Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell

Tries to recover a file from a defective disk.

Syntax

recover [ drive :][ path ] filename

Options

[drive:][path]filename

The file you want to recover

Examples

Recover the file doc1.txt in the root of the H: drive:

recover H:\doc1.txt The type of the file system is NTFS. Press ENTER to begin recovery of the file on drive H: 459264 of 459264 bytes recovered.

Notes

• recover reads the specified file sector by sector and recovers data on good sectors. (Data on bad sectors is lost.)

• You can't use wildcards.

See Also

chkdsk , chkntfs , convert , defrag , diskpart , Disks , format , label , mountvol