> Out of interest, does *anyone* have any idea how MSDOS undeletes > files? I can't see how it's able to do it, unless the second FAT is > only updated on a new-file-write...
MessDos deletes files by marking the first letter in the filename is marked '?'. The DOS recognizes the allocations in the FAT related to all files marked '?' as free and uses them as at will. To undelete all you have to replace the '?' with some legal character. Then IF you'r lucky and MS/DOS have not used any of the sectors related to that file, voila, you have an undeleted file. > > Si Cooke > -- * Frode Tennebo * It's better to live life in * * email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * wealth and die poor, than live * * phone: +47 712 57716 * life in poverty and die rich. * * snail: Parkv. 31, 6400 Molde, NORWAY * -Frode Tennebo*
