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User's Guide for DOS

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3.1 Using the UNERASER Console

This chapter describes how to use the application with the UNERASER Console interface. Start the program and display drive information in Microsoft DOS operating system using the following steps:

Starting Active@ UNERASER DOS Console

Start the program and display drive information using the following steps:

  1. With power off, insert the prepared floppy disk into drive A:. Turn power on and boot from the floppy disk. Active@ UNERASER starts automatically. The UNERASER DOS Console appears.

    Undelete files by UNERASER for DOS. UNERASER DOS Console
  2. On the left side of the window all detected drive devices or partitions are listed and numbered. Beneath each drive device or partition, logical drives appear in a tree formation, as shown in the figure above. Deleted partitions and hard drive space not occupied by partitions are listed as "Unallocated".
    Commands at the bottom of this screen are described below. Click on the links for more information about that item:
    • [Ctrl]+[V] - View Sectors — View the sectors of this drive or partition with the Hex Viewer.
    • [Ctrl]+[I] - Image — Create a Disk Image of this partition or drive. See Creating a Disk Image.
    • [ENTER] - Scan — Perform a simple Drive Scan. See Performing a Drive Scan.
    • [F9] - Menu — Display a command menu bar at the top of the screen.
  3. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor over items on the list of drives. Positioning the cursor on a named drive, displays its information on the right side of the program window.
 

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Content:

  1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
    1. Restoring Deleted Data
    2. Files Erased
    3. Partition Damage
    4. Steps to unerase Files and Folders
  2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
  3. USING Active@ UNERASER CONSOLE
    1. Starting Active@ UNERASER DOS console
    2. Starting Active@ UNERASER Windows console
    3. Command Bar Menu
    4. Performing a Drive Scan
    5. Performing a Device Scan
    6. Searching for Deleted Files and Folders
    7. Searching for Files by Name
    8. Using Hex/Text Viewer
    9. Unerasing a Deleted File
    10. Unerasing a Deleted Folder
    11. Creating a Disk Image
    12. Steps to create a Disk Image
    13. Checking Disk Image
    14. Working with Disk Image
    15. Long File Names Support
    16. Recovering Files with Long Names
  4. DATA RECOVERY TIPS
    1. Treat Recovery Area With Care
    2. Save Recovered Files Onto a Different Drive
    3. Load UNERASER to a Floppy
  5. PREPARING TO USE THE UTILITY
    1. Preparing a DOS-Bootable Floppy Disk
    2. Preparing a Bootable ISO CD-ROM Image
  6. USING COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
    1. Overview of Command Line Parameters
  7. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:
  8. HOW TO...

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