Name

recover

Synopsis

Tries to recover a file from a defective disk.

Syntax

recover [drive:][path]filename

Options

[ drive: ][ path ] filename

The file you want to recover

Examples

Recover the file doc1.txt in the root of H: drive:

                     recover H:\doc1.txt
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Press ENTER to begin recovery of the file on drive H:

459264 of 459264 bytes recovered.

Notes

  • recover reads the specified file sector by sector and recovers data on good sectors. (Data on bad sectors is lost.)

  • You cannot use wildcards.

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