RECOVER+Recovering Damaged Files
     Recovers damaged files.
    VERSION
          PC-DOS 2.0+
	  MS-DOS equivalent: RECOVER (2.0+)
    TYPE
          External
    SYNTAX
	  [d:][path] RECOVER [rd:][rpath]rfilename
or
	  [d:][path] RECOVER rd:
    OPTIONS
	  [d:][path]		   Specifies the drive letter and
                                   directory path that contain 
                                   the RECOVER command file.
	  [rd:][rpath]rfilename    Specifies the file to be
                                   recovered.
     RECOVER is used when you receive a "bad sector" error 
message to recover a damaged file. In using this command, you 
recover the data in a file with the bad sector minus the data in 
the bad sector.
    EXAMPLES
	  RECOVER B:REPORT2
recovers the file in drive B named REPORT2.
	  RECOVER A:
recovers all of the files on the disk in drive A.
    MESSAGES
	  Cannot RECOVER to a network drive
You cannot use the RECOVER command on a network drive. Pause the 
fileserver and then issue a RECOVER command again.
	  Warning - directory full
	  xxx file(s) recovered
There is not enough space in the directory. Copy some of its 
files onto another disk and then reissue the RECOVER command.
    NOTE
     When you use RECOVER, it creates a new file with the same 
name that contains all the data in the original file except the 
data that was located in bad sectors.  Also, RECOVER will not 
recover files that have been erased. If you use RECOVER on a disk 
that has a bad sector in its directory, each file name will have 
the form FILEnnn.REC, with the number nnn indicating the order in
which the files were recovered. You will have to rename each file 
on the recovered disk by determining the contents of each file 
and naming it again. Wildcards may be used, but only the first 
matching file name will be used. Once you have used RECOVER, 
there is no way to reverse the recovery process.
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    SEE ALSO
          CHKDSK Command
          COMP Command
          DISKCOMP Command
          DISKCOPY Command


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