Robert Green wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I am trying to fix a system for a friend. It is (was) a windows 98 > machine, and his ex-employee either dragged the whole drive into the > trash can, or did a recursive delete from the command line -- I don't > know which one it was. > > When you start the machine, it will come up to the C:\ prompt, and > the directory listing shows COMMAND.COM and a couple of other > hidden/archive/read-only files. I don't have the directory printout > since we didn't have any internet connection at his shop (that was > one of the things the machine was used for). > > He doesn't know where the original restore CD is, and I don't think > they had any backup (DOH!). He was out of town when the machine was > sabotaged. > > Anyhow, to make a long story short, I am looking for a CLI "undelete" > type program that will work with win 98 (I think that's a FAT 32 file > system?), preferably an open-source or free util. > > Does the Dos 5.x undelete util work for win 98? > > since I'm doing this as a favor and I don't want to spend big money > on this. I don't mind my time, but I can't shell out hundreds on > dedicated data recovery software for this. I'm hoping it will be an > easy fix (it doesn't look like the culprits were terribly smart about > how it was done, and I am wondering if a simple undelete type program > will work. Short of that, I can try restoring files to a second drive > and then seeing if I can put the peices back on. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated -- thanks in advance, folks! > > Aloha, > > Rob #############
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