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Active@ Partition Recovery Changelog

What's new in Active@ Partition Recovery 21.0.2.2

Feb 18, 2021
  • 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

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 20.0.1 (May 16, 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
  • Implemented more pre-defined algorithms for file signatures recognition:
  • Ancestral Quest Database File (AQ)
  • LibreOffice Documents (ODT, ODG, ODP, OPDS, ODF, ODB)
  • WPS Office Documents (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX)
  • Ultimate version: the latest Active@ Boot Disk Boot Disk Creator
  • Ultimate version: Included the latest Active@ File Recovery 20
  • Ultimate version: Active@ LiveCD now fully supports PCI-E NVMe M.2 disks

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 19.0.3.1 (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

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 17.0.1 (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

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 16.0.3 (Apr 6, 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 XFS / Ext4 filesystems 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

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 15.0.0 (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

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 14.0.0 (May 12, 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 14.1
  • 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

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 12.0.1 (Feb 14, 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
  • Ultimate version: the latest Active@ LiveCD & Active@ Boot Disk toolsets and PDF documentation
  • 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

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 11.1 (Dec 29, 2014)

  • Minor improvements and bug fixes
  • Active@ Boot Disk utilities and drivers updated
  • Updated the latest Active@ Disk Editor 5, Active@ File Recovery 13

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 11.0.3 (Oct 18, 2014)

  • Added LastChance recovery method
  • Added Linux BtrFS file system recovery
  • Added option of recovery only files & folders
  • Built-in File Organizer for signature files
  • Latest Active@ Disk Editor 5
  • New Ultimate package now includes LiveCD.

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 10.0.2 (May 5, 2014)

  • Added 64-bit exe to run faster on x64 platforms
  • Improved scanning and recovery algorithms
  • Extended volume properties displayed
  • Latest Active@ Disk Editor 4
  • Latest Active@ Boot Disk Lite 8 & Utils

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 9.5.0 (Oct 25, 2013)

  • Ability to recover all data from disk images
  • Support for Raw and Compressed disk images
  • Support for VMWARE and VirtualPC disk images
  • Latest Active@ Boot Disk Lite 7.5 & Utils

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 9.0.4 (Aug 2, 2013)

  • Added recovery of all volume data at once
  • New 'Copy All Data to a New Disk' function
  • New style: Light color scheme by default
  • Enhanced recovery of Unix UFS & Linux ExtFS
  • Improved data recovery kernel
  • Latest Active@ Disk Editor 3.0 (HexViewer)
  • Latest Active@ Boot Disk Lite 7.1 & Utils

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 7.1.2 (Aug 24, 2012)

  • Added recovery of exFAT,HFS+,Ext2/Ext3
  • Completely re-designed user interface
  • Includes freeware DOS tools & Disk Editor
  • Improved QuickScan/SuperScan results
  • Support for 4096 bytes sector size HDDs
  • Advanced filtering of found volumes
  • Visualization of found volumes within disk area, including overlapping with live drives

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 6.5 (Apr 5, 2012)

  • Improved Extended Scan algorithms;
  • Latest File Recovery 9.0 included

New in Active@ Partition Recovery 6.0.0.1 (May 6, 2011)

  • Partition recovery, restoring partitions
  • Create and restore Raw Disk Image back to HDD
  • Keep this program on a bootable floppy disk due to its small size
  • Display complete Physical and Logical Drive information
  • Restore MBR, Partition Table and Boot Sectors from backup if damaged