From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: January 21, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Can I recover files from SDRAM?
>
> Leo,
> my harddrive crashed. I had some things that
> didn't backup correctly like quicken and some pics. Does the
> sdram memory in that computer have that information on it?
> And if so, how do I get it? Thanks...
Sadly, no. The system RAM goes blank the instant the computer
is turned off, and typically doesn't hold anything that you
aren't currently using anyway.
Depending on how the hard disk crashed you might be able to
use a utility like SpinWrite on it (www.grc.com) but more
likely if the data is valuable you'll need to take it to
a hard-disk recovery service. That'll cost a little money.
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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