unformat command

[redduck]

i'm the idiot that formattedhis backup drive. I've been doing some research and this command seems like it will do the rick. But it doesn't work under DOS Win '95.

Anyone know more about it?

[Glytzhkof]

Careful with this one! Read what it says here (at the bottom): http://www.computerhope.com/unformat.htm . Basically it seems you are out of luck /forum/frown.gif.

Maybe there is some sort of unformat tool in the Norton Utilities or something. Anybody know?

[socalgal]

Viable? They have a download, but who's to say if it will really work?

www.revival2000.com/ (http://www.revival2000.com/)

A couple more on the Unformat:

http://www.timeslips.com/answer/DOS6Q0K.HTM

http://business.city.unisa.edu.au/tonyburnell/ITC_1997/LecturePages/Lecture%20No%203/DosCommandIndex/unformat.htm

Good luck.




[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 08-22-99).]

[Evil Knievel]

O.K. Guys, there is NO WAY to recover that data. The UNFORMAT command only worked on good ol' DOS because at the time of formatting you had the option of saving special unformat data to the disk. It is not possible to unformat a disk that doesn't have this data... yes, that means you.