Re: EWF RAM or DISK Overlay on CompactFlash/DiskOnChip?

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From: James Beau Cseri (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 02/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:19:25 -0800

You can temporarily turn off EWF when you perform application installations
and registry modifications.

"Paul Cuthbert" <paul.cuthbert@viogem.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eeZMmBy%23DHA.2308@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I have finished my app now and configuring EWF. I have been using a hard
> disk for development but my target application will run from CompactFlash
or
> DiskOnChip.
>
> I have read the documentation on EWF but I am still not clear on a couple
of
> things. I need to be able to make registry changes and install
applications
> on my target device. If I configure using a RAM overlay then I will lose
the
> data on reboot. If I use a DISK overlay will I still get good write
> protection if I run from a Flash device?
>
> If I use a DISK overlay what EWF partition size should I use?
>
> Best regards
>
> Paul Cuthbert
>
>
>

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