RECOVER

Home >> MS-DOS Reference >> Command Categories >> File and Disk Management >> RECOVER

Supported DOS versions:	MS-DOS 1 - 5
How easy to use?	Hard
How safe to use?	Potentially very dangerous
How common?	Fairly obscure
Internal or external command?	External

Description

Recovers files that have bad sectors or reconstructs files from a disk that has a damages directory structure.

Command Syntax

RECOVER filename

RECOVER drive

Older versions of RECOVER wll recover the current drive if you type RECOVER on its own.

Comments

RECOVER is VERY dangerous. It renames all the files and directories on a disk and gives them generated names. It also trashes files if they are not corrupted. It should also not be used on a JOINed or SUBSTed drive or a network drive. Best advice: delete RECOVER and use something like Norton Utilities or even SCANDISK to recover corrupted files.

	Home
	MS-DOS Home
	A - Z Index