is there a way to "UNDELETE" deleted files in dos? 5

[barny2006]

hi,
is there a way to recover / undelete files that were deleted in cmd window? my son deleted some files from a directory. and we can't find them in the recyble bin?
thanks.

 

[linney]

If they were .exe, .dll, or .sys files, System Restore might get them back for you.

Data files are a harder proposition. Do you have any backups?

Third party recovery tools are a possibility, but success is not always achieved. Meanwhile, the more the drive is used the harder the job.

Data recovery.

PC Inspector (free)

http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

http://www.restorer2000.com

http://www.runtime.org/hints.htm

Plenty of other recovery software listed here.

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Disk_Management/Error_Checking_and_Repair/

All the best.

 

[eyec]

Google for "freeundelete"

 

[r0gerc]

...or 'handyrecovery.exe'. I haven't used it much but when I did, it worked.

 

[barny2006]

thanks everybody.
this is good information. i downloaded freeundelete. disappointing results. it showed nothing on a 80 gig drive. i'll try other suggestions.
thanks again.

 

[jshurst]

I've used a program called Restoration (it's pretty good)

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

J