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Active@ Boot Disk Creator Changelog

What's new in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 24.0.0

Apr 1, 2024
  • WinPE upgraded to version 10.0.25398.1 (Windows Server 23H2 code base)
  • Improved Boot Disk Creator – added Display Scaling and Network Resource mapping
  • Boot Disk includes much more storage drivers for Dell, HP and Lenovo devices

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 23.0.11 (Nov 27, 2023)

  • NEW:
  • Added auto-scaling for HiDPI monitors for Boot Disk
  • Added custom scaling option to Boot Disk Creator
  • IMPROVED:
  • Disk Image updated to 23.1.5
  • KillDisk updated to 23.1.17
  • minor bug fixes and improvement

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 23.0.8 (Oct 14, 2023)

  • Latest software versions including KillDisk 23.0.27
  • Updated Boot Disk Creator
  • Bug fixes in shell and scripts

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 23.0.3 (Mar 21, 2023)

  • Latest Active@ KillDisk 23
  • Latest Active@ File Recovery 23
  • Latest Active@ Partition Recovery 23
  • Latest Active@ Password Changer 23
  • Latest Active@ Disk Editor 23
  • Latest Active@ Partition Manager 23
  • Latest Active@ Disk Monitor 23
  • WinPE upgraded to Windows 11 22H2 base
  • Boot Disk Creator can store configuration for WIM PXE boot

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 22.0.0 (May 4, 2022)

  • NEW:
  • Boot Disk Creator supports Network configuration for PXE
  • New utilities added to Boot Disk: Far, Notepad++ and WinMerge
  • IMPROVED:
  • Latest Active@ File Recovery 22
  • Latest Active@ Partition Recovery 22
  • Latest Active@ UNDELETE 19

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 18.0.0 (Jan 31, 2022)

  • Latest Active@ KillDisk 14
  • Latest Active@ Disk Image 11
  • Latest Active@ Password Changer 12
  • Active@ Disk Editor 7.3
  • Active@ Partition Manager 6.3
  • Improved Boot Disk Creator with App Settings
  • Improved Linux Console Boot Disk with more drivers
  • Boot Disk switched to the latest WinPE v.10 based on Windows 11 v21H2 code base

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 17.0.0 (Nov 25, 2020)

  • WinPE environment upgraded to Windows build 2004
  • Improved Boot Disk Creator
  • Included the latest software versions: Active@ Disk Image 10, Active@ File Recovery 21, Active@ KillDisk 13, Active@ Partition Recovery 21, Active@ Password Changer 11

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 16.0.0 (Sep 11, 2020)

  • Added a new web browser to support the latest security standards.
  • Added a new lightweight Boot Disk Console (TinyCore linux-based).
  • Improved Bootable Disk Creator
  • Included the latest versions of Active@ KillDisk 12.0.27, Active@ File Recovery 20
  • and Active@ Partition Recovery 20.

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 15.0.0 (Oct 18, 2019)

  • Redesigned Bootable Disk Creator
  • WinPE recovery environment upgraded to v.10.0.18362.1 (based on Windows 10 build 1903)
  • Full support for SATA & PCI-E NVMe M.2 disks
  • Improved USB initialization utility

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 14.0.0 (Dec 3, 2018)

  • Improved Bootable Disk Creator
  • Added disk defragmentation utility
  • Added option of skipping USB disk formatting
  • Included the latest software versions:
  • Active@ Disk Image 9.1
  • Active@ KillDisk 11.1
  • Active@ File Recovery 18
  • Active@ Partition Recovery 18

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 13.0.0 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • WinPE upgraded to v.10.0.16299.15 (based on Windows 10 build 1709)
  • Added customization: Desktop shortcuts for custom tools & user menus can be created
  • Customized settings can be saved to USB and restored on the next boot on different systems
  • Included the latest software versions:
  • Active@ Disk Image 9
  • Active@ File Recovery 17
  • Active@ Partition Recovery 17
  • Active@ UNDELETE 14
  • Active@ Password Changer 9

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 12.0.2 (Dec 2, 2017)

  • WinPE upgraded to v. 10 (based on Windows 10 SP1)
  • Improvements in Boot Disk Creator
  • All Boot Disk tools adopted for HiDPI
  • Included the latest software versions:
  • Active@ KillDisk 11
  • Active@ Disk Monitor 5
  • Active@ Partition Manager 6
  • Active@ Disk Editor 7

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 11.0.1 (May 14, 2017)

  • Added Microsoft's new ReFS file system recovery
  • Added Linux/Unix JFS file system recovery and wipe
  • Added support for Windows Storage Spaces
  • Improved support for HiDPI (large display resolutions)
  • New security: registrations and activations
  • Included the latest software versions:
  • Active@ Disk Image 8
  • Active@ KillDisk 10.2
  • Active@ Partition Recovery 16
  • Active@ File Recovery 16
  • Active@ Password Changer 8

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 10.5.0 (Mar 28, 2016)

  • Added Linux/Unix XFS file system recovery and cleanup
  • Included the latest software versions:
  • Active@ KillDisk 10.1
  • Active@ Partition Recovery 15
  • Active@ File Recovery 15
  • Active@ Password Changer 7

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 10.1.0 (Oct 16, 2015)

  • Included the latest software versions:
  • Active@ KillDisk 10
  • Active@ Partition Manager 5

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 10.0.0 (May 1, 2015)

  • Major improvements:
  • WinPE upgraded to version 5.1 (Windows 8 SP1-based)
  • Switched from 32-bit (x86) to 64-bit (x64) architecture
  • Added support for UEFI Secure Boot mode
  • Boot Disk Creator can setup default application startup
  • Virtual RAM Disk (X:) free space increased to 512MB
  • Included the latest software versions:
  • Active@ File Recovery 14.1
  • Active@ Partition Recovery 12.1
  • Active@ Disk Image 7
  • Included new utilities:
  • 7-Zip file manager (decompresses most archives)
  • SumatraPDF document viewer (PDF, CHM, eBooks,...)
  • HoneyView Image viewer (JPG, TIFF, Raw Images,...)
  • SysInfo - shows info about hardware, disks, drivers...
  • Professional version contains installed packages:
  • WinPE-NetFX - Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5
  • WinPE-Dot3Svc - Support for IEEE 802.X
  • WinPE-RNDIS - Remote NDIS over USB
  • WinPE-PowerShell - Windows PowerShell
  • WinPE-WMI & WinPE-StorageWMI
  • WinPE-Scripting - multiple-language scripting
  • WinPE-SecureStartup - BitLocker & TPM support
  • WinPE-EnhancedStorage - TCG & IEEE 1667 support
  • Included new Professional tools:
  • Windows PowerShell
  • DiskPart & DiskRAID
  • BitLocker Support, Unlock & Repair
  • iSCSI, SSH & SFTP clients

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 9.1.0 (Jan 21, 2015)

  • Included the latest software versions:
  • Active@ File Recovery 14
  • Active@ Partition Manager 4

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 9.0.0 (Oct 21, 2014)

  • Included the latest software versions:
  • Active@ KillDisk 9.1
  • Active@ File Recovery 13
  • Active@ Partition Recovery 11
  • Active@ Data Burner 5.7
  • Active@ Disk Monitor 3.2
  • Active@ Disk Editor 5
  • Active@ Partition Manager 3.5
  • Added the latest Intel, VIA USB3 & Adaptec SCSI drivers
  • Network initialization and status display improved

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 8.5.3 (Jun 21, 2014)

  • The latest software versions:
  • Active@ KillDisk 9
  • Active@ Password Changer 6
  • Active@ Data Burner 5
  • Active@ Disk Image 6.0.2
  • Increased virtual disk size to 64MB(demo version) & 256MB (commercial version)
  • Added new USB3, LAN & Mass Storage drivers (200 total)

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 8.2.0 (Mar 15, 2014)

  • Active@ Disk Image updated to version 6.0.1
  • Added USB3 drivers to demo version

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 8.1.0 (Feb 28, 2014)

  • The latest software versions:
  • Active@ Disk Image 6.0 – full support for exFAT file system & minimization in tray while in progress
  • Active@ File Recovery 12.0.5 - minor kernel improvements and fixes
  • Active@ Disk Monitor 3.1

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 8.0.0 (Jan 18, 2014)

  • Improved Boot Disk Creator: localization & manual USB disk selection
  • Added memory testing boot option
  • Latest Driver’s Pack including Mass Storage, USB3 & Network drivers (203 total)

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 8.0.0 Beta (Jan 11, 2014)

  • Added memory testing option
  • The latest software versions:
  • Latest Active@ File Recovery 12;
  • Latest Active@ Partition Recovery 10;
  • Latest Active@ KillDisk 8;
  • Latest Active@ Disk Image 5.6;
  • Boot Disk Creator supports localization (5 languages).

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 7.5.3 (Jan 9, 2014)

  • Boot Disk Explorer is improved, fixed problem with filenames duplication
  • Minor improvements

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 7.5.2 (Jul 26, 2013)

  • Optimized package size, more compact installation

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 7.1.0 (Apr 6, 2013)

  • Boot Disk Creator improved:
  • Software Update module added
  • Firewall state configuration option added
  • GUI improvements
  • Latest Active@ Password Changer 5.0.11
  • WMI and Scripting support added to Boot Disk (Commercial version)

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 7.0.0 (Apr 6, 2013)

  • Boot Disk Software updated to:
  • Active@ File Recovery 10.0.7 (UFS & Ext4 file systems support)
  • Active@ Partition Recovery 8.0.2 (UFS & Ext4 file systems support)
  • Active@ Disk Image 5.4.2 (SSD support, advanced scheduling)
  • Active@ Password Changer 4.1.235 (drive lock issue resolved)
  • Active@ Disk Monitor 1.4 (new device refresh issue fixed)
  • Active@ KillDisk 7.0.4 (PDF certificates, parallel jobs, e-mail reports)
  • Active@ Disk Editor 2.1.35 (Integration with File & Partition Recovery)
  • New lightweight installer, more compact installations

New in Active@ Boot Disk Creator 6.5.0 (Apr 6, 2013)

  • Boot Disk Creator:
  • Can create password protected boot disks
  • Can pre-configure Network Settings (Static IP, etc..)
  • Boot Disk Utilities:
  • Virtual Keyboard added
  • 3 Games added
  • FilePreview component added (for Partition & File Recovery)
  • Boot Disk Software updated to:
  • Disk Image 5.3.1
  • KillDisk 7.0
  • Disk Editor 2.1(Advanced Search & NTFS templates)
  • The Demo edition includes standard Win7 SP1 driver set — reducing the installation package by 20 MB. The purchased edition include 152 Driver Packs (USB3 / Mass Storage Devices / Network Cards) — access link and registration keys provided after purchase. This package also has 128 MB available on the virtual drive (compared to 32 MB in Demo). RAM usage: 287 MB — Demo vs. 352 MB — Pro. Both packages can be activated with the same key.