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From: bruce@mojo.UUCP (Bruce Wahler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Accidental formatting of hard disk
Message-ID: <208@mojo.UUCP>
Date: 3 Nov 89 19:36:04 GMT
References: <2968@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: bruce@mojo.UUCP (Bruce Wahler)
Distribution: usa
Organization: NEC Information Systems Inc., Boxborough, MA
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In article <2968@hydra.gatech.EDU> gb7@prism.gatech.EDU (Joe Bradley) writes:
>Someone just stepped into my office and asked me if it was possible to
>recover from an accidental reformatting of an internal hard disk under
>DOS. Not knowing the answer, I thought I would appeal to the wizards of
>the net. They're not even sure of the version of DOS they are running (it's
>an old XT). Any pointers to techniques or software which might help
>them recover their data would be appreciated.
>

Try PCTools Deluxe 5.1 or 5.5.  They contain a recovery program, which, while
designed to work with their MIRROR utility, works fairly well even without it.

A word of caution, though:  DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING ON THE BAD DISK PRIOR TO
RUNNING THE RECOVERY PROGRAM!!!  Once you overwrite part of the FAT and/or
directory, you will lose part -- if not all -- of your old data.

PCTools deluxe can be found in almost any software store, or in Byte and PCMag
mail order ads, for around $50 - $60.


BAW


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The company I work for, NEC Technologies, Inc., does not endorse PCTools
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