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- COMMAND: RECOVER
-
- FUNCTION: Recovers files from a disk that has developed a defective sector.
- You can recover the file that contains the bad sector(minus the
- data in the bad sector), or all the files on the disk can be
- recovered if the directory has been damaged.
-
- FORMAT: RECOVER [d:][path]filename[.ext] or RECOVER [d:]
-
- TYPE: DOS external command
-
- REMARKS: In the first form, the file specified is recovered. The size of the
- recovered file is a multiple of the DOS allocation unit size. Text
- files will usually require editing before they can be processed
- normally again. In the second form, the directory is assumed to be
- damaged, and all files on the spefified drive are recovered. Global
- file name characters should not be used, since only one file at a
- is recovered when filespec is supplied. Recovered files are named
- FILEnnnn.REC.