Recovery Toolbox is a family of tools and online services for recovering corrupted files, file formats, and recovering passwords for various programs.
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Developer(s) | Recovery Toolbox Inc. |
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Initial release | 2003 |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Platform | x86/x64 |
Type | Data recovery |
License | Freeware/Shareware |
Website | recoverytoolbox |
History
editRecovery Toolbox was created by Recovery Toolbox, Inc., which has developed software for repairing damaged files since 2003.[1]
Components
editThe Recovery Toolbox family includes both installable software and web services.
Installable software
editFreeware recovery tools include:
- Recovery Toolbox for CD Free for repairing data from compact discs, including HD DVD and Blu-ray, affected by system errors or physically damaged (scratched, exposed to liquids, etc.).[2][3][4][5][6][7]
- Recovery Toolbox File Undelete for recovering of deleted files on HDD with support for NTFS file system ( Windows), though it doesn’t work with SSD storage.[8][9][10]
Some Recovery Toolbox tools are provided as shareware:
- Recovery Toolbox for Flash “undeletes” files from various storage media with FAT file systems: SD, CF, MMC, and other memory cards, smart media cards, IBM MicroDrives, Flash and USB drives, digital cameras, and floppy disks.[11][12][13][14][15]
- Recovery Toolbox for RAR repairs damaged RAR archives, including all formats and compression rates, password-protected archives, and archives stored on corrupted media.[16][4][17]
- Recovery Toolbox for Excel repairs corrupted Microsoft Excel files while preserving most tabular data, styles, fonts, sheets, formulas, functions, cell colors, borders, etc.[18][19][20]
- Recovery Toolbox for Outlook repairs data from corrupted Microsoft Outlook's PST and OST files, including emails, contacts, reminders, meetings, tasks, notes, calendar entries, logs, etc.[21][22][23]
Web services
editRecovery Toolbox web services allow repairing the following file formats:
- Adobe file formats: PDF documents and presentations ((Adobe Acrobat/PDF Reader), AI image files (Adobe Illustrator), and PSD project files (Adobe Photoshop)[24][25][26]
- Microsoft Office file formats: Excel spreadsheets, Word documents (including RTF),[27] PowerPoint presentations, and Project files; email formats: PST and OST (Outlook), and DBX (Outlook Express[28]
- Other image file formats: DWG (AutoCAD)[29] and CDR (CorelDraw)[30]
- Database formats: ACCDB and MDB (Access, DBF (FoxPro/Clipper/dBase, etc.)[31]
References
edit- ^ "Meet Recovery Toolbox, The File Recovery Company". Ubergizmo. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ Popa, Bogdan (19 June 2018). "A wizard-based application that can recover files from damaged or corrupted discs of all kinds, including CDs, DVDs, HD FVDs, or Blu-Rays". softpedia.com.
- ^ Wicakson, Ino Smart dan Yudhy. Mengungkap Kedahsyatan Software Untuk Mengelola File dan Folder (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. p. 173. ISBN 978-979-27-7022-3.
- ^ a b Dominikus Juju Matamaya Studio (14 March 2013). Data Recovery (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. p. 67. ISBN 978-602-04-3600-5.
- ^ Teknik Reparasi Ekspor Impor Konversi Untuk Semua Kebutuhan (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. p. 86. ISBN 978-979-27-7303-3.
- ^ Memasang Amunisi Canggih Gratis Win Xp (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. p. 151. ISBN 978-979-27-2429-5.
- ^ Ilia Shpankov (6 September 2007). "Soft-terra". Computerra. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ Shelly, Gary B.; Vermaat, Misty E. (8 March 2009). Discovering Computers 2010: Living in a Digital World, Complete. Cengage Learning. p. 421. ISBN 978-0-324-78645-3.
- ^ Shelly, Gary B.; Vermaat, Misty E. (8 February 2011). Discovering Computers and Microsoft Office 2010: A Fundamental Combined Approach. Cengage Learning. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-538-47393-4.
- ^ Boboc, Madalina (14 April 2018). "Clean tool which enables you to recover deleted items from NTFS drives, be they removable or not, with the help of a wizard-like interface". softpedia.com.
- ^ Marculescu, Ana (17 February 2015). "Recover deleted photos, videos, songs, and documents using a wizard-like assistant from removable media devices and hard drives with the FAT file system". softpedia.com.
- ^ Most Wanted Untuk Media USB (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. p. 167. ISBN 978-979-27-8369-8.
- ^ Shelly, Gary B.; Vermaat, Misty E. (24 February 2010). Discovering Computers 2011: Brief. Cengage Learning. p. 421. ISBN 978-1-111-78925-1.
- ^ Shelly, Gary B.; Vermaat, Misty E. (26 March 2012). Discovering Computers Fundamentals: Your Interactive Guide to the Digital World. Cengage Learning. p. 284. ISBN 978-1-111-53045-7.
- ^ Marculescu, Ana (1 June 2015). "Recover lost or deleted files from removable media devices (e.g. Secure Digital Cards, xD-Picture Cards, CompactFlash) using a wizard-like approach". softpedia.com.
- ^ Soluciones PC (in Spanish). USERSHOP. p. 62. ISBN 978-987-663-028-3.
- ^ Popa, Bogdan (28 June 2018). "Recover important files from unusable and damaged RAR archives, with the assistance of this user-friendly, wizard-based application". softpedia.com.
- ^ Secretos Excel (in Spanish). USERSHOP. p. 54. ISBN 978-987-663-005-4.
- ^ Soluciones PC (in Spanish). USERSHOP. p. 64. ISBN 978-987-663-028-3.
- ^ Opris, Elena (2 September 2019). "Recovers data from damaged, corrupted and unreadable Microsoft Excel files, namely the ones with the XLS, XLSX, XLS or XLSTX format". softpedia.com.
- ^ Soluciones PC (in Spanish). USERSHOP. p. 96. ISBN 978-987-663-028-3.
- ^ Doherty, Eamon P. (17 August 2012). Digital Forensics for Handheld Devices. CRC Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-4665-7883-8.
- ^ Ghirardini, Andrea; Faggioli, Gabriele (2007). Computer forensics (in Italian). Apogeo Editore. p. 181. ISBN 978-88-503-2593-1.
- ^ Dulcianu, Alexandru (2 May 2018). "An application that enables you to recover Microsoft Access database files and view the contained records, tables, relations and queries". softpedia.com.
- ^ Virlan, Elizabeta (11 July 2018). "An intuitive and easy to use application designed to help you recover passwords that protect PDFs from being opened, or restrict certain permissions". softpedia.com.
- ^ Boboc, Madalina (30 January 2018). "Wizard-like and powerful application for retrieving information from damaged or corrupted AI files, with support for multiple languages". softpedia.com.
- ^ Popa, Bogdan (1 February 2018). "Wizard-like application which enables you to easily recover information from corrupted text documents, be they on the hard drive, a removable device, CD or DVD". softpedia.com.
- ^ Chelariu, Catalin (14 November 2017). "Recover lost and deleted e-mail messages from corrupted or damaged Outlook Express folders, with this easy-to-use software solution". softpedia.com.
- ^ Boboc, Madalina (18 March 2018). "Easily repair damaged DWG files, open and explore the drawings and transfer the retrieved data to AutoCAD with this minimal program". softpedia.com.
- ^ Saveanu, Mircea (31 July 2018). "Repair damaged CDR documents with this application that supports files created with all versions of CorelDRAW and allows you to preview source items". softpedia.com.
- ^ Dulcianu, Alexandru (2 May 2018). "An application that enables you to recover Microsoft Access database files and view the contained records, tables, relations and queries". softpedia.com.