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From: u-gclapp%ug.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Glenn Clapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HELP- I've deleted my hard disk files!
Summary: Yup there is!
Message-ID: <1989Dec14.150115.29145@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 14 Dec 89 22:01:15 GMT
References: <6113@nigel.udel.EDU>
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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There are many ways to undelete files.  When a file is deleted in MS-DOS,
all that really happens is the firest character in the file name is
deleted.  Any sector editor (pd or otherwise) will allow you to fix the
problem.  Better yet, is just to download (from your fav BBS, 
CompuServe etc.) a utility that will undelete for you.  However, if
you own a hard disk, you *SHOULD* own Mace Utilities or Norton
Utilities, both of which include very powerful tools to save you
from just such a situation (or MUCH worse).

Keep in mind however, that you can always undelete a file if you havn't
tried to write anything new.  Once you do any writing to the disk, dos
will start using clusters from the deleted files, and data will be
lost (not all, but just what dos has used).  Tools like Norton's
Norton Utility will allow you to search the disk for any lost
data from a file that has had its chains destroyed, allowing
you to recover data that would seem to be lost forever.

Glenn