> On Thu, 3 Nov 1994 11:07:45 +0100 (MET), Frode Tennebo said: > > MessDos deletes files by marking the first letter in the filename > > is marked '?'. > > Indeed, so does the Sam and so does CP/M (although the ? is probably a > zero character). > > > 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. > > Of course, a good undelete utility checks all the sectors to make sure > they are not used by any other file. If they are not, then you have a > good chance of getting a good copy, and otherwise you are stuffed...
Undelete in windows gives you a 'condition' of the file ranging from excellent to piss poor, depending on how many sectors have been overwritten, and you can recover the file even if it has lost some info. Just thought I'd tell you that. Dan. > imc >
