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Recovers readable information from a bad or defective disk. This command reads a file, sector-by-sector, and recovers data from the good sectors. Data in bad sectors is lost. Because all data in bad sectors is lost when you recover a file, you should recover only one file at a time.
Bad sectors reported by thechkdsk command were marked as bad when your disk was prepared for operation. They pose no danger, andrecover does not affect them.
recover [<drive>:][<path>]<filename>| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
[<drive>:][<path>]<filename> | Specifies the file name (and the location of the file if it is not in the current directory) you want to recover.Filename is required and wildcards aren't supported. |
| /? | Displays help at the command prompt. |
To recover the filestory.txt in the\fiction directory on drive D, type:
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