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User’s Guide 27
Repair and Recover
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Check Reserved Attribute Bits
–flags files that have any of the
unused (by Windows/DOS) file attribute bits set. These bits may be
set on a drive that is shared by OS/2, but otherwise you should most
likely leave this option deselected.
• Display Summary for Each Drive –The Summary report tells you
how many errors were found on the scanned drive. It also gives you
complete information about the status of clusters (the smallest
storage units of information on a PC drive) on the drive.
5. Select Start and press E
NTER
to start checking the drives.
Disk Minder displays a screen showing the kind of data it is checking and the
options in effect. If the Display Summary for Each Drive option is set, Disk
Minder displays a summary message showing the total number of errors
found on each drive, if any. It also shows information about the clusters on the
drive.
Image/Restore in DOS
Image/Restore can recover from drives that have been accidentally formatted
or completely erased, if Image was recently run.
SysRecover
SysRecover can restore several of the Windows 95/98 startup files, such as
SYSTEM.INI and the Windows Registry. You should choose this option only
if Disk Minder finds no problems on your drives and you cannot start
Windows even in Safe mode.
Recover Backup
Recover Backup can restore files from Safe & Sound protected volumes file
backup sets on drives that have been damaged, erased or accidentally
formatted.
Unformat
Unformat can restore entire drives that have been recently formatted.
Undelete
Undelete lets you undelete recently deleted files from your hard drive.