DOS 3.3 Command - RECOVER

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:38:32 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

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Solutions: The following information is not given as a general troubleshooting option. It is for your information, but caution should be used when assisting customers with these steps. The best solution is to refer the customer to their DOS manual. RECOVER is a utility program that comes with MS DOS. It is effective at recovering ASCII files that are lost due to disk errors. If the file is saved on the disk in locations where bad sectors or fingerprints, etc., exist, RECOVER can restore parts of the file. Parts of the file will be lost. Since RECOVER writes sectors, having one byte in a "bad area" will cause 512 bytes of data to be lost. RECOVER will save the recovered file to a different location on the disk and will mark the bad sectors so other files cannot be written there. RECOVER can be dangerous if used wrong. If care is not used, you can destroy a user's directory structure. Copy all of his files from the subdirectories into his root directory, and rename them. Note: Treat this command like the DELETE command. By using RECOVER correctly, you can save a user's data. For bad sector problems, RECOVER can restore information, however, utility programs have manual restoration methods and other disk related applications that RECOVER does not provide. If a disk's directory or FAT has been damaged, you need to recover all of the files on the disk. When you restore an entire disk, the directory will be made up of less files using the following format: FILEnnnn.REC (where nnnn is a sequential number)

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