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New Memory Dump Type in Windows 7!

Microsoft to add 5th memory dump type to the final version of Windows 7. In addition to kernel, complete, mini and user dump file types new memory dumps will include all open files to allow full data recovery and postmortem process resurrection on another computer. The new coming soon version of WinDbg includes specialized extensions for process instantiation and recursive data recovery near the point of failure:

blogs.technet.com/5thcolumn

- Dmitry Vostokov @ DumpAnalysis.org -

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at 1:01 am and is filed under Announcements, Crash Dump Analysis, Data Recovery, Debugging, Security, Software Technical Support, Tools, Windows 7. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “New Memory Dump Type in Windows 7!”

  1. molotov Says:
    April 1st, 2009 at 4:31 am

    Early April 1! :-)

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