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tvanes@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:

>Help! aggh! I just erased files I did not mean to on my a drive! I know that
>that only the name is erased and that the file is still there, but how do I get
>it back? (ie file retrieval). PLEASE HELP!

  First of all do *not* create any new files on the disk from which you
accidently deleted ("erased") the files! If you do create new files then
they may/will overwrite the data of the deleted files.

  Secondly look in the manual of your operationg system. Since you
posted in comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc it is likely that you have MS-DOS or DR
DOS, etc.. If your DOS is somewhat up-to-date then it probably has some
kind of UNDELETE (or similar) command. Just look in the manual.
  If you can not find such a command then go to the shop and buy
something like PC Tools or Norton Utilities (these kind of products are,
I think, a must for every PC, so you might as well buy one now.). These
products have, amongst many, many others, undelete utilities. Do *not*
install these products on the disk from which you deleted the files,
because installation will cause many files to be created and you should
not create any files untill you have undeleted the deleted files. So you
have to run the undelete utilities from a diskette.

> email to tvanes@eagle.wesleyan.edu

Done.

> THANK YOU!

  You are welcome and good luck!

Frank Slootweg