Active@ File Recovery

for Windows

Efficient & easy to use recovery tool for deleted or lost files, damaged or re-formatted volumes, even if your PC doesn't boot

Recovers: NTFS ReFS FAT exFAT HFS+ ApFS XFS JFS UFS BtrFS Ext2/3/4

Recovery software provides ability to detect and recover files,volumes & disks lost due to deletion, formatting, physical damage, viruses & other...

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Support all types of storage media:

HDD

SSD

SSD

External Disks

External Disks

usb drive

USB Drives

Memory cards

Digital camera

File types that you want to restore:

  • Docs

  • Images

  • Photos

  • Video

  • Audio

  • Email

  • eBooks

  • Databases

  • more...

Operating systems supported:

Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP;
Windows Servers 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003; WinPE - recovery environment;
Boots from CD/DVD/USB: WinPE-based & Linux-based recovery boot disks. More info

Features supported:

FAT, exFAT, NTFS, ReFS, Apple HFS+, ApFS, Unix UFS, XFS, JFS; UDF/CDFS; Ext2/3/4, BtrFS;
HDD, SSD, USB, SATA, eSATA, SAS, SCSI, NVMe hard drives, USB Flash, SD, MMC, CompactFlash;
RAID reconstruction (RAID-0/1/5, Span); Deleted/damaged partitions recovery. More info

Recover deleted files after Recycle Bin has been emptied

or files were deleted while by passing the Recycle Bin

Recover files lost due to accidental disk formatting

damage by virus attack, malicious program, or a power failure

Recover photos & pictures deleted from a USB Flash

or images lost after formatting a Memory Card (SD, CompactFlash)

Data restoring when partition or volume is deleted

damaged or formatted, or disk has bad sectors

Data Recovery Software: DEMO Standard Professional Ultimate
Data recovery software package is available for immediate download right after the purchase
Limitations
Maximum limit for file size to be able to recover 64 KB No limit No limit No limit
Recovers files from deleted/damaged/re-formatted partitions and volumes
Recovers files located on NTFS, ReFS, exFAT, FAT, HFS+, UFS, XFS, JFS, Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 & BtrFS file systems
Integrated Active@ Disk Editor (Hex Viewer) allows to inspect raw disk sectors (MBR, Boot Sectors, MFT records...)
Virtually rebuilds damaged RAID0, RAID1, RAID5 and Span disk arrays. Damaged RAID data recovery
File Organizer for files detected by signatures allows to re-organize files in folders tree, rename files based on the internal attributes and preview re-organized data before actual recovery occurs
User-defined file signatures can be created using simple syntax (RegExp supported) and loaded from a text file
Includes bootable Windows Recovery environment (WipPE-based ISO image) for recovery of files and partitions when machine does not boot
Includes LiveCD - bootable Linux Recovery environment (Linux-based ISO image) for date recovery when machine does not boot. Boots the latest UEFI secure boot x64 PCs as well as legacy BIOS machines
Includes Boot Disk Creator - being able to prepare Windows-based or Linux-based bootable recovery media on CD/DVD/Blu-ray or USB disk
General Features
Supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, ReFS, HFS+, UFS, XFS, JFS, Ext2/Ext3/Ext4/BtrFS filesystems recovery
Designed for Windows XP / Vista / Windows 2003, 2008 & 2012 Servers / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
Supports FDD / HDD / USB / SATA / eSATA / SAS / SCSI / SSD / NVMe disks and RAID disk arrays
Supports all types of USB Flash Disks and Memory Cards, External USB drives and USB3 disks
Supports advanced search of deleted files
Supports localized filenames (Unicode)
Supports compressed, encrypted and fragmented files on NTFS
Recovers deleted files from damaged, formatted, reformatted, or deleted partitions: Microsoft exFAT, FAT/FAT32, NTFS, ReFS; Apple HFS+; Unix UFS, XFS and JFS; Linux Ext2/Ext3/Ext4/BtrFs
Ability to define disk areas to scan, recover named streams, use different filename conflict resolution methods
Different types of scan: QuickScan (Fast), SuperScan (Slow) and LastChance recovery when no one works
SuperScan detects deleted or damaged partitions and logical drives, and scans disks with damaged MBR
Recovered files and folders can be saved on any local or network drives
Supports Raw (sector-by-sector copy) Disk Image creation - for future data recovery in case if hard disk failss
Support for VMWare & VirtualPC HDD images: open and work with them as if they are regular HDDs
Creates Disk Image for logical and physical drives in Raw & Raw compressed format
Opens Disk Image and recovers files from it as from regular drive
Disk Image is created in raw format that is compatible with other utilities (Disk Editors)
Built-in support for non-damaged hardware RAID disk arrays and software RAID volumes (LDM)
New! Built-in support for Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) partitioning and recovery
New! Filesystem's metadata display: $FILE & $INDX file records for NTFS, $DIR Directory entries for FAT/FAT32
Virtually rebuilds damaged RAID0, RAID1, RAID5 and Span disk arrays. Damaged disks RAID data recovery
Data Recovery Dialog

Data Recovery Dialog

Extended Scan Progress

Extended Scan Progress

File successfully recovered

File successfully recovered

 

Active@ File Recovery Standard:

Personal license

$29.95
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Corporate license

$39.95
Active@ File Recovery Standard allows you to recover deleted files or to recover files from deleted or damaged partitions.
 

Active@ File Recovery Professional:

Personal license

$44.95
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Corporate license

$64.95
Professional package additionally includes integrated Active@ Disk Editor (or HexViewer - utility for low-level data inspection), supports recovery from damaged RAIDs, allows to define custom signatures to be detected, and includes Organizer for files detected by signatures.
 

Active@ File Recovery Ultimate:

Personal license

$69.95
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Corporate License

$89.95
Ultimate package in addition to Professional features contains Active@ Boot Disk Lite - a bootable WinPE-based ISO Image that you can burn to CD/DVD/Blu-ray or write to USB Flash Disk using supplied Bootable Disk Creator. Windows PE boots from this CD/DVD/USB and you are able to recover partitions as well as recover particular files and folders from the lightweight Windows recovery environment. This is crucial for unbootable systems. Ultimate package also includes Linux-based bootable Active@ LiveCD, being able to boot all the latest x86 & x64 UEFI secure boot systems.

Compare: PERSONAL vs. CORPORATE vs. UNLIMITED Licenses

Personal Corporate Unlimited
Number of installations 1 for 3 PC Corresponds to number of licenses purchased Unlimited
Purposes Non-commercial Commercial. Use the program in a business, academic or government environment. Business license that provides unlimited worldwide licensing for corporation.
Product Use Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
TechSupport 1 year free 1 year free 1 year free
Updates 1 year free 1 year free 1 year free
Return Policy 30 day 30 day 30 day

 

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Update release: New version 23.0.2 (May 8, 2023)

  • Improved support of NTFS partitions with large cluster size
  • Improved support of disks with 4096 bytes sectors
  • Full version history

Active@ File Recovery: Pros & Cons

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Mickael Findley,
technology blogger

Active@ File Recovery is a lifesaver when it comes to recovering lost files due to accidental formatting, deleting or even hardware crashes.

Being able a larger variety of files than most file recovery software on the market, Active@ File Recovery is easy to use with a Windows-explorer like navigation window, a variety of features and recovery at a click of a button.

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