[luau] HELP please, need "undelete" / data recovery utility for FAT32 (Win 98)

[MonMotha]

Wayne Bow wrote:
> Aloha,
> 
> 
>>>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. 
>>>
>>
>>Sounds to me like "format C: /s" was typed.
> 
> 
> If that is true then the data may be recoverable. "format c: /s" 
> formats and copies the system files to the hard drive. Adding the '/u' 
> switch makes the data unrecoverable. I do not know how to 'undo' 
> the format but M$ says it can be done.
> 

I thought microsoft ripped the unformat thing out in Win95 (DOS 7)?

--MonMotha


> Try look here:
> 
> http://www.computerhope.com/unformat.htm
> 
> Good Luck!
> 
>>Don't know how to help tho, sorry.
>>
>>If I'm not mistaken , unless the /q options is used, the drive is zero'd
>>sector by sector, so I think this is a tougher problem then one might
>>expect.  
>>
>>--Ray