Using ASC.SYS for Valdocs 2 Editor File Recovery This technical information is provided by Epson Systems Product Support Group. While it should prove useful to you we cannot guarantee that it will hold true in every instance. This is the third and final procedure to attempt recovery of a bad Editor file. Of all of the recovery procedures, this one does not recover your documents as well as the others. Although you may be able to recover the text of the document, you will find that all typestyle changes and margin settings will be altered and probably missing. Because of this, the recovered document, an ASCII file, will require some editing to return it to its original look and format. We are assuming that you have been unsuccessful in getting the other 2 procedures to work at this point. If you have not tried using the instructions in the papers titled "Valdocs 2 Editor File Merge Recovery" or "Valdocs 2 Editor File Blocking and Store Recovery", then do not use this procedure until you have at least tried using both of those recovery procedures. We are also assuming that your experience level is at dvanced or higher for step 1. If you do not know what the TPM file name is for the bad Indexed Editor file, you may want to read the paper titled "Determining the TPM File Name of a Valdocs Indexed File" before starting this procedure. Getting to ASC.SYS 1. Press MENU and select xit Valdocs to TPM-III. 2. After the A> (A prompt) appears, replace the System diskette (in the left drive) with the Utility diskette. 3. Enter CTRL-C by holding down the CTRL key and typing the letter C. This informs TPM that you have changed diskettes. 4. Log to the right disk drive (drive B:). Type: B: and press RETURN. 1 87.7.15 Recovering the Editor file with ASC 5. The ASC program has several different parameters that can be used to control the program. Three of these parameters that you will use are /W, soft carriage return Word-wrap, /N, No page formatting, and /D create a Disk file for output. If you are using ASC on a TPM file other than BADFILE0.VAL, simply substitute that TPM file name in place of BADFILE0.VAL in the following example. To make ASC work enter: A1:ASC BADFILE0.VAL /W/N/D and press RETURN. When the conversion is complete, ASC will have created an ASCII file called BADFILE0.ASC for you. 2 87.7.15