re: How do I retrieve deleted files?
Wednesday, November 27, 2002 at 7:31 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by rebootbill
(764 messages posted)
Just because you have deleted them from the recycle bin, that doesn't mean that you
can't recover them. First try not to use hard drive much, go to dos prompt and use
microsft's undelete. here's instructions - UNDELETE
Type: External (5.0 and later)
Syntax:
UNDELETE [d:][path][filename] [/DT|/DS|/DOS]
UNDELETE [/list|/all|/purge[d:]|/status|/load|/U|/S[d:]|/Td:[-entries]]
Purpose: Restores files deleted with the DELETE command.
Discussion
Used to recover files that have been previously erased. The UNDELETE command can
only recover deleted files if no new files or changes have been made on the disk
since the deletion. Therefore, if you accidentally delete a file that you want to
keep, stop what you are doing immediately and use the UNDELETE command to retrieve
the file.
For more information on using the UNDELETE command, refer to Chapter 2, Using Common
DOS Commands.
Options
/all - Automatically recovers all of the files you specify.
/list - All available files are listed (but files are not recovered).
/DOS Restricts recovery to those files that meet the file specifications (filespec)
in the disk directory table.
/DT - Restricts recovery to those files found in the Delete Tracking File.
/DS - Restricts recovery to those files found in the SENTRY directory.
/load - Loads the Undelete memory-resident program into memory using information
defined in the UNDELETE.INI file.
/unload - Unloads the memory-resident portion of the Undelete program from memory,
turning off the capability to restore deleted files.
/purged[d] - Deletes the contents of the SENTRY directory.
/status - Displays the type of delete protection in effect for each drive.
/S[d] - Enables the Delete Sentry level of protection and loads the memory-resident
portion of the UNDELETE program.
/Tdrive[-entries] - Enables the Delete Tracker level of protection and loads the
memory-resident portion of the UNDELETE program. The optional entries parameter specifies
the maximum number of entries in the deletion-tracking file (PCTRACKR.DEL). It must
be a value in the range 1 through 999 with the default value determined by the type
of disk being tracked.
Examples
To undelete all recoverable files in the LETTERS directory, enter
undelete \letters\*.* /all
To undelete all recoverable files in the current directory using the delete-tracking
file, enter
undelete /dt
On Wednesday, November 27, 2002 at 6:01 am, Sel wrote:
>I was uninstalling some software and accidentally agreed to delete all of that softwares
>components. It has now deleted some of my necessary files and exes. How do I undelete/retrieve
>these components?
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