Recovery Toolbox Explained

Recovery Toolbox is a family of tools and online services for recovering corrupted files, file formats, and recovering passwords for various programs.

History

Recovery Toolbox was created by Recovery Toolbox, Inc., which has developed software for repairing damaged files since 2003.^[1]

Components

The Recovery Toolbox family includes both installable software and web services.

Installable software

Freeware 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] [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

Recovery 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]

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meet Recovery Toolbox, The File Recovery Company . 28 July 2020 . Ubergizmo . 7 December 2023.
2. Web site: A wizard-based application that can recover files from damaged or corrupted discs of all kinds, including CDs, DVDs, HD FVDs, or Blu-Rays. Popa. Bogdan. 19 June 2018. softpedia.com. en.
3. Book: Wicakson, Ino Smart dan Yudhy. Mengungkap Kedahsyatan Software Untuk Mengelola File dan Folder. Elex Media Komputindo. 978-979-27-7022-3. 173. id.
4. Book: Dominikus Juju Matamaya Studio. Data Recovery. 14 March 2013. Elex Media Komputindo. 978-602-04-3600-5. 67. id.
5. Book: Teknik Reparasi Ekspor Impor Konversi Untuk Semua Kebutuhan. Elex Media Komputindo. 978-979-27-7303-3. 86. id.
6. Book: Memasang Amunisi Canggih Gratis Win Xp. Elex Media Komputindo. 978-979-27-2429-5. 151. id.
7. Web site: Soft-terra . Ilia Shpankov . 6 September 2007 . Computerra . 7 December 2023.
8. Book: Shelly. Gary B.. Discovering Computers 2010: Living in a Digital World, Complete. Vermaat. Misty E.. 8 March 2009. Cengage Learning. 978-0-324-78645-3. 421. en.
9. Book: Shelly. Gary B.. Discovering Computers and Microsoft Office 2010: A Fundamental Combined Approach. Vermaat. Misty E.. 8 February 2011. Cengage Learning. 978-0-538-47393-4. 150. en.
10. Web site: 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. Boboc. Madalina. 14 April 2018. softpedia.com. en.
11. Web site: Recover deleted photos, videos, songs, and documents using a wizard-like assistant from removable media devices and hard drives with the FAT file system. Marculescu. Ana. 17 February 2015. softpedia.com. en.
12. Book: Most Wanted Untuk Media USB. Elex Media Komputindo. 978-979-27-8369-8. 167. id.
13. Book: Shelly. Gary B.. Discovering Computers 2011: Brief. Vermaat. Misty E.. 24 February 2010. Cengage Learning. 978-1-111-78925-1. 421. en.
14. Book: Shelly. Gary B.. Discovering Computers Fundamentals: Your Interactive Guide to the Digital World. Vermaat. Misty E.. 26 March 2012. Cengage Learning. 978-1-111-53045-7. 284. en.
15. Web site: Recover lost or deleted files from removable media devices (e.g. Secure Digital Cards, xD-Picture Cards, CompactFlash) using a wizard-like approach. Marculescu. Ana. 1 June 2015. softpedia.com. en.
16. Book: Soluciones PC. USERSHOP. 978-987-663-028-3. 62. es.
17. Web site: Recover important files from unusable and damaged RAR archives, with the assistance of this user-friendly, wizard-based application. Popa. Bogdan. 28 June 2018. softpedia.com. en.
18. Book: Secretos Excel. USERSHOP. 978-987-663-005-4. 54. es.
19. Book: Soluciones PC. USERSHOP. 978-987-663-028-3. 64. es.
20. Web site: Recovers data from damaged, corrupted and unreadable Microsoft Excel files, namely the ones with the XLS, XLSX, XLS or XLSTX format. Opris. Elena. 2 September 2019. softpedia.com. en.
21. Book: Soluciones PC. USERSHOP. 978-987-663-028-3. 96. es.
22. Book: Doherty, Eamon P.. Digital Forensics for Handheld Devices. 17 August 2012. CRC Press. 978-1-4665-7883-8. 264. en.
23. Book: Ghirardini. Andrea. Computer forensics. Faggioli. Gabriele. 2007. Apogeo Editore. 978-88-503-2593-1. 181. it.
24. Web site: An application that enables you to recover Microsoft Access database files and view the contained records, tables, relations and queries. Dulcianu. Alexandru. 2 May 2018. softpedia.com. en.
25. Web site: An intuitive and easy to use application designed to help you recover passwords that protect PDFs from being opened, or restrict certain permissions. Virlan. Elizabeta. 11 July 2018. softpedia.com. en.
26. Web site: Wizard-like and powerful application for retrieving information from damaged or corrupted AI files, with support for multiple languages. Boboc. Madalina. 30 January 2018. softpedia.com. en.
27. Web site: 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. Popa. Bogdan. 1 February 2018. softpedia.com. en.
28. Web site: Recover lost and deleted e-mail messages from corrupted or damaged Outlook Express folders, with this easy-to-use software solution. Chelariu. Catalin. 14 November 2017. softpedia.com. en.
29. Web site: Easily repair damaged DWG files, open and explore the drawings and transfer the retrieved data to AutoCAD with this minimal program. Boboc. Madalina. 18 March 2018. softpedia.com. en.
30. Web site: Repair damaged CDR documents with this application that supports files created with all versions of CorelDRAW and allows you to preview source items. Saveanu. Mircea. 31 July 2018. softpedia.com. en.
31. Web site: An application that enables you to recover Microsoft Access database files and view the contained records, tables, relations and queries. Dulcianu. Alexandru. 2 May 2018. softpedia.com. en.