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From: hashemi@leadsv.UUCP (Rahmat O. Hashemi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: help with DISKCOPY
Message-ID: <6582@leadsv.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jun 89 20:50:38 GMT
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In article <1815@taux01.UUCP> cdddta@tasu76.UUCP (David Deitcher) writes:
>A friend of mine is writing a book on a pc. He copied a game for his
>child from a floppy on to his work floppy using the DISKCOPY command.
>All of the sudden, three weeks worth of work were gone. Is there
>any software that can help him recover his original stuff or is
>it gone forever?

Hi there David. This may not have been what you wanted to hear, but the

answer to the question of recoverability is NO.

The copy wipes out the contents of the disk(DISKCOPY formats before copying,

which is even worse).

He should have done a backup of his work on a regular basis, which would

prevent this kind of disaster(hine sight :-( ).