Command: unformat

  UNFORMAT tries to restore a disk that has been formatted
  by using the MS-DOS / FreeDOS command "format drive: /q".

Syntax:

  UNFORMAT drive [/J]
  UNFORMAT drive [/U] [/L] [/TEST] [/P]
  UNFORMAT [/PARTN] [/L]
  UNFORMAT [/?]
           drive  The drive letter to unformat, e.g. C:

Options:

  /J        Verifies that the drive mirror files are synchronized with
            the disk.
  /U      * Unformats without using MIRROR files.
  /L        Lists all files and directories found, or, when used with
            the /PARTN switch, displays current partition tables.
  /TEST   * Displays information but does not write changes to disk.
  /P      * Sends output messages to LPT1.
  /PARTN    Restores disk partition tables which wer saved with
            MIRROR /PARTN.
  /?        Shows the help.
  *         Indicates functions not yet available.

Comments:

  See MIRROR to better understand the UNFORMAT command.
  Unformat does NOT support FAT32.

Examples:

  UNFORMAT C: /J
  UNFORMAT C: /L /PARTN

See also:

  fdisk
  format
  mirror
  undelete

  Copyright © 2008, updated 2022 W. Spiegl.

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