After about twenty years, I felt ZAR can no longer be updated to match the modern requirements, and I decided to retire it.

ZAR is replaced by Klennet Recovery, my new general-purpose DIY data recovery software.

If you are looking specifically for recovery of image files (like JPEG, CR2, and NEF), take a look at Klennet Carver, a separate video and photo recovery software.

Previously, we supported our clients via ZAR data recovery forum. From mid-2014 we made a decision to close the forum and provide technical support only via a ticket system on the support page. However, we decided to keep all most interesting discussions. Below is a list of most popular forum threads:

• ZAR 9.0 license keys
• Unable to open recovered images, images corrupted or thumbnails only
• Cannot open recovered photos
• Recovery of overwtitten photos
• Recovering deleted images
• Data recovery after format or OS reinstall
• ZAR and MacOS filesystems
• ZAR not responding
• Incorrect identification of disk size
• ZAR recovered correct folder tree but no data
• How do I repair the MFT on an NTFS partition?
• Corrupt MFT on external hardware RAID drive
• Recovery of an accidentally deleted spanned volume
• RAID5 recovery after BIOS settings changed
• ZAR hangs at the "Scanning MD RAID" stage
• Promise controller issue
• Seagate Blackarmor NAS recovery
• Data recovery from a LaCie deivce