Active@ UNERASER

Active@ UNERASER is an advanced software program that helps with the recovery of data from NTFS, FAT and EXT file systems, being able to restore files from deleted or re-formatted partitions.

The utility works with IDE, SATA, eSATA, SCSI, SSD, USB, ZIP, floppy disks, and camera cards.

It allows you to recover exFAT, NTFS+EFS, Apple HFS+, Linux ExtFS/BtrFS, and Unix UFS file systems. Plus, you can restore volumes created in DOS, Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, and 8.

The GUI looks well structured but you still need to reserve some extra time to studying the program’s features because there are a lot of options to look into. A thorough help manual can be accessed in case you have any questions regarding the tool’s setup parameters.

You can carry out a quick scan in order to detect files, folders and partitions that were recently deleted. In case you are not in a hurry, you may enable the SuperScan process for analyzing deleted and damaged volumes.

When the aforementioned scan methods fail into detecting the deleted or damaged partitions you look for, you can activate the LastChance option in order to recover files by their signatures.

You can search for files using filters, such as file types (e.g. DOCX, MP3, AVI, JPG), creation, modification and last access date, size, and ID.

Active@ UNERASER helps you preview files before recovering them. You can check out images (e.g. BMP, DIB, GIF, JPG, PCX, ICO, PNG), while document types can be previewed using an external viewer or the built-in HEX/text viewer.

Before fixing any problems with your partitions, you should know that the app offers support for an automatic backup mode. This way, you can roll back any changes made to your partitions in case something doesn’t go according with the plan.

You are allowed to fix damaged master boot record (MBR) or GUID Partition Table (GPT), fix damaged partition (volume) boot sector, re-create deleted or damaged disk array (RAID) virtually, and create a disk image.

The utility offers support for an advanced tool designed to help you view and edit sectors of physical disks, partitions and contents of any file type. The disk editor enables you to analyze file headers and disk data (raw sectors).

You can check out information in binary and text modes at the same time, make use of templates for parsing and displaying boot sectors, directory entries and MFT records, navigate to a certain area of a boot sector (e.g. FAT, partition table), and search data by ANSI, HEX or Unicode pattern.

To make a long story short, Active@ UNERASER proves to be of great help in case you want to recover lost or deleted data. The comprehensive feature pack makes it suitable especially for professional users.