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Version Date Changes
24 Jan 25, 2024
  • New Recovery Kernel version 14.1.17
  • New option for Virtual Disks: Reconstruct disks having sector size other than physical sector
  • New option for Virtual Disks: Reconstruct devices having non-zero data start offset in sector
  • Bug fixes and performance enhancements
  • Improved Boot Disk Creator – added Display Scaling and Network Resource mapping
  • The latest Active@ Boot Disk based on WinPE 10.0.25398.1 (Windows Server 23H2 code base)
  • Boot Disk includes many more storage drivers for Dell, HP and Lenovo devices
23 Feb 6, 2023
  • 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
  • Ultimate package: Boot Disk Creator can store configuration for WIM PXE boot
22 Mar 23, 2022
  • Added Apple iWork Pages (PAGES) file signatures recognition
  • Added Apple iWork Numbers (NUMBERS) file signatures recognition
  • Added Apple iWork Keynotes (KEY) file signatures recognition
  • 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
16 Oct 23, 2020
  • Added applying Boot Sector Template (all major file systems supported) to any disk’s sector
  • 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
15 Jun 3, 2020
  • Added recovery of new Apple's ApFS file system
  • Re-implemented recovery of Microsoft ReFS file system to get more stable & reliable code
  • Latest Recovery Kernel including many improvements & minor bug fixes
  • More pre-defined file signatures recognition:
    • Ancestral Quest Database File (AQ)
    • LibreOffice Documents (ODT, ODG, ODP, OPDS, ODF, ODB)
    • WPS Office Documents (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX)
  • Professional package: the latest Active@ Boot Disk, improved Bootable Disk Creator
  • Ultimate package: the latest Active@ LiveCD now fully supports PCI-E NVMe M.2 disks
14 Oct 4, 2019
  • Redesigned and improved Welcome Screen & Registration
  • Improved recovery on NTFS volumes based on Windows Storage Spaces
  • Improved recovery of disks having 4KB (4096 bytes) sector size
  • Improved software stability working with failing disks
  • Latest Recovery Kernel including many improvements & minor bug fixes
  • Added more pre-defined algorithms for file signatures recognition:
    • Finale Notation File (MUSX)
    • Canon Raw Image File (CR3)
  • Ultimate package: Active@ Boot Disk upgraded to WinPE based on Windows 10 build 1903
  • Ultimate package: Active@ Boot Disk now fully supports SATA & PCI-E NVMe M.2 disks
13 Jan 9, 2019
  • New Easy Recovery Mode simplifies search for lost files and data recovery on live volumes
  • More pre-defined file signatures recognition:
    • Microsoft Office Documents (ONE, PUB)
    • MySQL files (IBD,FRM,MYI)
    • Oracle VirtualBox (VDI)
    • Betacase Client Info (BCB)
  • Professional package: the latest Active@ Boot Disk, improved Bootable Disk Creator
  • Ultimate package: the latest Active@ Boot Disk and Active@ LiveCD
12 Feb 19, 2018
  • More pre-defined file signatures recognition: Virtual Hard Drive Files (VHDX), SQL Server Databases (MDF)
  • Support for ReFS versions 3.x file system scan & data recovery, including non-standard sector sizes: 1024, 2048, 4096
  • Improvements in Linux/Unix JFS & XFS file systems data recovery
  • Improved dynamic virtual disk arrays handling: LDM & LVM
  • Improved software stability when working with damaged disks
  • Improvements in handling of Windows Storage Spaces partitions
  • Improved Custom Signatures scripting for user templates creation to search deleted file by signatures
  • Professional package: Active@ Boot Disk switched to WinPE 10 x64 base, improved Bootable Disk Creator
  • Ultimate package: Active@ Boot Disk switched to WinPE 10 x64 base, Active@ LiveCD switched to KDE5 base
11 June 29, 2017
  • More pre-defined file signatures recognition: AI, ACCDB, OST, DB3, VCPROJ, USER, SVG, FBR
  • Support for Microsoft's new generation ReFS file system scan & data recovery
  • Support for Linux/Unix JFS file system scan & data recovery
  • Support for Windows Storage Spaces data recovery
  • Fragmented videos (MOV and MP4) could also be recovered by signatures
  • Redesigned interface: dock able dialogs, semi-transparent pop up windows
  • Full support for HiDPI monitors (large screen resolutions)
  • Improvements in XFS / Ext4 file systems recovery
  • Significantly optimized SuperScan speed and memory consumption
  • Ultimate package: the latest Active@ Boot Disk, Active@ LiveCD (64-bit) and improved Boot Disk Creator
10 May 20, 2016
  • Added support for Linux/Unix XFS file system scan & data recovery
  • Added support for Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) partitioning and recovery
  • More pre-defined file signatures recognition: AC3, MSG, 3DS, MAX, DXF, CMX, AMV, 4XM, 4XA, EPS, XZ, LZ4, BZ2, JP2, M2V, MTS, FDB
  • Added file system's metadata display: $FILE & $INDX file records for NTFS, $DIR Directory entries for FAT/FAT32
  • Improved Windows Logical Disk Manager (LDM) support for nested volumes
  • Improvements in user interface and in data recovery algorithms
  • Ultimate package: the latest Active@ Boot Disk, Active@ LiveCD (64-bit) and improved Boot Disk Creator
9.0 May 28, 2015
  • Increased scanning speed on Linux Ext2/Ext3/Ext4, added recovery of Unix XFS file system
  • Improved work with large & unstable disks
  • Added more OpenOffice documents signatures to detect & recover: ODB, ODF, ODG, ODP, ODS
  • Boot Disk switched to 64-bit architecture (x64) which speeds up execution & optimizes RAM usage
  • Boot Disk now being able to boot the latest UEFI Secure Boot systems, as well as legacy BIOS PC
  • Included the latest Active@ Disk Editor 6 - for low-level data inspection on a disk sector's level
8.2 February 20, 2015
  • Added more file signatures to detect & recover: C4D, DWG, AEP, STL
  • New Ultimate package includes Active@ LiveCD, being able:
  • Boot up the latest UEFI x86 (32-bit) & x64 (64-bit) secure boot systems
  • Obtain read-write access to Microsoft NTFS, FAT/exFAT; Linux Ext2/Ext3/Ext4, BtrFS, F2FS, ReiserFS; Apple HFS+; IBM JFS; Unix UFS, XFS file systems to copy data to & recover from
  • Save customized desktop configuration to USB, then restore it for the next recovery sessions
8.1 January 19, 2015
  • Optimized and increased speed for processing of files detected by signatures
  • Added option to skip sectors while scanning in case if bad sectors detected
  • Improved recovery of just deleted files based on NTFS Journal ($LogFile)
  • Minor improvements in data recovery algorithms
  • Professional version: the latest Boot Disk Creator & Boot Disk utilities
8 November 17, 2014
  • Optimized and decreased memory usage on x86 platform
  • Added "LastChance" recovery method for detecting files by signatures
  • Added recovery of 27 more pre-defined file signatures: eBooks, Adobe Flash, Real Audio, Archives: MXF, MKV, GIF, LIT, RMF, WVC, OGG, RB, ARC, AIF, FB2, PSD, AU, 7Z, FLIC, FLAC, APE, MEF, AAC, ZOO, TAR, PCX, F4V, FLV, MMF, SRW, ISO
  • Added recovery of files from Linux BtrFS file system
  • Added option to copy only volume's safe files & folders to a new disk (in addition to sector-by-sector copy)
  • Re-implemented most signatures to speed up their detection process (up to ~20%-30%)
  • Included the latest Active@ Disk Editor version 5
  • Professional version: the latest Boot Disk Creator & Boot Disk utilities
7 February 10, 2014
  • Added 64-bit executable which scans disks much faster and optimizes memory usage on x64 platforms
  • New pre-defined file signatures added: *.GZ Archive, *.MTS Video, File Maker's: *.FP3, FP5, FP7, FMP12
  • Files detected by Signatures can be organized (sorted, viewed and placed in folders) by internal attributes before recovery
  • Improved integrated Disk Editor (Hex Viewer), including Linux & Unix iNode & SuperBlock templates
  • Improvements in disk scan and recovery algorithms
  • Included the latest Active@ Disk Editor version 4.0
  • Professional version: the latest Boot Disk Creator and Boot Disk utilities
6 May 1, 2013
  • Unerase deleted files, folders & documents
  • Unerase deleted images & photos on camera cards
  • Unerase deleted & damaged volumes & partitions
  • Unerase data from Disk Images & damaged RAIDs
  • Unerase after virus attack, damage & power surge
  • Recover accidentally formatted HDD,SSD,USB,SD Media
3 April 12, 2004
  • Active@ UNERASER is a compact but powerful undelete utility that can recover deleted files and folders on FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS partitions. Using Active@ UNERASER for DOS you don't need to install any files on your hard drive, which means no risk of overwriting the data you will recover. Active@ UNERASER now includes Windows Console application, Bootable Floppy Creator and Bootable ISO CD-Rom Image.

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