how to opening dumped files?

[ce]

My computer recently unexpectedly shut down, and with
that, dumped two untitled word processor documents I had
not saved. I was able to find them with the file
name .dmp in the minidump file. Now I am unable to open
them and read them. I would like very much to be able
to. If anyone can tell me how I can it would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,
CE

 

[Patrick Pitre]

CE,

I'm not clear on what exactly you need - are you looking how to read .dmp
files? If so, you need a program called Windbg and the related symbol files
for you OS. Go here to get started:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ddk/debugging/default.mspx

Use the symbol server, as it's way easier than downloading the 150+ mb
symbol file.

These memory dump files won't contain any of the contents of your missing
Word document, however. They contain information about the state of your
system when it crashed - what programs were loaded into what memory space,
etc. Reading through memory dump files can be enlightening if you know what
you're looking for, but it isn't for the faint of heart, and it won't help
you actually recover any of your lost data.

If you need more info on how to use the symbol server, post back.

Patrick Pitre