Command: recover

  RECOVER resolves sector problems on a file or a disk.
  Please read the warnings below before working with recover.

Syntax:

  RECOVER [drive][path]file
  RECOVER [drive]
  RECOVER [/?]
          drive  The drive letter, e.g. C:
          path   The directory, e.g. \example\
          file   The file, e.g. test.txt

Options:

  /?  Shows the help.

Comments:

  When entering a file RECOVER will clean that file of any bad clusters.
  When entering a disk all files on the disk will be cleared of bad
  clusters.
  WARNING: When entering a disk all the file names on the disk will
  disappear!
  Please note:
  You should *NOT* be using this utility! It is in BETA stadium!
  This utility only works on FAT12 and FAT16 - not on FAT32!

Examples:

  recover a:
  recover c:\example\test.txt

See also:

  chkdsk
  defrag
  dosfsck

  Copyright © 2008 W. Spiegl updated 2022 by W. Spiegl.

  This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
  See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.