| documentation for file recovery procedures. It is |
| common for software to automatically create backup |
| files. If your main file is damaged, you can often |
| rename and use the backup file. |
| You may be able to recover lost data by using The |
| Undelete uitlity in Windows of by using another |
| utility software. Refer to your Windows |
| documentation. |
Diskette error | Run SCANDISK to check the condition of your |
| files and disk. Refer to your |
| documentation or |
| running SCANDISK and the defragmenter. |
RAMDRIVE
You can use part of your computer’s memory for a RAMDRIVE, therefore RAMDRIVE problems could be memory related. For more information, refer to Chapter 9, Memory, and to your
Problem | Procedure |
RAMDRIVE doesn't function | Make sure your CONFIG.SYS file is in the root |
| directory of drive C and that it contains this line: |
| device= path \ramdrive.sys |
| options |
| where path lists the directory that contains |
| RAMDRIVE.SYS (for example, C:\DOS) and |
| options include the size of the RAMDRIVE and the |
| memory (conventional, extended or expanded) for the |
| drive. |
| Make sure there is enough memory for a |
| RAMDRIVE. If your RAMDRIVE is in conventional |
| memory, load all the resident memory programs you |
| plan to use, then execute the |
| command. CHKDSK displays the total memory |
| available and total memory used. |
| If your RAMDRIVE is in expanded memory, are you |
| running another application that uses expanded |
| memory? Did you select enough expanded memory |
| (EMS) to handle your RAMDRIVE? |
| Confirm that your CONFIG.SYS file contains these |