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NTFS Recovery Toolkit Changelog

What's new in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 23

Jun 21, 2023
  • Improved:
  • NTFS recovery for volumes having large cluster size
  • Improved editing NTFS volumes having large cluster size

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 14 (Nov 4, 2020)

  • IMPROVED:
  • Active@ File Recovery 21
  • Active@ Partition Recovery 21

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 13 (May 25, 2020)

  • Active@ File Recovery 20
  • Active@ Partition Recovery 20
  • Added recovery of new Apple's ApFS file system
  • Re-implemented recovery of Microsoft ReFS file system to get more stable and reliable code
  • Latest Recovery Kernel including many improvements & minor bug fixes: Ancestral Quest Database File (AQ), LibreOffice Documents (ODT, ODG, ODP, OPDS, ODF, ODB), WPS Office Documents (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX)

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 12 (Oct 8, 2019)

  • Improved NTFS recovery on volumes located in Windows Storage Spaces;
  • Improved recovery of disks having 4KB (4096 bytes) sector size
  • Improved software stability working with failing disks
  • Latest Recovery Kernel including many improvements & minor bug fixes
  • New pre-defined algorithms for file signatures recognition: Canon Raw Image File (CR3), Finale Notation File (MUSX)
  • Included the latest Active@ File Recovery 19 and Active@ Partition Recovery 19

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 11 (Nov 9, 2018)

  • New Easy Recovery Mode – simplifies lost files search and data recovery on live volumes;
  • Added more pre-defined file signatures recognition: Microsoft Office Documents (ONE, PUB) MySQL Database Files (IBD, FRM, MYI) Oracle VirtualBox Image (VDI) Betacase Client Info (BCB)
  • Included the latest Active@ File Recovery 18 and Active@ Partition Recovery 18.

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 10 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • Added support for Microsoft's new generation ReFS ver. 3.x filesystem data recovery
  • Installation includes both 64-bit applications (x64 architecture) as well as the legacy 32-bit ones (x86)
  • Improvements in Linux/Unix JFS and XFS file systems data recovery
  • More pre-defined file signatures recognition: SQL Server Databases (MDF), Virtual HDD Files (VHDX)
  • Improved software stability while working with damaged disks
  • Improved handling of dynamic virtual disk arrays: LDM, LVM & Windows Storage Spaces
  • Improved Custom Signatures scripting for search by file signatures user templates creation
  • Included the latest Active@ File Recovery 17 and Active@ Partition Recovery 17
  • Included the latest Active@ Disk Editor 7 and Active@ Partition Manager 6

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 9 (Apr 7, 2017)

  • Added support for Microsoft ReFS and Linux/Unix JFS file system and Windows Storage Spaces data recovery
  • Added signatures recognition: AI, ACCDB, OST, DB3, VCPROJ, USER, SVG, FBR
  • Active@ File Recovery v. 16
  • Active@ Partition Recovery v. 16
  • Active@ Partition Manager v. 5

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 8 (Apr 4, 2016)

  • 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
  • Added support for Linux/Unix XFS file system scan & data recovery
  • Added support for Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) partitioning and recovery
  • Added progress display for the taskbar icon
  • More file signatures recognition: AC3, MSG, 3DS, MAX, DXF, CMX, AMV, 4XM, 4XA, EPS, XZ, LZ4, BZ2, JP2, M2V, MTS, FDB
  • The latest Active@ File Recovery 15, Active@ Partition Recovery 15 & Active@ Partition Manager 5

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 7.5.0.0 (May 15, 2015)

  • Improved work with large size partitions and unstable hard disks;
  • Added progress display for the taskbar icon;
  • More signatures recognition for OpenOffice Documents: .ODB, .ODF, .ODG, .ODP & .ODS;
  • Included the latest: Active@ File Recovery 14.5, Active@ Partition Recovery 14 & Active@ Disk Editor 6

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 7.0.0.0 (Feb 20, 2015)

  • Advanced NTFS Journal ($LogFile) processing for recovery of files just deleted;
  • More file signatures recognition: AutoCAD .DWG, CDFS .ISO, Maxon .C4D, Stereolitography .STL, Adobe .AEP;
  • Included the latest: Active@ File Recovery 14, Active@ Partition Recovery 12, Active@ Disk Editor 5, Active@ Partition Manager 4

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 6.0.0.0 (Oct 18, 2014)

  • Added LastChance recovery method for detecting and restoring files by their signatures
  • Added 26 more signatures recognition, and File Organizing before recovery
  • Included the latest Active@ File Recovery v. 13
  • Included the latest Active@ Partition Recovery v. 11
  • Included the latest Active@ Disk Editor v. 5
  • Included the latest Active@ Partition Manager Editor v. 3.5

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 5.0.0.0 (Oct 18, 2014)

  • Active@ Disk Editor 4 – new advanced templates and navigation;
  • Active@ Partition Manager 3 – new partition resizing functionality;
  • Active@ Partition Recovery 10 – added data recovery from Disk Images ;
  • Active@ File Recovery 12 – new signatures & file organizing features

New in NTFS Recovery Toolkit 4.0.0.0 (Aug 10, 2013)

  • Significantly improved Disk Editor, now hyperlinks can be used to navigate MFT file records.
  • Improved integration of Disk Editor with File Recovery and Partition Recovery.
  • Now it is possible to scan disks, detect files and lost volumes using File
  • and Partition Recovery software, and then inspecting found data (MFT records, Volume Boot Sectors) with a Disk Editor being launched.