# Recovery Toolbox

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{{short description|Microsoft windows recovery software}}
{{Infobox software
| name             = Recovery Toolbox
| logo             = Recovery Toolbox logo.jpg
| size             =
| caption          =
| developer        = Recovery Toolbox Inc.
| released         = 2003
| operating system = [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows)
| platform         = [x86](/source/x86)/[x64](/source/x64)
| genre            = Data recovery
| license          = [Freeware](/source/Freeware)/[Shareware](/source/Shareware)
| website          = {{url|https://recoverytoolbox.com}}
}}

'''Recovery Toolbox''' is a family of [tools](/source/Utility_software) and online services for recovering corrupted [files](/source/Computer_file), [file format](/source/file_format)s, and recovering passwords for various [programs](/source/Computer_program).

==History==
Recovery Toolbox was created by Recovery Toolbox, Inc., which has developed software for [repairing damaged files](/source/Data_recovery) since 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ubergizmo.com/sponsored/meet-recovery-toolbox-the-file-recovery-company/ |title=Meet Recovery Toolbox, The File Recovery Company |date=28 July 2020 |publisher=Ubergizmo |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>

==Components==
The Recovery Toolbox family includes both installable software and [web service](/source/web_service)s.

===Installable software===
Freeware recovery tools include: 

* '''Recovery Toolbox for CD Free''' for repairing data from [compact disc](/source/compact_disc)s, including HD DVD and Blu-ray, affected by system errors or physically damaged (scratched, exposed to liquids, etc.).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/CD-Recovery-Toolbox-Free.shtml |title=A wizard-based application that can recover files from damaged or corrupted discs of all kinds, including CDs, DVDs, HD FVDs, or Blu-Rays |author=Popa |first=Bogdan |date=19 June 2018 |website=softpedia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Wicakson|first=Ino Smart dan Yudhy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p7N2-_6EdKkC|title=Mengungkap Kedahsyatan Software Untuk Mengelola File dan Folder|publisher=Elex Media Komputindo|year=|isbn=978-979-27-7022-3|location=|page=173|language=id}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|author=Dominikus Juju Matamaya Studio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEhbDwAAQBAJ|title=Data Recovery|date=14 March 2013|publisher=Elex Media Komputindo|isbn=978-602-04-3600-5|location=|page=67|language=id}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cy7HkO83S4YC|title=Teknik Reparasi Ekspor Impor Konversi Untuk Semua Kebutuhan|publisher=Elex Media Komputindo|year=|isbn=978-979-27-7303-3|location=|page=86|language=id}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s9yom0xQJsUC|title=Memasang Amunisi Canggih Gratis Win Xp|publisher=Elex Media Komputindo|year=|isbn=978-979-27-2429-5|location=|page=151|language=id}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.computerra.ru/2007/700/331584/ |title=Soft-terra |author=Ilia Shpankov |date=6 September 2007 |publisher=Computerra |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>
* '''Recovery Toolbox File Undelete''' for recovering of deleted files on HDD with support for [NTFS](/source/NTFS) file system ([Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows)), though it doesn’t work with [SSD](/source/Solid-state_drive) storage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Data recovery from Western Digital hard drive |url=https://datenrettung-festplatte.ch/westerndigital-datenrettung.html |access-date=2025-08-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Shelly|first1=Gary B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YFtwxoFUSt4C|title=Discovering Computers 2010: Living in a Digital World, Complete|last2=Vermaat|first2=Misty E.|date=8 March 2009|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-324-78645-3|location=|page=421|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Shelly|first1=Gary B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fP4e9ICkW0MC|title=Discovering Computers and Microsoft Office 2010: A Fundamental Combined Approach|last2=Vermaat|first2=Misty E.|date=8 February 2011|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-538-47393-4|location=|page=150|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Recovery-Toolbox-File-Undelete-Free.shtml|title=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|author=Boboc|first=Madalina|date=14 April 2018|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

Some Recovery Toolbox tools are provided as shareware:

* '''Recovery Toolbox for Flash''' “undeletes” files from various storage media with [FAT](/source/File_Allocation_Table) file systems: [SD](/source/SD_card), [CF](/source/CompactFlash), [MMC](/source/MultiMediaCard), and other [memory card](/source/memory_card)s, [smart media cards](/source/SmartMedia), IBM MicroDrives, [Flash and USB drives](/source/USB_flash_drive), [digital camera](/source/digital_camera)s, and [floppy disk](/source/floppy_disk)s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Flash-Recovery-Toolbox.shtml|title=Recover deleted photos, videos, songs, and documents using a wizard-like assistant from removable media devices and hard drives with the FAT file system|author=Marculescu|first=Ana|date=17 February 2015|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56r39cyg9ToC|title=Most Wanted Untuk Media USB|date=2010|publisher=Elex Media Komputindo|isbn=978-979-27-8369-8|location=|page=167|language=id}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Shelly|first1=Gary B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MSUFAAAAQBAJ|title=Discovering Computers 2011: Brief|last2=Vermaat|first2=Misty E.|date=24 February 2010|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-111-78925-1|location=|page=421|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Shelly|first1=Gary B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nUl9LCnRm5YC|title=Discovering Computers Fundamentals: Your Interactive Guide to the Digital World|last2=Vermaat|first2=Misty E.|date=26 March 2012|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=978-1-111-53045-7|location=|page=284|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Recovery-Toolbox-for-Flash.shtml|title=Recover lost or deleted files from removable media devices (e.g. Secure Digital Cards, xD-Picture Cards, CompactFlash) using a wizard-like approach|author=Marculescu|first=Ana|date=1 June 2015|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
* '''Recovery Toolbox for RAR''' repairs damaged [RAR](/source/RAR_(file_format)) archives, including all formats and compression rates, password-protected archives, and archives stored on corrupted media.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=On19E1TSwt4C|title=Soluciones PC|date=2010|publisher=USERSHOP|isbn=978-987-663-028-3|location=|page=62|language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/RAR-Recovery-Toolbox.shtml|title=Recover important files from unusable and damaged RAR archives, with the assistance of this user-friendly, wizard-based application|author=Popa|first=Bogdan|date=28 June 2018|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
* '''Recovery Toolbox for Excel''' repairs corrupted [Microsoft Excel](/source/Microsoft_Excel) files while preserving most tabular data, styles, fonts, sheets, formulas, functions, cell colors, borders, etc.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VeAnh2B7oxQC|title=Secretos Excel|publisher=USERSHOP|year=|isbn=978-987-663-005-4|location=|page=54|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=On19E1TSwt4C|title=Soluciones PC|date=2010|publisher=USERSHOP|isbn=978-987-663-028-3|location=|page=64|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Office-suites/Recovery-Toolbox-for-Excel.shtml|title=Recovers data from damaged, corrupted and unreadable Microsoft Excel files, namely the ones with the XLS, XLSX, XLS or XLSTX format|author=Opris|first=Elena|date=2 September 2019|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
* '''Recovery Toolbox for Outlook''' repairs data from corrupted [Microsoft Outlook](/source/Microsoft_Outlook)'s PST and OST files, including emails, contacts, reminders, meetings, tasks, notes, calendar entries, logs, etc.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=On19E1TSwt4C|title=Soluciones PC|date=2010|publisher=USERSHOP|isbn=978-987-663-028-3|location=|page=96|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Doherty|first=Eamon P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ipCvfp3gloC|title=Digital Forensics for Handheld Devices|date=17 August 2012|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4665-7883-8|location=|page=264|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ghirardini|first1=Andrea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J9FDEa7YakEC|title=Computer forensics|last2=Faggioli|first2=Gabriele|date=2007|publisher=Apogeo Editore|isbn=978-88-503-2593-1|location=|page=181|language=it}}</ref>
 
===Web services===
Recovery Toolbox web services allow repairing the following file formats:

* [Adobe](/source/Adobe_Inc.) file formats: PDF documents and presentations ([(Adobe Acrobat/PDF Reader](/source/Adobe_Acrobat)), AI image files ([Adobe Illustrator](/source/Adobe_Illustrator)), and [PSD](/source/Adobe_Photoshop) project files ([Adobe Photoshop](/source/Adobe_Photoshop))<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Recovery-Toolbox-for-Access.shtml&sa=D&ust=1584993751402000&usg=AFQjCNH8y1pA8poJ6f-kCjHWPZ91jvR1MQ|title=An application that enables you to recover Microsoft Access database files and view the contained records, tables, relations and queries|author=Dulcianu|first=Alexandru|date=2 May 2018|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Recovery-Toolbox-for-PDF-Password.shtml|title=An intuitive and easy to use application designed to help you recover passwords that protect PDFs from being opened, or restrict certain permissions|author=Virlan|first=Elizabeta|date=11 July 2018|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Illustrator-Recovery-Toolbox.shtml|title=Wizard-like and powerful application for retrieving information from damaged or corrupted AI files, with support for multiple languages|author=Boboc|first=Madalina|date=30 January 2018|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
* [Microsoft Office](/source/Microsoft_Office) file formats: [Excel](/source/Microsoft_Excel) spreadsheets, [Word](/source/Microsoft_Word) documents (including RTF),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Office-suites/Recovery-Toolbox-for-Word.shtml|title=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|author=Popa|first=Bogdan|date=1 February 2018|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> [PowerPoint](/source/Microsoft_PowerPoint) presentations, and [Project](/source/Microsoft_Project) files; email formats: PST and OST ([Outlook](/source/Microsoft_Outlook)), and DBX ([Outlook Express](/source/Outlook_Express)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/Mail-Utilities/Recovery-Toolbox-for-Outlook-Express.shtml|title=Recover lost and deleted e-mail messages from corrupted or damaged Outlook Express folders, with this easy-to-use software solution|author=Chelariu|first=Catalin|date=14 November 2017|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
* Other image file formats: DWG ([AutoCAD](/source/AutoCAD))<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/Science-CAD/Recovery-Toolbox-for-DWG.shtml|title=Easily repair damaged DWG files, open and explore the drawings and transfer the retrieved data to AutoCAD with this minimal program|author=Boboc|first=Madalina|date=18 March 2018|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> and CDR ([CorelDraw](/source/CorelDRAW))<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Recovery-Toolbox-for-CorelDraw.shtml|title=Repair damaged CDR documents with this application that supports files created with all versions of CorelDRAW and allows you to preview source items|author=Saveanu|first=Mircea|date=31 July 2018|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
* Database formats: ACCDB and MDB ([Access](/source/Microsoft_Access), DBF (FoxPro/Clipper/dBase, etc.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/Recovery-Toolbox-for-Access.shtml|title=An application that enables you to recover Microsoft Access database files and view the contained records, tables, relations and queries|author=Dulcianu|first=Alexandru|date=2 May 2018|website=softpedia.com|publisher=|language=en|archive-url=}}</ref>

==About the Developer==
Recovery Toolbox, Inc. is an IT company that has been developing [software](/source/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](/source/GetDataBack)
* [Recover My Files](/source/Recover_My_Files)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://recoverytoolbox.com/ Official Website]

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