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From: bturner@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Can a deleted directory be restored?
Message-ID: <101000006@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Sep 88 23:55:22 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> I know that files can be undeleted using the Norton Utilities.  However,
> I deleted all of the files in a directory and then removed the directory.
> Is there any way that I can restore the directory so that I can then
> undelete the files using the Norton Utilities?

Yes.  You need to get into NU (can't use QU to undelete the directory) and
undelete the directory entry.  You'll need to do it manually, since the
directory entry contains no information about how large it is.  Add probable
clusters, verifying that they look like directory entries, until you come
to the end of the directory.  After saving that to disk, you can then
undelete the contents (NU undelete or QU).

--Bill Turner