User's Guide for Windows

Preparing to use the utility

This chapter describes how to prepare to use the application.

Preparing a DOS-Bootable Floppy Disk or a Bootable CD-ROM

Active@ UNERASER is compact enough to operate from a floppy drive. As an alternate, you may also run Acitve@ UNERASER from a bootable CD-ROM. If you have a bootable floppy or CD-ROM, skip to the Copying Active@ UNERASER section, below.

Bootable Floppy Creator

When you installed Active@ UNERASER from our web site, a utility named BootableFloppyCreator.EXE was included

Follow the steps below to create a new bootable floppy and copy the utility to it:

1. Put a blank 3.5-inch floppy disk in the floppy drive.
2. Start the Bootable Floppy Creator utility using one of the methods below:
   • Open the folder where Active@ UNERASER is installed and double-click BootableFloppyCreator.EXE
   • From the Microsoft Start button, click All Programs > Active@ UNERASER > Bootable Floppy Creator
3. Follow directions to create the startup disk.

Content:

1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
   1. Restoring Deleted Data
   2. Files Erased
   3. Partition Damage
   4. Steps to unerase Files and Folders
2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
3. USING Active@ UNERASER CONSOLE
   1. Starting Active@ UNERASER DOS console
   2. Starting Active@ UNERASER Windows console
   3. Command Bar Menu
   4. Performing a Drive Scan
   5. Performing a Device Scan
   6. Searching for Deleted Files and Folders
   7. Searching for Files by Name
   8. Using Hex/Text Viewer
   9. Unerasing a Deleted File
   10. Unerasing a Deleted Folder
   11. Creating a Disk Image
   12. Steps to create a Disk Image
   13. Checking Disk Image
   14. Working with Disk Image
   15. Long File Names Support
   16. Recovering Files with Long Names
4. DATA RECOVERY TIPS
   1. Treat Recovery Area With Care
   2. Save Recovered Files Onto a Different Drive
   3. Load UNERASER to a Floppy
5. PREPARING TO USE THE UTILITY
   1. Preparing a DOS-Bootable Floppy Disk
   2. Preparing a Bootable ISO CD-ROM Image
6. USING COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS
   1. Overview of Command Line Parameters
7. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:
   • How to undelete files on NTFS
   • How to recover deleted files on a FAT32 volume
   • How to recover a deleted folder containing files and subfolders
   • How to check recoverability of a deleted file or folder
   • How to use Active@ UNERASER for Disk Image creation
   • How to scan and recover files if a partition exists but appears to be damaged
   • How to force LBA mode to access larger drives (more than 8GB in size)
   • How to see localized characters in file names
   • How to backup and restore MBR, Partition Table and Boot Sectors
   • How to recover files and folders on a partition that has been deleted
   • How to prevent Master Boot Record (MBR) corruption
   • How to recover files and folders from formatted or reformatted hard drive?
   • How to read and copy existing files from NTFS to FAT partition?
   • How to restore lost hard drive partition
8. HOW TO...
   • Scan Drive
   • Perform Device Scan
   • Search for deleted files and folders
   • Use Hex/Text Viewer
   • Unerase deleted file
   • Unerase deleted folder
   • Create Disk Image
   • Open and Work with Disk Image