Back2Life Changelog

What's new in Back2Life 2.9

Dec 2, 2013
  • Fixed crash in FAT advanced options
  • Adapted for Windows 8[.1]

New in Back2Life 2.8 (May 17, 2012)

  • Support for 1TB+ NTFS drives
  • Correct handling of NTFS files with alternative data streams
  • Fasster scanning and browsing the scan results

New in Back2Life 2.7 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Fixed NTFS compressed files handling
  • Fixed NTFS volume access
  • Misc. fixups and speedups
  • Adopted for Windows 7

New in Back2Life 2.6 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Misc. fixups and speedups
  • Recover existing files
  • New evaluation model - no file size limit!

New in Back2Life 2.5 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Misc. fixups
  • Removable disks plug in/out autodetection
  • File types detection and count at scanning
  • Can handle files over 2G in size
  • Windows Vista compatible

New in Back2Life 2.4 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Misc. fixups
  • Crosslinks autojumps for FAT disks
  • Autoupdate function
  • Saving scan results to the text file added
  • Support for CD-R and CR-RW
  • Faster recovery process
  • Better NTFS handling

New in Back2Life 2.31 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Few bugs fixed
  • Unregistered filesize limit increased to 100K

New in Back2Life 2.3 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • User Interface improvements
  • New Scan and Recovery dialogs
  • Fast and Deep scan modes for scanning (with advanced options)
  • HEX preview for files and folders
  • Nameless folders and folders Fragments now found in FAT (when using Deep Scan) - so more files can be found now!
  • Directories erased on FAT volumes under Windows 2000/XP now located correctly
  • Attempt to correct recovery of FAT files erased under Windows 2000/XP
  • File type matching for FAT volumes
  • Save all variants of uncertain files for FAT volumes
  • Scan Search converted to Scan Filter feature
  • Search for files within scan results
  • 100% damaged and crosslinked files can be recovered now too
  • Crosslinked files are no longer shown
  • Faster NTFS scanning (in Fast Scan)
  • Drive Map read error fixed (occurred on some NTFS volumes)

New in Back2Life 2.2 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Fixed bug that locked the program down while VERY huge files recovery
  • Searching for text improved (mostly noticeable on huge files)
  • NTFS support added
  • Trial filesize limit increased from 10K to 64K
  • Tips of Day added
  • F.A.Q. added
  • Tutorial added
  • Existing files can be shown
  • Existing folders without erased content can be shown
  • Misc. interface improvements
  • Crosslink jumps added (in Properties dialog)
  • Showing progress of file recovery added
  • Properties dialog now shows amount and total size of files in folder
  • Detailed disk Properties dialog added
  • Some speed improvements done
  • Explorer Shell integration added
  • Misc. bugs fixed

New in Back2Life 2.1 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Program interface improved
  • Searching for orphan folders added
  • Showing empty erased folders added (menu View)
  • Showing crosslinks added (menu View)
  • New file attributes columns added (menu View)
  • New file search criteria added
  • Cluster-use map added (Properties)
  • When a folder is selected status bar displays amount of files it contains
  • Complete help system
  • Installer added
  • Some bugs fixed

New in Back2Life 2.0 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Program is fully rewritten with different libraries - now even with the new features it is smaller in size!
  • Support for operating systems MS Windows NT-2000-XP added
  • New search criteria added (file size and last modification date)
  • Start path option for file search added to look for files in specified directories only, including or excluding subfolders
  • Disk scan by pressing a corresponding key on keyboard added
  • Algorithm of displaying "Restorable files only" / "All files" improved. Disk is no longer rescanned after switch
  • Main program search and filter engine completely reworked - program finds more files with less errors
  • Alternative restoration algorithm added
  • Emergency saving restored files on the same disk added
  • Saving entire folders with erased files and subfolders added
  • Uninstall support added
  • Manual with technical information added
  • Fixed directory tree window redraw bug

New in Back2Life 1.01 (Feb 25, 2010)

  • Some bugs fixed:
  • Network drives and NTFS disks are excluded from the list
  • Search algorithm improved - works faster and much more reliable
  • For deleted files LastAccessDate added
  • Added sorting files by name, size, date or damage (click on column header)
  • Added folders sorting in the three view
  • Search deleted file by name and contents added

New in Back2Life 2.6 (Apr 9, 2008)

  • Misc. fixups and speedups
  • Recover existing files
  • New evaluation model - no file size limit!