24 Using Your AlphaSmart 3000
you may press option-x-clear file. This command permanently erases
the contents of the entire file. Use this command with care.
Clear All Files Command
Press option-x-ctrl-shift-clear file to erase all eight files simulta-
neously. You will be asked if you are sure—pressing the Y key at this
point will clear files 1 through 8. However, this deletion is not
permanent, and you can still recover any of the files using the Data
Recovery command described below as long as you have not typed new
text into the files.
Data Recovery
If you accidentally clear a file, it can still be recovered as long as no text
has been entered into that file yet. Open the file you wish to recover by
pressing one of the file 1–file 8 keys. Press option-x-R to activate the
AlphaSmart Data Recovery command.
The Data Recovery command restores the end-of-file marker to the
same position it was when the file was last cleared (by pressing the clear
file key). So if you accidentally clear a file, option-x-R will restore it.
If, however, the Data Recovery command fails to recover the data, try
pressing ctrl-option-x-R. This is the Recover 40 Characters command.
Each time you press this command it will move the end-of-file marker
back 40 characters. Press this command repeatedly until you see all of
your text, plus some “garbage.” Then hold the backspace key down
until the garbage characters are deleted.
You may also try pressing shift-ctrl-option-x-R to recover the entire
file. Scroll down to the end of your text where the garbage characters
start and press x-backspace to erase from the cursor to the end of the
file.
Note: If the file was deleted using the option-x-clear file command, the
data is not recoverable.
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