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In article <phil.674808988@adam.adelaide.edu.au> phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) writes:
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>Now the request - I am looking for a memory dumper/saver that will allow
>me to reboot the machine, and then go looking byte-wise for my document.
>The program will need to be able to search XMS memory as well as DOS
>memory and write out blocks to disk.
>
Hi,
    Design Software, Inc. offers a program called DS Recover.  This program
AWESOMELY takes a snapshot of all of your memory resident programs and
information to protect them from loss due to power failure, system shutdowns,
or restarts.  The version I have (2.0) is dated 1987.  There might be
in upgrade by now, but I don't know.  I got my copy with my computer so
I don't know how much it costs.  (I haven't seen it listed in magazines).
My conscience tells me that its price is less than $90.  The manual
provides a number to call:  (312) 231-4540.  For my version, the requirements
included: 256k minimum memory, MS/PC-DOS 2.0 and above, IBM PC/XT/AT
or compatible.  It said nothing about a hard drive.  It said nothing
about XMS.


    A REPORT FROM MY USE OF THE SOFTWARE
    ------------------------------------

    This software has many features.  Using an XTree-like screen,
you can unformat drives and unerase files.
You can protect files from being deleted. (Actually, when you delete the
files, they are made hidden).  You can get a view of all the "deleted"
(really hidden) files on your disk.  You can find particular files.
You can also verify a disk.  (The software package provides individual
programs to do these functions (ie. UNFORMAT.COM, VIEW.COM, FINDFILE.COM,
DSVERIFY.COM)

     But, most importantly, the software can save the state
of the system.  With my version, you specify an alarm time (between
0 and 3 minutes) for the snapshot to take place.  When the time is
up, a window pops up in the middle of the screen indicating that
"A SNAPSHOT IS TAKING PLACE".  This activity postpones all activity until
it finishes with the snapshot.  Then, the timer starts again.
If there is power loss, when you reboot your system, the program (installed
by your autoexec.bat) will ask you if you want to return to the previously
saved state.  If you say yes, it will bring you back into your editor
(for example) with all of the TSR's present, with the same system date
and time, etc. as if nothing ever happened.

The snapshot produces a file with a size (on my machine) of 686kb.
This is probably dependent on what's in memory.

    I would highly recommend the software.