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Active@ UNERASER Changelog

What's new in Active@ UNERASER 24.0.0

Jan 26, 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

New in Active@ UNERASER 23.0.0 (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

New in Active@ UNERASER 22.0.0 (Jul 21, 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

New in Active@ UNERASER 16.0.2 (Sep 1, 2021)

  • Added the ability to apply Boot Sector Template to any disk's sector.
  • Improved Recovery Kernel.
  • Ultimate version: Active@ LiveCD updated to openSUSE 15.2: Linux Kernel 5.3, KDE 5.18.
  • Ultimate version: Active@ Boot Disk updated to WinPE based on Windows 10 build 2004.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Active@ UNERASER 12.0.2 (Feb 28, 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

New in Active@ UNERASER 11.0.1 (Jul 3, 2017)

  • More pre-defined file signatures recognition: AI, ACCDB, OST, DB3, VCPROJ, USER, SVG, FBR; Support for Windows Storage Spaces data recovery and more.

New in Active@ UNERASER 10.0.3 (Jun 21, 2016)

  • Added recovery of Unix ZFS file system, increased scanning speed on Linux Ext2/Ext3/Ext4;
  • Added more OpenOffice documents signatures to detect & recover: ODB, ODF, ODG, ODP, ODS;
  • Improved work with large & unstable disks.

New in Active@ UNERASER 10.0.0 (Jun 21, 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.

New in Active@ UNERASER 9.0.0 (Jun 21, 2016)

  • Increased scanning speed on Linux Ext2/Ext3/Ext4, added recovery of Unix ZFS 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.

New in Active@ UNERASER 8.2.2 (Feb 21, 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, ZFS file systems to copy data to & recover from
  • Save customized desktop configuration to USB, then restore it for the next recovery sessions

New in Active@ UNERASER 8.1.0 (Jan 20, 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

New in Active@ UNERASER 8.0.0 (Nov 18, 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

New in Active@ UNERASER 7.0.1 (Feb 12, 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

New in Active@ UNERASER 6.0 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • Support for recovery from FreeBSD UNIX UFS and Linux Ext4fs file systems
  • Added an integrated Disk Editor (HEX Viewer) component being able to inspect disks and files on a low level (raw sectors)
  • "In Place" and "Copy to Another Disk" partition recovery methods
  • Convenient 'Go Back', 'Go Forward' and 'Go Up' navigation buttons and key combinations added
  • Improvements in recovery kernel: faster scans, more files and partitions can be detected