| 24.0.2 |
Jan 22, 2024 |
- New Recovery Kernel version 14.1.17
- New SuperScan option: Reconstruct disks having different physical sector size
- New SuperScan option: Reconstruct devices starting with non-zero offset in sector
- Improved recovery volumes clusters size > 64Kb
- 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)
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| 23.0.2 |
May 8, 2023 |
- Improved support of NTFS partitions with large cluster size
- Improved support of disks with 4096 bytes sectors
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| 23 |
Feb 8, 2023 |
- Improved recovery of NTFS volumes formatted with large cluster size
- Latest recovery kernel contains many improvements
- Upgraded to Qt framework version 5.12.5 and Platform Kit v143
- Active@ Boot Disk - WinPE upgraded to Windows 11 22H2 base
- Boot Disk Creator can store configuration for WIM PXE boot
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| 22 |
Mar 21, 2022 |
- Added new predefined file signatures recognition:
- Apple iWork Pages (PAGES)
- Apple iWork Numbers (NUMBERS)
- Apple iWork Keynotes (KEY)
- Performance enhancements and bug fixes
- Ultimate package: improved Bootable Disk Creator
- Ultimate package: Active@ Boot Disk switched to the latest WinPE v.10 based on Windows 11 v21H2 code base
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| 21 |
Oct 30, 2020 |
- Simplified and improved User Interface
- Latest Recovery Kernel includes improvements and bug fixes
- Ultimate version: Active@ Boot Disk upgraded to the latest WinPE based on Windows 10 build 2004
- Ultimate version: Active@ LiveCD upgraded to openSUSE 15.2: Linux Kernel 5.3, KDE 5.18
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| 20 |
Apr 22, 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
- Added new pre-defined file signatures recognition:
- Ancestral Quest Database File (AQ)
- LibreOffice Documents (ODT, ODG, ODP, OPDS, ODF, ODB)
- WPS Office Documents (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX)
- Ultimate package: the latest Active@ Boot Disk utilities & Boot Disk Creator
- Ultimate package: Active@ Live now supports PCI-E NVMe M.2 disks
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| 19 |
Sep 27, 2019 |
- New pre-defined file signatures recognition: Canon Raw Image File (CR3), Finale Notation File (MUSX)
- 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
- Redesigned and improved Welcome Screen and Registration
- Latest Recovery Kernel including many improvements & minor bug fixes
- Ultimate package: Active@ Boot Disk upgraded to WinPE based on the latest Windows 10 build 1903
- Ultimate package: Active@ Boot Disk now fully supports SATA & PCI-E NVMe M.2 disks
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| 18 |
Nov 2, 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)
- Ultimate package: The latest Active@ Boot Disk & Active@ LiveCD with Boot Disk Creator improvements
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| 17 |
Jan 30, 2018 |
- More pre-defined file signatures recognition: Microsoft SQL Server Databases (MDF), Virtual Hard Drive Files (VHDX)
- Support for Microsoft's ReFS versions 3.x file system data recovery
- Improvements in Linux/Unix JFS and XFS file systems data recovery
- Improved handling of dynamic virtual disk arrays: Microsoft’s LDM & Linux’s LVM
- Improved software stability while working with damaged disks
- Improvements in Windows Storage Spaces partitions handling
- Data recovery for ReFS file system having non-standard sector sizes: 1024, 2048 & 4096 bytes
- Improved Custom Signatures scripting for user templates creation to search deleted file by their signatures
- Professional & Ultimate packages: the latest Active@ Disk Editor version 7 included
- Ultimate package: Active@ Boot Disk switched to WinPE 10 x64 base, Active@ LiveCD switched to KDE5 base
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| 16 |
Jan 20, 2017 |
- More pre-defined file signatures recognition: AI, ACCDB, OST, DB3, VCPROJ, USER, SVG, FBR
- Support for Microsoft's new generation ReFS file system scan & data recovery
- Support for Linux/Unix JFS file system scan & data recovery
- Support for Windows Storage Spaces data recovery
- Recovery of fragmented files by signatures (MOV/MP4)
- Redesigned User Interface: dockable dialogs, semi-transparent popups
- Full support for HiDPI monitors (large screen resolutions)
- Improvements in XFS / Ext4 file systems recovery
- Significantly optimized SuperScan speed and memory consumption
- New security based on software registration and activation
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| 15 |
Mar 04, 2016 |
- 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
- Added support for Linux/Unix XFS file system scan & data recovery
- Added support for Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) partitioning and recovery
- 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
- Ultimate package: the latest Active@ Boot Disk and improved Boot Disk Creator
- Ultimate package: the latest Active@ LiveCD (64-bit) with updated drivers and new utilities
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| 14.5 |
May 12, 2015 |
- More pre-defined file signatures recognition: OpenOffice Spreadsheet .ODS, Database .ODB, Formula .ODF, Graphic .ODG & Presentation .ODP
- Improved Linux Ext2\Ext3\Ext4 file systems scanning performance
- Included the latest Active@ Disk Editor 6
- Active@ Boot Disk switched to WinPE 5.1 64-bit (x64) base which performs faster & optimizes RAM usage
- Active@ Boot Disk now being able to boot the latest UEFI Secure Boot systems
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| 14.1 |
Feb 24, 2015 |
- More pre-defined file signatures recognition: AutoCAD Drawing Database .DWG, Maxon Cinema 4D .C4D
- Improved SuperScan progress display on Vista and later Windows versions
- Minor improvements in user interface and bug fixes
- Ultimate version: the latest Active@ LiveCD utilities and PDF documentation
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| 14 |
Jan 16, 2015 |
- Added more pre-defined file signatures recognition: 3D Systems .STL, Adobe Effects .AEP, CD/DVD/BD Image .ISO
- Increased speed & performance of recognizing files by their signatures
- Added option to skip next sectors while disk scanning, in case if bad sectors detected
- Improved recovery of files just deleted (based on analysis of NTFS $LogFile Journal)
- Minor improvements in user interface and data recovery algorithms
- Included the latest Active@ Disk Editor 5, being able to browse disks and preview files
- Ultimate version: the latest Active@ LiveCD utilities
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| 13 |
Sep 4, 2014 |
- Added "Last Chance" recovery method for detecting files by signatures
- Added recovery of files from Linux BtrFS file system
- Added recovery of 26 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
- Improved processing of internal attributes for signatures: MID, MRW, RAF, X3F, PDF, RA, RM, RMVB
- Re-implemented most signatures to speed up their detection process (up to ~20%-30%)
- New Ultimate package now includes Linux-based bootable Active@ LiveCD, being able to boot all the latest x86 & x64 UEFI secure boot systems
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| 12.0.5 |
Feb 6, 2014 |
- Improved creation of Virtual Disks having different sector size
- Added new pre-defined file signature for GZip Archives (*.GZ)
- Section 'Signature Files Concepts' added to documentation
- Fixed manifest problem with for 64-bit Windows (WinPE)
- Professional versions: on Active@ Boot Disk Lite updated Disk Monitor to version 3.1
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| 12.0.2 |
Jan 10, 2014 |
- Released 64-bit executable which scans disks much faster and optimizes memory usage on x64 platforms
- Increased memory limits (up to 3GB) for 32-bit executable to process larger data arrays on x86 platforms
- Added Virtual Disk option, to scan devices/disk images having different sector size
- Significant improvements for working with files detected by Signatures:
- More pre-defined file signatures added (*.MTS, *.FMP, *.CAB ...)
- Files can be organized (sorted, viewed and placed in folders) by attributes before recovery
- Author, Title, Creation Date and other internal attributes displayed for MS Office Documents
- Artist, Album, Title, Year and other internal attributes displayed for MP3s music files
- Camera Model, Make, Creation Date and other EXIF attributes displayed for camera raw files & JPGs
- Minor improvements in disk scan and recovery algorithms
- The latest version of Active@ Disk Editor 4
- The latest version of Active@ Partition Recovery 10 (Professional versions)
- The latest Boot Disk Creator and Driver's Pack for Boot Disk (Enterprise version)
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| 11.0.5 |
Jun 21, 2013 |
- New Look and Feel: light color scheme by default
- Improved integrated Disk Editor (HexViewer), including Linux & Unix iNode & SuperBlock templates
- Custom file signatures can be defined via powerful scripting language
- Display of file meta-data (title, date) for files detected by signatures
- Sorting & recovery based on file meta-data (title, date) for files detected by signatures
- Added new built-in signatures for file types: 3FR, RW2, ERF, KDC, DCR, MOS, ODT, OLE and XPS
- Fixed minor bugs and improved scanning and recovery algorithms
- The latest version of Active@ Disk Editor 3.0
- The latest version of Active@ Partition Recovery 9.0 (Professional versions)
- The latest Boot Disk Creator and Boot Disk utilities (Enterprise version)
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| 10.0.8 |
Feb 04, 2013 |
- Improved Disk Editor integration
- Optimized SuperScan speed for Linux Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 volumes
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| 10.0.6 |
Jan 22, 2013 |
- Professional & Enterprise packages: the latest Active@ Partition Recovery 8 included
- Fixed installation issue with a Preview component
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| 10.0.5 |
Jan 14, 2013 |
- Integrated and Stand-alone Disk Viewer/Editor for advanced data inspection
- Added support for RAR archives recovery by signatures
- New File Systems supported Ext4fs (Linux) and UFS (FreeBSD UNIX)
- Flexible application styles: Dark & Light color schemes
- SuperScan can detect files by signatures based on User-defined templates
- Added convenient "Up" and "Back" navigation buttons
- Greatly improved scan algorithms (for Linux & MacOS)
- New lightweight installer
- Documentation is included in separate PDF files (Commercial versions)
- Latest Boot Disk Creator includes security options and network pre-configuration
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| 10 (beta) |
Dec 24, 2012 |
- New File Systems to recover from: Ext4fs (Linux) and UFS (FreeBSD UNIX)
- Flexible application styles: Dark & Light color schemas
- SuperScan can detect files by signatures based on User-defined templates
- Added convenient "Up" and "Back" navigation buttons
- Greatly improved scan algorithms (for Linux & MacOS)
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| 9.5.3 |
Jul 12, 2012 |
- Support for MacOS X HFS+ and Linux Ext2fs/Ext3fs file systems recovery
- Docked Properties window displays object's properties "on-the-fly" (dynamically changing context)
- Added search by object's ID range, and full object's path is now displayed
- Advanced NTFS file recovery based on data records in NTFS Journal ($LogFile)
- Stores local settings in INI file instead of Registry
- Improved recovery files of MP3 type by signatures
- File Preview allows to preview files up to 10MB in size, more shortcuts for previewing added
- Improved software RAIDs (based on LDM) handling and re-construction
- Included the latest Active@ Partition Recovery v. 7 (Professional and Enterprise packages)
- "Go to" target location function is available after Search executed
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| 9.0.0 |
Mar 01, 2012 |
- Complete redesign of User Interface
- Support for exFAT file system
- Support for 4096 byte sector size HDDs
- Support for RAW-Compressed images and RAW images manually composed from several chunks
- Support for VMWARE & VirtualPC HDD images: open and work as with regular HDDs
- New Recovery options:
o Define and scan several sector ranges
o Recovering/Skipping named streams
o Different filename conflict resolution methods
- New Signature files supported (Adobe *.pdf, Flash *.swf, DJVU *.djvu, QuickTime *.m4…)
- Support for multi-tasking: user can QuickScan found volumes and recover data while SuperScan is in progress
- SuperScan progress: displays of map of scanned sectors and found meta-data while scanning
- Auto-saves SuperScan results
- Configuration parameters stored locally and re-loaded upon next use
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| 8.2.0 |
Dec 02, 2011 |
- Active@ Organizer utility to organize/rename files after recovery:
o now includes MS Office formats support
o several bugs fixed
- Updated all boot disk utilities, including BootDiskCreator to the latest v. 5.4.5
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| 8.1.0 |
June 15, 2011 |
- Active@ Organizer utility to organize / rename files after a catastrophic data loss
- Minor kernel improvements
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| 8.0.1 |
April 08, 2011 |
- Fixed bug caused exception on hard disks with sector size bigger than 512 bytes
- Windows PE updated to version 3.1 (based on Windows 7 SP1)
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| 8.0.0 |
March 2011 |
- Fixed bug caused exception on hard disks > 2TB
- Improved FAT partitions search
- New improved Boot Disk Creator
- Enterprise version now contains full installation bootable ISO (no additional download required)
- Windows PE updated to version 3.0 (based on Windows 7)
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| 7.5 |
Jun 2009 |
- Added RAID5 subtypes
- Added checking for updates
- Security level increased
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