Msg: 5970 *Conference*
08-17-95 15:09:54
From: RON WIESEN
To : ALL
Subj: SURVEY - ROM FOR FILE RECOVERY
An Option ROM which you install after a cold-start and use to recover your files is technically possible. Some folks get cold-starts often, others rarely. The question to everyone is this: How much should such an Option ROM cost? The more people that answer this question, the more obvious it is as to whether or not the ROM should be made. Technical discussions that have led to this question are in the "UNDELETE -- COLD START RECOVERY" message thread starting at MSG# 5174. Something happens and you get a cold-start, so all your files are gone and the date shows Jan 1. Don't you hate it when that happens? The scenerio for using the ROM goes like this: 1. You insert the ROM in the Option ROM socket. 2. You go into BASIC and type CALL 911. Like the emergency phone number 9-1-1, you're not likely to forget this. File recovery ensues: you view .BA files then .DO files, and confirm or reject their recovery, for .CO files the TOP, END, and EXE addresses are shown for you to confirm or reject their recovery. When done, the main Menu appears with the file names which you assigned to each file that you confirmed for recovery. You have recovered from the cold-start! 3. You remove the ROM, or you can let it remain.