 6, 2018)
- Implemented more pre-defined algorithms for file signatures recognition:
- Microsoft Office Documents (ONE, PUB)
- MySQL files (IBD,FRM,MYI)
- Oracle VirtualBox Image (VDI)
- Betacase Client Info (BCB)
- Improved software stability
- Ultimate version: New Easy Mode for File Recovery - simplifies search for lost files and data recovery on live volumes
- Ultimate version: Included the latest Active@ File Recovery 18
- Ultimate version: The latest Active@ LiveCD and Active@ Boot Disk with Boot Disk Creator improvements
Version 17 (released Feb 23, 2018)
- Added support for Microsoft's ReFS version 3.x file system recovery
- Improvements in Linux/Unix JFS and XFS file systems partition recovery
- More file signatures recognition: Microsoft SQL Server Databases (MDF), Virtual Hard Drive Files (VHDX)
- Improvements in Windows Storage Spaces partitions handling
- Data recovery for ReFS file system having non-standard sector sizes: 1024, 2048 & 4096 bytes
- Improved scripting for Custom Signatures to search for deleted files
- Improved software stability while working with damaged disks
- Improved handling of virtual dynamic disk arrays: Microsoft LDM & Linux LVM
- Professional & Ultimate packages: the latest Active@ Disk Editor version 7 included
- Ultimate version: Included the latest Active@ File Recovery 17
- Ultimate version: Active@ LiveCD switched to KDE5 base, Active@ Boot Disk switched to WinPE 10 x64 base
Version 16 (released Apr 06, 2017)
- Added support for Microsoft's new generation ReFS file system scan & data recovery
- Added support for Linux/Unix JFS file system scan & data recovery
- More file signatures recognition: AI, ACCDB, OST, DB3, VCPROJ, USER, SVG, FBR
- Added support for Windows Storage Spaces recovery - technology that enables virtualizing storage into storage pools
- Recovery of fragmented files by signatures is now possible for some file types (MOV/MP4)
- Redesigned User Interface: dockable dialogs, semi-transparent popups
- Full support for HiDPI monitors (large screen resolutions)
- Improvements in Linux Ext4 & Unix XFS file systems recovery
- Significantly optimized SuperScan: increased speed and decreased memory consumption
- New security based on software registration and activation
- Ultimate version: Included the latest Active@ File Recovery 16
- Ultimate version: the latest Active@ LiveCD & Active@ Boot Disk toolsets and PDF documentation
Version 15 (released Mar 22, 2016)
- Added support for Linux/Unix XFS file system scan & data recovery
- Added support for Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) partitioning and recovery
- More file signatures recognition: AC3, MSG, 3DS, MAX, DXF, CMX, AMV, 4XM, 4XA, EPS, XZ, LZ4, BZ2, JP2, M2V, MTS, FDB
- Added filesystem's metadata display: $FILE & $INDX file records for NTFS, $DIR Directory entries for FAT/FAT32
- Improved Windows Logical Disk Manager (LDM) support for nested volumes
- Improved display for HiDPI monitors and large resolution screens
- Improvements in user interface and in data recovery algorithms
- Included the latest Active@ File Recovery 15
- Ultimate version: the latest Active@ LiveCD & Active@ Boot Disk toolsets and PDF documentation
Version 14 (released May 11, 2015)
- Improved work with large size partitions and unstable hard disks
- Added progress display for the taskbar icon
- Included the latest Active@ Disk Editor 6 & Active@ File Recovery 14.5
- Active@ Boot Disk switched to WinPE 5.1 64-bit (x64) architecture which performs faster & optimizes RAM usage
- Active@ Boot Disk now being able to boot the latest UEFI Secure Boot systems
- Ultimate version: the latest Active@ LiveCD & Active@ Boot Disk toolsets and PDF documentation
- Added more pre-defined file signatures recognition for OpenOffice Documents: Database .ODB, Formula .ODF, Graphic .ODG, Presentation .ODP and Spreadsheet .ODS
Version 12 (released Feb 13, 2015)
- Improved disk scan progress display, disk formatting & recovery algorithms
- Increased speed & performance of recognizing files by their signatures
- Added option to skip next sectors while disk scanning, in case if bad sectors detected
- Included the latest Active@ Disk Editor 5 & Active@ File Recovery 14
- Added more pre-defined file signatures recognition: 3D Systems .STL, Adobe Effects .AEP, CD/DVD/BD Image .ISO, AutoCAD Drawing Database File .DWG, Maxon Cinema 4D .C4D
Version 11 (released Oct 7, 2014)
- 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
Version 10 (released Jan 15, 2014)
- Added 64-bit executable to perform faster on x64 platforms
- Improved scanning and recovery algorithms
- Extended volume properties displayed
- 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
Version 9.5 (released Oct 24, 2013)
- 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)
- Enterprise version: the latest Active@ Boot Disk Lite 7.5 and all the latest utilities
Version 9.0 (released July 5, 2013)
- 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
- Improved integration with Active@ Disk Editor 3.0 (HexViewer) - to inspect disks and partitions on a low level
- New application style: Light color scheme by default
- Improvements in data recovery kernel: more deleted and damaged volumes can be detected
- 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
Version 8.0 (released Jan 21, 2013)
- 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
- Improvements in recovery kernel: faster scans and more partitions can be detected
- Professional and Enterprise editions now include the latest Active@ File Recovery ver. 10
- Enterprise: Password protection and network pre-configuration added to Boot Disk Creator; the latest utils, Virtual Keyboard...
Version 7.0 (released June 7, 2012)
- 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
- Improved QuickScan/SuperScan algorithms, detecting more deleted and damaged partitions
- 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
- Detailed descriptions of recovery errors, and actions suggested to avoid the problems
- Professional and Enterprise editions now include the latest Active@ File Recovery ver. 9.5
Version 6.5 (released April 4, 2012)
- Improved Bootable Disk Creator
- Improved Extended Scan algorithms
- Professional and Enterprise editions now include the latest Active@ File Recovery 9.0
Version 6 (released March 16, 2011)
- Improved FAT partitions search
- Minor kernel and GUI improvements
- Fixed bug caused exception on hard disks > 2TB
- Enterprise version now contains full installation bootable ISO (no additional download required)
- Enterprise version: Windows PE updated to version 3.1 (Windows 7 SP1)
Version 5 (released September 26, 2006)
- 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)
