Recovery Toolbox

Recovery Toolbox
Developer(s)	Recovery Toolbox Inc.
Initial release	2003
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Platform	x86/x64
Type	Data recovery
License	Freeware/Shareware
Website	recoverytoolbox.com

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] [11]}

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. ^{[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}
• Recovery Toolbox for RAR repairs damaged RAR archives, including all formats and compression rates, password-protected archives, and archives stored on corrupted media. ^{[17] [4] [18]}
• Recovery Toolbox for Excel repairs corrupted Microsoft Excel files while preserving most tabular data, styles, fonts, sheets, formulas, functions, cell colors, borders, etc. ^{[19] [20] [21]}
• 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. ^{[22] [23] [24]}

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) ^{[25] [26] [27]}
• Microsoft Office file formats: Excel spreadsheets, Word documents (including RTF), ^[28] PowerPoint presentations, and Project files; email formats: PST and OST (Outlook), and DBX (Outlook Express ^[29]
• Other image file formats: DWG (AutoCAD) ^[30] and CDR (CorelDraw) ^[31]
• Database formats: ACCDB and MDB (Access, DBF (FoxPro/Clipper/dBase, etc.) ^[32]

About the Developer

Recovery Toolbox, Inc. is an IT company that has been developing software for repairing corrupted files since 2003. To date, they have developed solutions to repair corrupted files of over 30 different types, including extensions created with Microsoft Office software (such as Outlook and Excel) and data stored on various media (hard drives, portable devices, CDs/DVDs, etc.).

See also

• GetDataBack
• Recover My Files

References

1. "Meet Recovery Toolbox, The File Recovery Company". Ubergizmo. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Dominikus Juju Matamaya Studio (14 March 2013). Data Recovery (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. p. 67. ISBN   978-602-04-3600-5.
5. Teknik Reparasi Ekspor Impor Konversi Untuk Semua Kebutuhan (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. p. 86. ISBN   978-979-27-7303-3.
6. Memasang Amunisi Canggih Gratis Win Xp (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. p. 151. ISBN   978-979-27-2429-5.
7. Ilia Shpankov (6 September 2007). "Soft-terra". Computerra. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
8. "Data recovery from Western Digital hard drive" . Retrieved 2025-08-28.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Most Wanted Untuk Media USB (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. 2010. p. 167. ISBN   978-979-27-8369-8.
14. Shelly, Gary B.; Vermaat, Misty E. (24 February 2010). Discovering Computers 2011: Brief. Cengage Learning. p. 421. ISBN   978-1-111-78925-1.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. Soluciones PC (in Spanish). USERSHOP. 2010. p. 62. ISBN   978-987-663-028-3.
18. 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.
19. Secretos Excel (in Spanish). USERSHOP. p. 54. ISBN   978-987-663-005-4.
20. Soluciones PC (in Spanish). USERSHOP. 2010. p. 64. ISBN   978-987-663-028-3.
21. 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.
22. Soluciones PC (in Spanish). USERSHOP. 2010. p. 96. ISBN   978-987-663-028-3.
23. Doherty, Eamon P. (17 August 2012). Digital Forensics for Handheld Devices. CRC Press. p. 264. ISBN   978-1-4665-7883-8.
24. Ghirardini, Andrea; Faggioli, Gabriele (2007). Computer forensics (in Italian). Apogeo Editore. p. 181. ISBN   978-88-503-2593-1.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. 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.
32. 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.

External links

• Official Website