-----Original Message-----
what command do i type in at the command prompt to
recover a erased file not found in the recycle bin?
ALSO I NEED TO KNOW
what process is used to replicate a hard drive
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Hi!
Files not being listed in the Recycle Bin seem to be
related to a corrupt info2 file. To correct the issue
(Fat32):
Go to Start/Run and type in CMD:
Type CD \RECYCLED, and then press ENTER.
Type ATTRIB -r -s -h info2, and then press ENTER.
Type DEL INFO2, and then press ENTER.
NOTE: This deletes the damaged INFO2 file. Windows will
recreate this file as needed, automatically.
To Recover Files in NTFS:
Click Start, Run and enter %systemdrive%\Recycler. Under
this folder you'll see sub folders with names like:
S-1-5-21-1085031214-854245398-1060284298-1003
One of these is your user's Recycle Bin folder, you'll
have to determine which. Then open a Command Prompt
Window and type: Start/Run and type in: CMD
CD\Recycled\<name of the sub folder>
Next type DIR
Locate the files with the file extension that you wish to
recover. There may be more than one of the same type.
These files will all be DC??.xxx where ?? is a number and
xxx is the file extension.
Use the COPY command to copy all of the matching files
out. For example: COPY *.DOC C:\Temp
to copy all DOC files to C:\Temp. Now you can open these
files and find the one(s) that you wanted to retrieve.
Once you've retrieved all the files that you need, type
the following command: ATTRIB -S -H -R INFO2
INFO2 is a hidden file that holds the information on
files in the Recycle Bin. This is the file that has been
corrupted. Next type: DEL INFO2
This removes the corrupted INFO2 file. Don't worry, it
will be recreated automatically by Windows. Now, empty
the Recycle Bin
[thanks/kelly/MVP]
regards/
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