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  1.                                                                             
  2.                                                                             
  3.          DATA RECOVERY SOFTWARE                                             
  4.                                                                             
  5.                                                                             
  6.           Online Documentation                                              
  7.                                                                             
  8.                                                                             
  9.   Copyright (C) 1991, 1992  Data Research Software                          
  10.             All Rights Reserved                                             
  11.                                                                             
  12.                                                                             
  13.          Support is available by leaving a message on the                   
  14.          DATA RESEARCH SOFTWARE, BBS                                        
  15.                                                                             
  16.          24 Hour     (316) 942-3021      300/1200/2400                      
  17.                                                                             
  18.                                                                             
  19.      Available From:     Bill Harvey                                        
  20.                          1225 North Custer Street                           
  21.                          Wichita, Kansas  67203                             
  22.                                                                             
  23.                          (316) 942-4778                                     
  24.                          (316) 942-3021  BBS                                
  25.                                                                             
  26.                                                                             
  27.    LICENSE AGREEMENT                                                        
  28.                                                                             
  29.                                                                             
  30.    The Data Recovery Software Program is protected by United  States        
  31.    Copyright  Law  and  International Treaty provisions.  All rights        
  32.    are reserved. Data Research Software, here after referred to as DRS      
  33.    is distributed non-protected on both 3.5, 720K and 5.25, 360K disks.     
  34.    DRS is unprotected and may be copied for backup purposes but under       
  35.    no circumstances used or distributed in a manner inconsistent with       
  36.    local and federal copyright laws.  You are granted a licence for         
  37.    single machine use only.  Site licences are also available and           
  38.    numerous versions of this software have been adapted to meet specific    
  39.    individual and company needs at a minimal charge by the author.          
  40.                                                                             
  41.    Any other use of non-licensed copies of DRS by any person,               
  42.    business, corporation, government organization, or any other             
  43.    entity is strictly forbidden and is in violation of this license         
  44.    agreement.                                                               
  45.                                                                             
  46.                                                                             
  47.    WARRANTY                                                                 
  48.                                                                             
  49.                                                                             
  50.    DATA RESEARCH SOFTWARE -                                                 
  51.    make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including            
  52.    without  limitation, any warranties of merchantability or fitness        
  53.    for any particular purpose. DRS shall  not  be                           
  54.    liable  for  any  damages,  whether  direct, indirect, special or        
  55.    consequential arising from a failure of this program  to  operate        
  56.    in  the manner desired by the user.  DRS shall not be                    
  57.    liable for any damage to data or property which may be caused            
  58.    directly or indirectly by use of the program.                            
  59.                                                                             
  60.    IN NO EVENT WILL DRS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES,                          
  61.    INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR          
  62.    CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE        
  63.    THIS PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.                       
  64.                                                                             
  65.    The License Agreement and Warranty shall be construed, interpreted       
  66.    and governed by the laws of the state of KANSAS.                         
  67.                                                                             
  68.                                                                             
  69.    TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                        
  70.                                                                             
  71.                                                                             
  72.        What does DRS do? .................... 4                             
  73.        Introduction ......................... 5                             
  74.        Getting Started ...................... 6                             
  75.        Setting Up DRS ....................... 7                             
  76.        Starting DRS ......................... 8                             
  77.        QUICK Start ......................... 10                             
  78.        Floppy Help ......................... 12                             
  79.        Floppy Initiate ..................... 13                             
  80.        Floppy Browse/Save/Print ............ 14                             
  81.          B/S/P (A)uto Key (Floppy) ......... 15                             
  82.          B/S/P (B)eep Key (Floppy) ......... 16                             
  83.          B/S/P (D)isplay Key (Floppy) ...... 17                             
  84.          B/S/P (F)ind Key (Floppy) ......... 18                             
  85.          B/S/P (P)rint Key (Floppy) ........ 19                             
  86.          B/S/P (S)ave Key (Floppy) ......... 20                             
  87.          B/S/P ()Up Key (Floppy) .......... 21                             
  88.          B/S/P ()Down Key (Floppy) ........ 22                             
  89.          B/S/P (J)ump Key (Floppy) ......... 23                             
  90.          B/S/P (M)ark Key (Floppy) ......... 24                             
  91.          B/S/P (H)elp Key (Floppy) ......... 25                             
  92.          B/S/P (Q)uit Key (Floppy) ......... 26                             
  93.        Floppy Information .................. 27                             
  94.        Hard Drive Help ..................... 28                             
  95.        Hard Drive Initiate ................. 29                             
  96.        Hard Drive Browse/Save/Print ........ 30                             
  97.          B/S/P (A)uto Key (HD) ............. 31                             
  98.          B/S/P (B)eep Key (HD) ............. 32                             
  99.          B/S/P (D)isplay Key (HD) .......... 33                             
  100.          B/S/P (F)ind Key (HD) ............. 34                             
  101.          B/S/P (P)rint Key (HD) ............ 35                             
  102.          B/S/P (S)ave Key (HD) ............. 36                             
  103.          B/S/P ()Up Key (HD) .............. 37                             
  104.          B/S/P ()Down Key (HD) ............ 38                             
  105.          B/S/P (J)ump Key (HD) ............. 39                             
  106.          B/S/P (M)ark Key (HD) ............. 40                             
  107.          B/S/P (H)elp Key (HD) ............. 41                             
  108.          B/S/P (Q)uit Key (HD) ............. 42                             
  109.        Hard Drive Information .............. 43                             
  110.        DRS Documents ....................... 44                             
  111.        Exiting DRS ......................... 45                             
  112.                                                                             
  113.        Appendix A:                                                          
  114.        ASCII character set ................. 46                             
  115.                                                                             
  116.                                                                             
  117.   Data Recovery Reference   Page  4                                         
  118.                                                                             
  119.                                                                             
  120.        What Does DRS do?                                                    
  121.                                                                             
  122.          DRS reads BAD disks!  If you have a disk that returns              
  123.          GENERAL FAILURE READING DRIVE X.  DRS will read it anyway.         
  124.          DRS will even read a disk that you poke a whole in.  Of            
  125.          course you can not read the data in the bad area but               
  126.          you can recover the rest.  You will mark the areas you             
  127.          want to recover and then save those marked areas in files          
  128.          you name.  You will instruct DRS where to put these                
  129.          files, on another floppy or your hard drive.                       
  130.                                                                             
  131.          You may also instruct DRS to simply print out your                 
  132.          marked areas.                                                      
  133.                                                                             
  134.          How safe is DRS?  If it reads BAD disks then it can also           
  135.          write on them.  DRS is SAFE!  It does not write to logical         
  136.          sectors anywhere, it only reads.  The files you declare            
  137.          and save are normal DOS files with your own names.  If             
  138.          it is possible to write on a bad disk why did I not give           
  139.          you this ability?  Because DRS is an entry level recovery          
  140.          package.  Had a casual user accidentally told DRS to               
  141.          save data at a logical sector on the hard drive they               
  142.          could wipe out their FAT table etc.  It is very easy               
  143.          to adapt DRS to write on and therefor possibly repair              
  144.          bad disks but that would have to be a future professional          
  145.          release.                                                           
  146.                                                                             
  147.                                                                             
  148.        Data Recovery Reference   Page  5                                    
  149.                                                                             
  150.                                                                             
  151.     INTRODUCTION                                                            
  152.                                                                             
  153.                                                                             
  154.     DRS is a RAM-based disk reader that offers a wealth                     
  155.     of  features  designed to make the program powerful yet extremely       
  156.     easy to learn and use. DRS offers  users a choice of using              
  157.     a sliding menu or quick F key hit for all of the major program          
  158.     functions.                                                              
  159.                                                                             
  160.     DRS has a very short learning curve.  DRS's logical, easy               
  161.     to use, easy to learn structure is the result of setting up             
  162.     a software package in a logical use sequence.  You will be              
  163.     utilizing and running with DRS in no time. If you are new               
  164.     to data recovery you will be surprised at how easy DRS is to            
  165.     use and how quickly you'll be able to learn all the advanced            
  166.     features of DRS.                                                        
  167.                                                                             
  168.     Data Research is also determined to be a leader in Customer             
  169.     Support.  We offer telephone support and a 24-hour Bulletin Board       
  170.     for online support at any time.  We also listen to our users. Many      
  171.     suggestions from earlier Shareware versions of DRS have been            
  172.     incorporated into this latest release.  Two of the very next            
  173.     items to be incorporated will be IDE, SCSI support and BINARY           
  174.     trace and recovery.  Both are items suggested from DRS Shareware        
  175.     users.                                                                  
  176.                                                                             
  177.    Data Recovery Reference   Page  6                                        
  178.                                                                             
  179.     GETTING STARTED                                                         
  180.                                                                             
  181.     DRS requires an IBM PC or close compatible with 256K, two disk          
  182.     drives or hard drive a color/graphics or monochrome card and            
  183.     monitor (VGA, EGA, CGA or MONO), and a printer.  Before you start       
  184.     using DRS, you should  be  familiar with your computer. You need        
  185.     to know how to load DOS, how to make a copy of a diskette, and          
  186.     how to load and run a program.  DRS was designed to be visible          
  187.     on Color or Monochrome without any installation.  So many features      
  188.     were thought of during the creation of this first commercial            
  189.     release that I am sure you will see new releases in the future.         
  190.                                                                             
  191.     The DRS Program Disk                                                    
  192.                                                                             
  193.     Your DRS program disk includes the following files:                     
  194.                                                                             
  195.       DRS.EXE      The main program file.                                   
  196.                                                                             
  197.       DRS.DOC      This File                                                
  198.                                                                             
  199.       READ.ME      Last minute changes and updates                          
  200.                                                                             
  201.       HIST.DRS     List of changes to DRS                                   
  202.                                                                             
  203.       INSTALL.EXE  Install program, sets color, printer port, etc.          
  204.                                                                             
  205.     You  should  make  a backup copy of your DRS program disk, and          
  206.     store the original in a safe  place.   Never  use  your  original       
  207.     DRS program disk as your working copy.                                  
  208.                                                                             
  209.                                                                             
  210.    Data Recovery Reference   Page  7                                        
  211.                                                                             
  212.     SETTING UP DRS                                                          
  213.                                                                             
  214.     Floppy Disk System:                                                     
  215.                                                                             
  216.         1.   With  your computer turned off, open the door                  
  217.              to Drive A, and insert your DOS disk.                          
  218.                                                                             
  219.         2.   Close the door to Drive A  and  turn  on  your                 
  220.              computer.                                                      
  221.                                                                             
  222.         3.   If DOS asks you for the date, enter the date in the            
  223.              following format: mm-dd-yy, or mm/dd/yy, and  then             
  224.              press Enter.                                                   
  225.                                                                             
  226.         4.   If  DOS asks you for the time, enter the time                  
  227.              in the following format: 8:30 or 20:30,  and  then             
  228.              press Enter.                                                   
  229.                                                                             
  230.         5.   When A> appears on the screen, remove the DOS                  
  231.              disk from Drive A and insert your working copy  of             
  232.              the  DRS Program Disk, and close the disk drive                
  233.              door.  Type "INSTALL".                                         
  234.                                                                             
  235.                                                                             
  236.    Hard Disk System:                                                        
  237.                                                                             
  238.                                                                             
  239.         1.   Turn on your computer  with  the  floppy  disk                 
  240.              drive empty.                                                   
  241.                                                                             
  242.         2.   If  DOS asks you for the date, enter the date                  
  243.              in the following format:  mm-dd-yy,  or  mm/dd/yy,             
  244.              and then press Enter.                                          
  245.                                                                             
  246.         3.   If  DOS asks you for the time, enter the time                  
  247.              in the following format: 8:30 or 20:30,  and  then             
  248.              press Enter.                                                   
  249.                                                                             
  250.         4.   When  C>  appears  on the screen, insert your                  
  251.              working copy of the DRS program disk in Drive A                
  252.              and close the disk drive door.                                 
  253.                                                                             
  254.         5.  Type "INSTALL".                                                 
  255.                                                                             
  256.         6.  After you install DRS change to the DRS sub-directory           
  257.             by typing CD\DRS.                                               
  258.                                                                             
  259.         7.  Type "DRS" to start the program.                                
  260.                                                                             
  261.                                                                             
  262.    Data Recovery Reference   Page  8                                        
  263.                                                                             
  264.                                                                             
  265.                                                                             
  266.     STARTING DRS                                                            
  267.                                                                             
  268.                                                                             
  269.                                                                             
  270.     Floppy Disk System:                                                     
  271.                                                                             
  272.                                                                             
  273.         1.   After starting  your  computer,  type  A:  and                 
  274.              press Enter if you don't see the DOS prompt, A>.               
  275.                                                                             
  276.         2.   Insert the copy of the installed DRS program disk              
  277.              in Drive A.  Type DRS and then press Enter.                    
  278.                                                                             
  279.                                                                             
  280.    Hard Disk System:                                                        
  281.                                                                             
  282.                                                                             
  283.         1.   After starting your computer,  type  CD  and  then             
  284.              type  the  name  of  the directory you copied your             
  285.              DRS files to with INSTALL. For example, if  the                
  286.              directory  is called Text, you would type CD\TEXT.             
  287.              Then press Enter.                                              
  288.                                                                             
  289.         2.   Type DRS and then press Enter.                                 
  290.                                                                             
  291.         3.   On a Hard Disk System, you can  use  the  DOS Path             
  292.              command to start DRS from any DOS prompt.                      
  293.              For more information  on  the  DOS  Path  command,             
  294.              consult your DOS manual.                                       
  295.                                                                             
  296.     The  DRS  opening  screen  will  appear  after  the program is          
  297.     loaded. Please read the opening screen.  The opening screen             
  298.     will provide information concerning how to contact technical            
  299.     support, the distributor, etc. Now, simply press any key to             
  300.     continue.                                                               
  301.                                                                             
  302.     The next screen you see will be the main sliding menu.  This is         
  303.     the primary menu and main selection area.  You will always              
  304.     return to this area when moving from one function to another.           
  305.     As you glance over this main menu two features will catch your          
  306.     attention.  First, there is the main sliding menu select on the         
  307.     left side of the screen.  Second, there is an information box           
  308.     in the lower left side of the screen.                                   
  309.                                                                             
  310.                                                                             
  311.    Data Recovery Reference   Page  9                                        
  312.                                                                             
  313.                                                                             
  314.                                                                             
  315.     The information box in the lower left will not contain information      
  316.     until something is done in the program.  This box will remind you       
  317.     of what is currently selected as well as MARK setting in effect.        
  318.                                                                             
  319.     The outlined box on the lower right never changes and simply            
  320.     informs you how to slide up and down the main selection menu            
  321.     as well as make selections.                                             
  322.                                                                             
  323.                                                                             
  324.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 10                                        
  325.                                                                             
  326.     QUICK START (for experienced computer users)                            
  327.                                                                             
  328.                                                                             
  329.     Start DRS                                                               
  330.                                                                             
  331.     Once you are at the main menu, select INITIALIZE floppy                 
  332.     or Hard Drive.                                                          
  333.                                                                             
  334.     Next select BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT for which ever type you                   
  335.     selected (floppy or HD).                                                
  336.                                                                             
  337.     From the VIEW screen you can MARK then SAVE or PRINT the                
  338.     information your looking for on the bad disk.                           
  339.                                                                             
  340.     NOTE:  Be sure to use the BROWSE only for the type drive                
  341.            selected.  If you initialized with a floppy then                 
  342.            only use the floppy browse.                                      
  343.                                                                             
  344.                                                                             
  345.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 11                                        
  346.                                                                             
  347.                                                                             
  348.     If you have a disk that has gone bad or been damaged                    
  349.     and you only need a safe combination or a simple piece                  
  350.     of information it might be just as easy to locate the                   
  351.     information then hit your print key there by dumping                    
  352.     your screen to the printer.                                             
  353.                                                                             
  354.     DRS does not force you to memorize anything.  Everything                
  355.     is displayed right in front of you and is readily useable.              
  356.                                                                             
  357.                                                                             
  358.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 12                                        
  359.                                                                             
  360.                                                                             
  361.     FLOPPY DRIVE HELP (F1)                                                  
  362.                                                                             
  363.                                                                             
  364.     To select the FLOPPY DRIVE HELP screen use the UP or DOWN arrow         
  365.     key to highlight FLOPPY DRIVE HELP.  Next select the highlighted        
  366.     choice by hitting ENTER.  As the user becomes more familiar with        
  367.     the menu options it will become easier to just hit the appropriate      
  368.     F or FUNCTION key.  The function key for FLOPPY help is F1.             
  369.                                                                             
  370.     After selecting FLOPPY HELP you will be presented with the first        
  371.     of four screens with information pertaining to the operation of         
  372.     floppy recovery.  To exit the first screen hit Q to QUIT or hit         
  373.     any other key to call up the next FLOPPY HELP screen.  The procedure    
  374.     is the same for each successive screen.                                 
  375.                                                                             
  376.     Floppy Help Screen 1                                                    
  377.                                                                             
  378.      The first help screen explains that before you can attempt             
  379.      to recover a bad floppy disk you must initialize the DRS               
  380.      software.  DRS requires this function to correctly read a              
  381.      bad floppy disk.                                                       
  382.                                                                             
  383.     Floppy Help Screen 2                                                    
  384.                                                                             
  385.      Screen 2 goes on to explain how initializing is accomplished           
  386.      by inserting a good formatted floppy disk of the type and              
  387.      size of the bad disk you want to read.  Next DRS reads and             
  388.      establishes the parameters for the drive to be used (more on           
  389.      this under F2).                                                        
  390.                                                                             
  391.     Floppy Help Screen 3                                                    
  392.                                                                             
  393.      Help level 3 explains some of the unusual things that can              
  394.      occur during DRS operation.  DRS will always try to read a             
  395.      drive even if there is nothing in it.  The odd part is that            
  396.      it will do it just fine and return what it finds, ZEROs!               
  397.      When DRS reads beyond the end of a disk it does not return             
  398.      an error message but keeps displaying the same last sector.            
  399.                                                                             
  400.     Floppy Help Screen 4                                                    
  401.                                                                             
  402.      Screen 4 now explains that after initializing the drive to             
  403.      remove the good, formatted floppy and replace it with the              
  404.      bad disk.  After selecting F3 or highlighting the BROWSE               
  405.      option you are now ready to browse through the bad disk                
  406.      marking, saving, viewing or printing the areas you are                 
  407.      interested in.                                                         
  408.                                                                             
  409.                       NOTE                                                  
  410.                                                                             
  411.       You may Q for QUIT on any help screen and                             
  412.       return to the main menu at any time.                                  
  413.                                                                             
  414.                                                                             
  415.    Data Recovery Reference    Page 13                                       
  416.                                                                             
  417.                                                                             
  418.     FLOPPY DRIVE INITIALIZE (F2)                                            
  419.                                                                             
  420.                                                                             
  421.     The first window that pops up instructs you to insert a good formatted  
  422.     disk.  This is not the help area that tells you what is going to happen 
  423.     but actually the time to insert the good disk.                          
  424.                                                                             
  425.     The second window wants to know which drive you are using?  The one you 
  426.     just put the disk in!  Enter A, B, C or D.  It makes no difference if   
  427.     the letters are upper or lower case.  After you hit a letter key        
  428.     this window will be replaced by window number three which will display  
  429.     the status of the drive being read.                                     
  430.                                                                             
  431.     After the initialize segment is complete you should remove the floppy   
  432.     disk and insert the damaged disk.  You are ready to proceed to the      
  433.     BROWSE, SAVE, PRINT section.                                            
  434.                                                                             
  435.                                                                             
  436.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 14                                        
  437.                                                                             
  438.                                                                             
  439.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3)                                                  
  440.                                                                             
  441.                                                                             
  442.     After selecting F3 or highlighting the F3 choice you will be            
  443.     presented with the BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT screen.  This is the main          
  444.     screen of the DRS software.                                             
  445.                                                                             
  446.     From here you are presented with a view screen and 12 selection         
  447.     keys as shown below.                                                    
  448.                                                                             
  449.                                                                             
  450.    ╔════════╗ ╔════════╗ ╔═══════════╗ ╔════════╗ ╔═════════╗ ╔════════╗    
  451.    ║ (A)uto ║ ║ (B)EEP ║ ║ (D)ISPLAY ║ ║ (F)IND ║ ║ (P)RINT ║ ║ (S)AVE ║    
  452.    ╚════════╝ ╚════════╝ ╚═══════════╝ ╚════════╝ ╚═════════╝ ╚════════╝    
  453.    ╔════════╗ ╔════════╗ ╔═══════════╗ ╔════════╗ ╔═════════╗ ╔════════╗    
  454.    ║ ()UP  ║ ║ ()DWN ║ ║  (J)UMP   ║ ║ (M)ARK ║ ║ (H)ELP  ║ ║ (Q)UIT ║    
  455.    ╚════════╝ ╚════════╝ ╚═══════════╝ ╚════════╝ ╚═════════╝ ╚════════╝    
  456.                                                                             
  457.     The letter enclosed in each bracket is the key to be depressed to       
  458.     activate that function.                                                 
  459.                                                                             
  460.                                                                             
  461.        Example:  If you wanted to QUIT you would hit the Q key              
  462.                  which would highlight the (Q)UIT box momentarily           
  463.                  as well as beep followed by a return to the                
  464.                  previous level.                                            
  465.                                                                             
  466.                                                                             
  467.     The upper right box on the screen will display the current sector       
  468.     that is being viewed.  The area between the current sector display      
  469.     and the boxed keys is the text or hex display area.  This area will     
  470.     display the current selected sector.                                    
  471.                                                                             
  472.                                                                             
  473.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 15                                        
  474.                                                                             
  475.                                                                             
  476.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE (A)UTO KEY                                 
  477.                                                                             
  478.                                                                             
  479.                                                                             
  480.     The A or AUTO key causes DRS to BROWSE your disk by incrementing the    
  481.     sector count by plus one and then displaying the sector.  The process   
  482.     continues to repeat itself until you press any key.  The BROWSE begins  
  483.     at whatever sector you were at when you first selected AUTO.            
  484.                                                                             
  485.          EXAMPLE:  You might want to begin a BROWSE at                      
  486.                    sector 100 and you are currently at                      
  487.                    sector 675.  You might J for JUMP to                     
  488.                    sector 100 then A for AUTO to watch                      
  489.                    DRS page through the disk sector by                      
  490.                    sector.                                                  
  491.                                                                             
  492.     The AUTO browse mode will bring up several new features.  You will      
  493.     be presented with a speed control feature.  This is handled by the      
  494.     () and () keys.  The up arrow makes the display move faster and       
  495.     the down arrow slows the display down.  There is a display index        
  496.     number provided on the right hand edge of this line.                    
  497.                                                                             
  498.     While you are in AUTO mode the words, "SPACE BAR = STOP" will appear    
  499.     at the bottom center of the screen, directly above the key box          
  500.     display.  When you touch any key the AUTO mode stops and then           
  501.     redisplays the last sector you were viewing.  You can now easily        
  502.     arrow UP or DOWN to find the exact sector you are looking for.          
  503.                                                                             
  504.                                                                             
  505.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 16                                        
  506.                                                                             
  507.                                                                             
  508.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE (B)EEP KEY                                 
  509.                                                                             
  510.                                                                             
  511.                                                                             
  512.     The B or (B)EEP key is the simplest key on the menu.  When you          
  513.     press it the first time it shuts off the BEEP sound heard with          
  514.     each key hit.  If you press it a second time then it turns the          
  515.     sound back on.  When you hit the (B)EEP key a message is                
  516.     automatically displayed showing the current status of the beep          
  517.     sound.  This message will erase itself from the screen after            
  518.     3-seconds.                                                              
  519.                                                                             
  520.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 17                                        
  521.                                                                             
  522.                                                                             
  523.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE (D)ISPLAY KEY                              
  524.                                                                             
  525.     The (D)ISPLAY key switches between ASCII (Normal Characters) and        
  526.     HEX displays.  When you hit the D key you are toggled to the            
  527.     opposite display that is currently being displayed.  After D is         
  528.     pressed the BROWSE display will refresh showing the current sector      
  529.     in the new format, ASCII or HEX.                                        
  530.                                                                             
  531.                                                                             
  532.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 18                                        
  533.                                                                             
  534.                                                                             
  535.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE (F)IND KEY                                 
  536.                                                                             
  537.                                                                             
  538.     The (F)IND feature is designed to locate text for you.  After you       
  539.     hit the F key you will be asked where to begin the search.  You         
  540.     should enter the sector number where the search is to begin.  Next      
  541.     you will be prompted for the search text.  Enter up to ten characters   
  542.     that DRS is to search for.  DRS is case sensitive at this point so      
  543.     be sure to only use capitals where they belong.  DRS will now begin     
  544.     to search for the text specified and at the location specified.  The    
  545.     search will progress one sector each step until the data is found.      
  546.                                                                             
  547.     FIND is the slowest running operation in DRS, therefor you should       
  548.     position the FIND start as close to the area to be searched.  This      
  549.     assumes that you know where you would like to begin.  If the start      
  550.     area is unknown the FIND will have to start at sector zero (0).         
  551.                                                                             
  552.     After DRS finds the text being searched for it will stop the search     
  553.     and display the found text sector.                                      
  554.                                                                             
  555.                                                                             
  556.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 19                                        
  557.                                                                             
  558.                                                                             
  559.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE (P)RINT KEY                                
  560.                                                                             
  561.                                                                             
  562.     To utilize the print function you must first have something MARKED.     
  563.     See (M)ARK instructions.  When you hit P for PRINT DRS will begin       
  564.     to print out each sector starting with the lowest marked sector and     
  565.     proceeding up to and including the largest marked sector.  You will     
  566.     be asked if you want to print ALL characters or just non-control        
  567.     characters.  If you select ALL sometimes your printer will do           
  568.     unpredictable things based on the control characters, carriage          
  569.     returns and line feeds it finds in the data stream.  If you select      
  570.     straight ASCII the control characters will be suppressed and your       
  571.     remaining ASCII data will be printed.                                   
  572.                                                                             
  573.                                                                             
  574.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 20                                        
  575.                                                                             
  576.                                                                             
  577.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE (S)AVE KEY                                 
  578.                                                                             
  579.                                                                             
  580.     The (S)AVE key saves data between MARK sets into a file that you        
  581.     name.  (See MARK command for details on MARK.)  When you are            
  582.     prompted for a file name you may use any valid DOS name.  This          
  583.     means up to 8 valid characters followed by a period and then 3          
  584.     more valid characters.                                                  
  585.                                                                             
  586.        INVALID Characters are:                                              
  587.                                                                             
  588.            .  "  /  \  [  ]  :  |  <  >  +  =  ;  ,                         
  589.            and all characters below ASCII 33.                               
  590.                                                                             
  591.     Included with the file name may be a path.  If you do not want          
  592.     the data saved into a file on the current logged path just add          
  593.     the drive and path name to the front of the file.                       
  594.                                                                             
  595.        EXAMPLE:  To save MDATA.TXT to drive C and in the subdirectory       
  596.                  \TEMP you would type C:\TEMP\MYDATA.TXT                    
  597.                                                                             
  598.     If you pick a name that already exists DRS will inform you that         
  599.     the name selected already exists and then prompt you for a new          
  600.     name.  Once the name you used is correct then each sector between       
  601.     the data you marked is saved into your named file.                      
  602.                                                                             
  603.     After the data has been saved DRS will inform you that ALL MARKS        
  604.     have been cleared and you are ready for the next function.              
  605.                                                                             
  606.                                                                             
  607.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 21                                        
  608.                                                                             
  609.                                                                             
  610.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE ()UP KEY                                  
  611.                                                                             
  612.                                                                             
  613.     The   arrow key causes DRS to increment one sector and then display     
  614.     that sector.  This is the key to use for browsing or moving short       
  615.     distances in the browse area.  As you hit the up arrow key not only     
  616.     will the display change but the sector counter will also increment      
  617.     by one in the upper right corner of your screen.                        
  618.                                                                             
  619.     If you are on the very last sector of the disk the display will not     
  620.     change.  The sector display will change but the data in the view        
  621.     window will not.                                                        
  622.                                                                             
  623.                                                                             
  624.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 22                                        
  625.                                                                             
  626.                                                                             
  627.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE ()DOWN KEY                                
  628.                                                                             
  629.                                                                             
  630.     The   arrow key causes DRS to decrement one sector and then display     
  631.     that sector.  This is the key to use for browsing or moving short       
  632.     distances in the browse area.  As you hit the down arrow key not only   
  633.     will the display change but the sector counter will also decrement      
  634.     by one in the upper right corner of your screen.                        
  635.                                                                             
  636.     If you are on the very first sector of the disk the display will not    
  637.     change.  It will remain on the zero sector along with the sector        
  638.     counter.                                                                
  639.                                                                             
  640.                                                                             
  641.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 23                                        
  642.                                                                             
  643.                                                                             
  644.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE (J)UMP KEY                                 
  645.                                                                             
  646.     The (J)UMP key is used to move large numbers of sectors.                
  647.     If you are on sector 10 and wanted to move to 1500 it would             
  648.     be prohibitive to use the up arrow key.  It is simpler to JUMP          
  649.     to 1500.  When you select JUMP you will be prompted for the             
  650.     sector number via a small window.  After the JUMP is complete           
  651.     the sector JUMPED to is displayed.                                      
  652.                                                                             
  653.                                                                             
  654.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 24                                        
  655.                                                                             
  656.                                                                             
  657.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE (M)ARK KEY                                 
  658.                                                                             
  659.                                                                             
  660.     The (M)ARK key is used to block a section of space to allow             
  661.     separate manipulation of that area.  It has been designed               
  662.     to be very simple to use.  Hit the MARK key when you are in the         
  663.     sector you want to begin in.  A pop-up window will tell you             
  664.     that the first MARK has been set.  Next, JUMP or arrow up to            
  665.     another sector.  Hit the MARK key again.  Once again a small            
  666.     pop-up window will inform you that a second mark has been set.          
  667.     Each of the pop-up windows will clear themselves in a few               
  668.     seconds.                                                                
  669.                                                                             
  670.     Now that a block has been marked you may SAVE the block to              
  671.     a file or PRINT the block.  The third alternative is to hit             
  672.     the MARK key a third time which will cause DRS to inform                
  673.     you that all MARKS have been erased.  At the time of this               
  674.     writing, the second mark must be higher in sector number                
  675.     than the first mark.                                                    
  676.                                                                             
  677.                                                                             
  678.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 25                                        
  679.                                                                             
  680.                                                                             
  681.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE (H)ELP KEY                                 
  682.                                                                             
  683.                                                                             
  684.     The (H)ELP key provides brief information on using MARK, SAVE and       
  685.     PRINT.  If you hit the help while on the view screen a window pops      
  686.     onto the screen with information concerning MARK.  Hitting any          
  687.     other key at this time will present the next screen with SAVE           
  688.     information and so on.  There are a total of four help screens          
  689.     in this area.  You may quit viewing HELP screens at any point by        
  690.     simply hitting Q for QUIT.                                              
  691.                                                                             
  692.                                                                             
  693.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 26                                        
  694.                                                                             
  695.                                                                             
  696.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F3) - THE (Q)UIT KEY                                 
  697.                                                                             
  698.                                                                             
  699.     The (Q)UIT key is simply what it says.  When you hit the Q key you      
  700.     will leave the BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT area and be returned to the main       
  701.     sliding menu area.  All marks you set as well as the current logged     
  702.     drive and the current active sector are still in effect.  This way      
  703.     you will be able to return to the same place you were at.               
  704.                                                                             
  705.                                                                             
  706.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 27                                        
  707.                                                                             
  708.                                                                             
  709.     FLOPPY INFORMATION (F4)                                                 
  710.                                                                             
  711.                                                                             
  712.        The floppy drive information selection presents you                  
  713.        with valuable information concerning disk sizes, types,              
  714.        sectors, tracks and where different types of information             
  715.        are stored on a disk.                                                
  716.                                                                             
  717.        Each floppy type, 2.8M, 1.44M, 1.2M, 720K, 360K and 1.8K             
  718.        are presented in detail.                                             
  719.                                                                             
  720.        Where is the data, FAT area, format information, etc on a            
  721.        disk?  All of these things are covered in this area.                 
  722.                                                                             
  723.                                                                             
  724.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 28                                        
  725.                                                                             
  726.                                                                             
  727.     HARD DRIVE HELP (F5)                                                    
  728.                                                                             
  729.                                                                             
  730.     To select the HARD DRIVE HELP screen use the UP or DOWN arrow           
  731.     key to highlight HARD DRIVE HELP.  Next select the highlighted          
  732.     choice by hitting ENTER.  As the user becomes more familiar with        
  733.     the menu options it will become easier to just hit the appropriate      
  734.     F or FUNCTION key.  The function key for HD help is F5.                 
  735.                                                                             
  736.     After selecting HD HELP you will be presented with the first            
  737.     of six screens with information pertaining to the operation of          
  738.     hard drive recovery.  To exit the first screen hit Q to QUIT or hit     
  739.     any other key to call up the next HD HELP screen.  The procedure        
  740.     is the same for each successive screen.                                 
  741.                                                                             
  742.                                                                             
  743.     Hard Drive Help Screen 1                                                
  744.                                                                             
  745.      The first help screen explains that before you can attempt             
  746.      to recover a bad disk (floppy or hard) you must initialize             
  747.      the DRS software.  DRS requires this function to correctly             
  748.      read a bad disk.                                                       
  749.                                                                             
  750.                                                                             
  751.     Hard Drive Help Screen 2                                                
  752.                                                                             
  753.      Screen 2 goes on to explain how initializing is accomplished           
  754.      by use of the F6 key for hard drives.                                  
  755.                                                                             
  756.                                                                             
  757.     Hard Drive Help Screen 3                                                
  758.                                                                             
  759.      Help level 3 explains that manual setup made be used by                
  760.      selecting F8.                                                          
  761.                                                                             
  762.                                                                             
  763.     Hard Drive Help Screen 4                                                
  764.                                                                             
  765.      Screen 4 now explains that any time you change from floppy             
  766.      to hard or hard to floppy you must reinitialize the system.            
  767.                                                                             
  768.                                                                             
  769.     Hard Drive Help Screen 5                                                
  770.                                                                             
  771.      Screen 5 directs your attention to the hard drive list                 
  772.      contained in the F8 function.  This list contains numerous             
  773.      hard drive manufactures as will as models, heads, cylinders            
  774.      and capacities.                                                        
  775.                                                                             
  776.                                                                             
  777.     Hard Drive Help Screen 6                                                
  778.                                                                             
  779.      Screen 6 simply directs your attention to the printed manual           
  780.      for additional help.                                                   
  781.                                                                             
  782.                                                                             
  783.                     NOTE                                                    
  784.                                                                             
  785.       You may Q for QUIT on any help screen and                             
  786.       return to the main menu at any time.                                  
  787.                                                                             
  788.                                                                             
  789.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 29                                        
  790.                                                                             
  791.                                                                             
  792.     HARD DRIVE SETUP (F6)                                                   
  793.                                                                             
  794.                                                                             
  795.     The first screen to appear after selecting F6 is a notice               
  796.     explaining the differences in floppy recovery vs. hard                  
  797.     recovery.  There is a statement concerning the value of                 
  798.     hd recovery as well.                                                    
  799.                                                                             
  800.     The next screen to pop-up will ask which hard drive you want            
  801.     to work on.  Your choices are C, D, E, F, Etc.                          
  802.                                                                             
  803.     As soon as you hit a letter you will be presented with the              
  804.     last screen which shows information and status of the drive             
  805.     you picked.  Another key hit will take you back to the                  
  806.     primary sliding menu.  You may exit at any time and from any            
  807.     screen by hitting the Q for QUIT key.                                   
  808.                                                                             
  809.     You are now ready to BROWSE, SAVE or PRINT from the BAD hard            
  810.     drive.                                                                  
  811.                                                                             
  812.                                                                             
  813.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 30                                        
  814.                                                                             
  815.                                                                             
  816.     HARD DRIVE BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7)                                       
  817.                                                                             
  818.     *This area is actually a repeat of the FLOPPY view area.  If            
  819.      you are comfortable with the floppy area you can skip this             
  820.      area.                                                                  
  821.                                                                             
  822.     After selecting F7 or highlighting the F7 choice you will be            
  823.     presented with the BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT screen.  This is the main          
  824.     screen of the DRS software.                                             
  825.                                                                             
  826.     From here you are presented with a view screen and 12 selection         
  827.     keys as shown below.                                                    
  828.                                                                             
  829.                                                                             
  830.    ╔════════╗ ╔════════╗ ╔═══════════╗ ╔════════╗ ╔═════════╗ ╔════════╗    
  831.    ║ (A)uto ║ ║ (B)EEP ║ ║ (D)ISPLAY ║ ║ (F)IND ║ ║ (P)RINT ║ ║ (S)AVE ║    
  832.    ╚════════╝ ╚════════╝ ╚═══════════╝ ╚════════╝ ╚═════════╝ ╚════════╝    
  833.    ╔════════╗ ╔════════╗ ╔═══════════╗ ╔════════╗ ╔═════════╗ ╔════════╗    
  834.    ║ ()UP  ║ ║ ()DWN ║ ║  (J)UMP   ║ ║ (M)ARK ║ ║ (H)ELP  ║ ║ (Q)UIT ║    
  835.    ╚════════╝ ╚════════╝ ╚═══════════╝ ╚════════╝ ╚═════════╝ ╚════════╝    
  836.                                                                             
  837.     The letter enclosed in each bracket is the key to be depressed to       
  838.     activate that function.                                                 
  839.                                                                             
  840.                                                                             
  841.        Example:  If you wanted to QUIT you would hit the Q key              
  842.                  which would highlight the (Q)UIT box momentarily           
  843.                  as well as beep followed by a return to the                
  844.                  previous level.                                            
  845.                                                                             
  846.                                                                             
  847.     The upper right box on the screen will display the current sector       
  848.     that is being viewed.  The area between the current sector display      
  849.     and the boxed keys is the text or hex display area.  This area will     
  850.     display the current selected sector.                                    
  851.                                                                             
  852.                                                                             
  853.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 31                                        
  854.                                                                             
  855.                                                                             
  856.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE (A)UTO KEY                                 
  857.                                                                             
  858.                                                                             
  859.     The A or AUTO key causes DRS to BROWSE your disk by incrementing the    
  860.     sector count by plus one and then displaying the sector.  The process   
  861.     continues to repeat itself until you press any key.  The BROWSE begins  
  862.     at whatever sector you were at when you first selected AUTO.            
  863.                                                                             
  864.          EXAMPLE:  You might want to begin a BROWSE at                      
  865.                    sector 100 and you are currently at                      
  866.                    sector 675.  You might J for JUMP to                     
  867.                    sector 100 then A for AUTO to watch                      
  868.                    DRS page through the disk sector by                      
  869.                    sector.                                                  
  870.                                                                             
  871.     The AUTO browse mode will bring up several new features.  You will      
  872.     be presented with a speed control feature.  This is handled by the      
  873.     () and () keys.  The up arrow makes the display move faster and       
  874.     the down arrow slows the display down.  There is a display index        
  875.     number provided on the right hand edge of this line.                    
  876.                                                                             
  877.     While you are in AUTO mode the words, "SPACE BAR = STOP" will appear    
  878.     at the bottom center of the screen, directly above the key box          
  879.     display.  When you touch any key the AUTO mode stops and then           
  880.     redisplays the last sector you were viewing.  You can now easily        
  881.     arrow UP or DOWN to find the exact sector you are looking for.          
  882.                                                                             
  883.                                                                             
  884.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 32                                        
  885.                                                                             
  886.                                                                             
  887.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE (B)EEP KEY                                 
  888.                                                                             
  889.                                                                             
  890.     The B or (B)EEP key is the simplest key on the menu.  When you          
  891.     press it the first time it shuts off the BEEP sound heard with          
  892.     each key hit.  If you press it a second time then it turns the          
  893.     sound back on.  When you hit the (B)EEP key a message is                
  894.     automatically displayed showing the current status of the beep          
  895.     sound.  This message will erase itself from the screen after            
  896.     3-seconds.                                                              
  897.                                                                             
  898.                                                                             
  899.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 33                                        
  900.                                                                             
  901.                                                                             
  902.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE (D)ISPLAY KEY                              
  903.                                                                             
  904.     The (D)ISPLAY key switches between ASCII (Normal Characters) and        
  905.     HEX displays.  When you hit the D key you are toggled to the            
  906.     opposite display that is currently being displayed.  After D is         
  907.     pressed the BROWSE display will refresh showing the current sector      
  908.     in the new format, ASCII or HEX.                                        
  909.                                                                             
  910.                                                                             
  911.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 34                                        
  912.                                                                             
  913.                                                                             
  914.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE (F)IND KEY                                 
  915.                                                                             
  916.                                                                             
  917.     The (F)IND feature is designed to locate text for you.  After you       
  918.     hit the F key you will be asked where to begin the search.  You         
  919.     should enter the sector number where the search is to begin.  Next      
  920.     you will be prompted for the search text.  Enter up to ten characters   
  921.     that DRS is to search for.  DRS is case sensitive at this point so      
  922.     be sure to only use capitals where they belong.  DRS will now begin     
  923.     to search for the text specified and at the location specified.  The    
  924.     search will progress one sector each step until the data is found.      
  925.                                                                             
  926.     FIND is the slowest running operation in DRS, therefor you should       
  927.     position the FIND start as close to the area to be searched.  This      
  928.     assumes that you know where you would like to begin.  If the start      
  929.     area is unknown the FIND will have to start at sector zero (0).         
  930.                                                                             
  931.     After DRS finds the text being searched for it will stop the search     
  932.     and display the found text sector.                                      
  933.                                                                             
  934.                                                                             
  935.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 35                                        
  936.                                                                             
  937.                                                                             
  938.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE (P)RINT KEY                                
  939.                                                                             
  940.                                                                             
  941.     To utilize the print function you must first have something MARKED.     
  942.     See (M)ARK instructions.  When you hit P for PRINT DRS will begin       
  943.     to print out each sector starting with the lowest marked sector and     
  944.     proceeding up to and including the largest marked sector.  You will     
  945.     be asked if you want to print ALL characters or just non-control        
  946.     characters.  If you select ALL sometimes your printer will do           
  947.     unpredictable things based on the control characters, carriage          
  948.     returns and line feeds it finds in the data stream.  If you select      
  949.     straight ASCII the control characters will be suppressed and your       
  950.     remaining ASCII data will be printed.                                   
  951.                                                                             
  952.                                                                             
  953.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 36                                        
  954.                                                                             
  955.                                                                             
  956.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE (S)AVE KEY                                 
  957.                                                                             
  958.                                                                             
  959.     The (S)AVE key saves data between MARK sets into a file that you        
  960.     name.  (See MARK command for details on MARK.)  When you are            
  961.     prompted for a file name you may use any valid DOS name.  This          
  962.     means up to 8 valid characters followed by a period and then 3          
  963.     more valid characters.                                                  
  964.                                                                             
  965.        INVALID Characters are:                                              
  966.                                                                             
  967.            .  "  /  \  [  ]  :  |  <  >  +  =  ;  ,                         
  968.            and all characters below ASCII 33.                               
  969.                                                                             
  970.     Included with the file name may be a path.  If you do not want          
  971.     the data saved into a file on the current logged path just add          
  972.     the drive and path name to the front of the file.                       
  973.                                                                             
  974.        EXAMPLE:  To save MDATA.TXT to drive C and in the subdirectory       
  975.                  \TEMP you would type C:\TEMP\MYDATA.TXT                    
  976.                                                                             
  977.     If you pick a name that already exists DRS will inform you that         
  978.     the name selected already exists and then prompt you for a new          
  979.     name.  Once the name you used is correct then each sector between       
  980.     the data you marked is saved into your named file.                      
  981.                                                                             
  982.     After the data has been saved DRS will inform you that ALL MARKS        
  983.     have been cleared and you are ready for the next function.              
  984.                                                                             
  985.                                                                             
  986.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 37                                        
  987.                                                                             
  988.                                                                             
  989.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE ()UP KEY                                  
  990.                                                                             
  991.                                                                             
  992.     The   arrow key causes DRS to increment one sector and then display     
  993.     that sector.  This is the key to use for browsing or moving short       
  994.     distances in the browse area.  As you hit the up arrow key not only     
  995.     will the display change but the sector counter will also increment      
  996.     by one in the upper right corner of your screen.                        
  997.                                                                             
  998.     If you are on the very last sector of the disk the display will not     
  999.     change.  The sector display will change but the data in the view        
  1000.     window will not.                                                        
  1001.                                                                             
  1002.                                                                             
  1003.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 38                                        
  1004.                                                                             
  1005.                                                                             
  1006.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE ()DOWN KEY                                
  1007.                                                                             
  1008.                                                                             
  1009.     The   arrow key causes DRS to decrement one sector and then display     
  1010.     that sector.  This is the key to use for browsing or moving short       
  1011.     distances in the browse area.  As you hit the down arrow key not only   
  1012.     will the display change but the sector counter will also decrement      
  1013.     by one in the upper right corner of your screen.                        
  1014.                                                                             
  1015.     If you are on the very first sector of the disk the display will not    
  1016.     change.  It will remain on the zero sector along with the sector        
  1017.     counter.                                                                
  1018.                                                                             
  1019.                                                                             
  1020.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 39                                        
  1021.                                                                             
  1022.                                                                             
  1023.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE (J)UMP KEY                                 
  1024.                                                                             
  1025.                                                                             
  1026.     The (J)UMP key is used to move large numbers of sectors.                
  1027.     If you are on sector 10 and wanted to move to 1500 it would             
  1028.     be prohibitive to use the up arrow key.  It is simpler to JUMP          
  1029.     to 1500.  When you select JUMP you will be prompted for the             
  1030.     sector number via a small window.  After the JUMP is complete           
  1031.     the sector JUMPed to is displayed.                                      
  1032.                                                                             
  1033.                                                                             
  1034.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 40                                        
  1035.                                                                             
  1036.                                                                             
  1037.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE (M)ARK KEY                                 
  1038.                                                                             
  1039.                                                                             
  1040.     The (M)ARK key is used to block a section of space to allow             
  1041.     separate manipulation of that area.  It has been designed               
  1042.     to be very simple to use.  Hit the MARK key when you are in the         
  1043.     sector you want to begin in.  A pop-up window will tell you             
  1044.     that the first MARK has been set.  Next, JUMP or arrow up to            
  1045.     another sector.  Hit the MARK key again.  Once again a small            
  1046.     pop-up window will inform you that a second mark has been set.          
  1047.     Each of the pop-up windows will clear themselves in a few               
  1048.     seconds.                                                                
  1049.                                                                             
  1050.     Now that a block has been marked you may SAVE the block to              
  1051.     a file or PRINT the block.  The third alternative is to hit             
  1052.     the MARK key a third time which will cause DRS to inform                
  1053.     you that all MARKS have been erased.  At the time of this               
  1054.     writing, the second mark must be higher in sector number                
  1055.     than the first mark.                                                    
  1056.                                                                             
  1057.                                                                             
  1058.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 41                                        
  1059.                                                                             
  1060.                                                                             
  1061.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE (H)ELP KEY                                 
  1062.                                                                             
  1063.                                                                             
  1064.     The (H)ELP key provides brief information on using MARK, SAVE and       
  1065.     PRINT.  If you hit the help while on the view screen a window pops      
  1066.     onto the screen with information concerning MARK.  Hitting any          
  1067.     other key at this time will present the next screen with SAVE           
  1068.     information and so on.  There are a total of four help screens          
  1069.     in this area.  You may quit viewing HELP screens at any point by        
  1070.     simply hitting Q for QUIT.                                              
  1071.                                                                             
  1072.                                                                             
  1073.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 42                                        
  1074.                                                                             
  1075.                                                                             
  1076.     BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT (F7) - THE (Q)UIT KEY                                 
  1077.                                                                             
  1078.                                                                             
  1079.     The (Q)UIT key is simply what it says.  When you hit the Q key you      
  1080.     will leave the BROWSE/SAVE/PRINT area and be returned to the main       
  1081.     sliding menu area.  All marks you set as well as the current logged     
  1082.     drive and the current active sector are still in effect.  This way      
  1083.     you will be able to return to the same place you were at.               
  1084.                                                                             
  1085.                                                                             
  1086.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 43                                        
  1087.                                                                             
  1088.                                                                             
  1089.     HARD DRIVE INFORMATION (F8)                                             
  1090.                                                                             
  1091.                                                                             
  1092.     The hard drive information section provides information pertaining      
  1093.     to sector sizes, capacities and useful information regarding hard       
  1094.     drive recovery.  While designing DRS I realized that there are many     
  1095.     persons who will not know how many sectors and heads they have as       
  1096.     well as other pertinent information.  For this reason if you make       
  1097.     any errors while setting up DRS it will default to AUTOMATIC setup      
  1098.     and try to read your drive, regardless.                                 
  1099.                                                                             
  1100.     The hard drive information area will give you a brief idea as to        
  1101.     where some of the information on your hard drive may be found.          
  1102.     this information appears as follows:                                    
  1103.                                                                             
  1104.     BOOT AREA - Contains the information necessary to begin loading         
  1105.                 DOS into memory.  Area also contains information            
  1106.                 regarding number of tracks, sectors, etc.  Start at         
  1107.                 sector (0).                                                 
  1108.                                                                             
  1109.     FILE ALLOCATION AREA - This area hold your file information as          
  1110.                 well as attributes, time, date, starting sector and         
  1111.                 file size.  This area starts at sector (17) on many         
  1112.                 drives.                                                     
  1113.                                                                             
  1114.     ROOT AREA - This area is created when the hard drive is formatted       
  1115.                 and is limited as to how many files can be listed           
  1116.                 here.  This area holds, file name, attributes,              
  1117.                 sectors, etc.                                               
  1118.                                                                             
  1119.     FILE AREA - The file area follows behind all other areas.  The          
  1120.                 file you are looking for may be broken up in several        
  1121.                 segments and scattered through out the disk.  This is       
  1122.                 the largest area of your disk.                              
  1123.                                                                             
  1124.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 44                                        
  1125.                                                                             
  1126.                                                                             
  1127.     DOCUMENTATION (F9)                                                      
  1128.                                                                             
  1129.                                                                             
  1130.     DRS has two forms of documentation.  One is the printed manual          
  1131.     and the other is the same manual under the F9 function.  Many           
  1132.     people seem to like having the manual in the program for easy           
  1133.     reference while just as many like a complete book in front of           
  1134.     them.                                                                   
  1135.                                                                             
  1136.     If you are using the book under the main sliding menu F9 function       
  1137.     then simply PgUp or PgDn to the area you are looking for.  You may      
  1138.     also use the up and down arrows to move one line at a time. "Q"         
  1139.     for QUIT at any time will return the user to the main sliding           
  1140.     menu.                                                                   
  1141.                                                                             
  1142.                                                                             
  1143.    Data Recovery Reference   Page 45                                        
  1144.                                                                             
  1145.                                                                             
  1146.     EXIT PROGRAM (F10)                                                      
  1147.                                                                             
  1148.                                                                             
  1149.     F10 simply terminates the DRS program refreshes and clears the          
  1150.     computer screen leaving you at the default DOS prompt.                  
  1151.                                                                             
  1152.                                                                             
  1153.             APPENDIX A                                                      
  1154.                                                                             
  1155.                                                                             
  1156.    ASCII CHARACTER SET ...........                                          
  1157.                                                                             
  1158.    Characters 1 thru 32  ........  control and special characters.          
  1159.                                                                             
  1160.    1      50 2     100 d     150 û     200 ╚     250 ·                     
  1161.    2      51 3     101 e     151 ù     201 ╔     251 √                     
  1162.    3      52 4     102 f     152 ÿ     202 ╩     252 ⁿ                     
  1163.    4      53 5     103 g     153 Ö     203 ╦     253 ²                     
  1164.    5      54 6     104 h     154 Ü     204 ╠     254 ■                     
  1165.    6      55 7     105 i     155 ¢     205 ═     255 NULL                  
  1166.    7 BEL   56 8     106 j     156 £     206 ╬                               
  1167.    8      57 9     107 k     157 ¥     207 ╧                               
  1168.    9 TAB   58 :     108 l     158 ₧     208 ╨                               
  1169.   10 LF    59 ;     109 m     159 ƒ     209 ╤                               
  1170.   11 VT    60 <     110 n     160 á     210 ╥                               
  1171.   12 FF    61 =     111 o     161 í     211 ╙                               
  1172.   13 CR    62 >     112 p     162 ó     212 ╘                               
  1173.   14      63 ?     113 q     163 ú     213 ╒                               
  1174.   15      64 @     114 r     164 ñ     214 ╓                               
  1175.   16      65 A     115 s     165 Ñ     215 ╫                               
  1176.   17      66 B     116 t     166 ª     216 ╪                               
  1177.   18      67 C     117 u     167 º     217 ┘                               
  1178.   19      68 D     118 v     168 ¿     218 ┌                               
  1179.   20      69 E     119 w     169 ⌐     219 █                               
  1180.   21      70 F     120 x     170 ¬     220 ▄                               
  1181.   22      71 G     121 y     171 ½     221 ▌                               
  1182.   23      72 H     122 z     172 ¼     222 ▐                               
  1183.   24      73 I     123 {     173 ¡     223 ▀                               
  1184.   25      74 J     124 |     174 «     224 α                               
  1185.   26 SUB   75 K     125 }     175 »     225 ß                               
  1186.   27      76 L     126 ~     176 ░     226 Γ                               
  1187.   28 FS    77 M     127      177 ▒     227 π                               
  1188.   29 GS    78 N     128 Ç     178 ▓     228 Σ                               
  1189.   30 RS    79 O     129 ü     179 │     229 σ                               
  1190.   31 US    80 P     130 é     180 ┤     230 µ                               
  1191.   32 SPC   81 Q     131 â     181 ╡     231 τ                               
  1192.   33 !     82 R     132 ä     182 ╢     232 Φ                               
  1193.   34 "     83 S     133 à     183 ╖     233 Θ                               
  1194.   35 #     84 T     134 å     184 ╕     234 Ω                               
  1195.   36 $     85 U     135 ç     185 ╣     235 δ                               
  1196.   37 %     86 V     136 ê     186 ║     236 ∞                               
  1197.   38 &     87 W     137 ë     187 ╗     237 φ                               
  1198.   39 '     88 X     138 è     188 ╝     238 ε                               
  1199.   40 (     89 Y     139 ï     189 ╜     239 ∩                               
  1200.   41 )     90 Z     140 î     190 ╛     240 ≡                               
  1201.   42 *     91 [     141 ì     191 ┐     241 ±                               
  1202.   43 +     92 \     142 Ä     192 └     242 ≥                               
  1203.   44 ,     93 ]     143 Å     193 ┴     243 ≤                               
  1204.   45 -     94 ^     144 É     194 ┬     244 ⌠                               
  1205.   46 .     95 _     145 æ     195 ├     245 ⌡                               
  1206.   47 /     96 `     146 Æ     196 ─     246 ÷                               
  1207.   48 0     97 a     147 ô     197 ┼     247 ≈                               
  1208.   49 1     98 b     148 ö     198 ╞     248 °                               
  1209.            99 c     149 ò     199 ╟     249 ∙                               
  1210.                                                                             
  1211.                                                                             
  1212.                                                                             
  1213.                                                                             
  1214.      --- END ---                                                            
  1215.                                                                             
  1216.