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Article #477Re: Undelete for files on floppy disks?
From: Oldus Fartus
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:27
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 14:27
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Phred wrote: > In article <40c59f63$0$29752$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au>, > Oldus Fartus <denisand@iiNOSPAMnet.net.au> wrote: > >>Phred wrote concerning the Subject. > > [...] > >>>A bit of googling came up with something called FlopShow 1.2 >>><http://paradiseprogramming.tripod.com/flopshow.html> >>>which looks to be both small and free. Has anyone tried it? Or have >>>other recommendations? >> >>Assuming FAT, try the old MSDOS 5 to 6.22 UNDELETE command. > > > A solution after my own heart! :-) > > (Wonder if it will still work in a DOS window with Windows ME?) > > I seem to recall a warning not to run the old UNDELETE in a DOS window when working on hard drives, but I can't see any reason why you could not use it on a floppy. Perhaps a boot CDROM with a flavour of DOS later than Version 5 and including UNDELETE. Boot from the CD, and then run it on the floppy. (Will try it tomorrow and see whether it works.) -- Cheers Oldus Fartus
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