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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (7261)	4/25/1999 2:25:00 PM
From: wily	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

I don't know -- I've never used it. LF is very nice, the way it recovers exactly which files you choose, shows you which are 100% restorable and which are not (there will be partial files from previous/overwritten partitions), transfers them to a different drive, and then has a utility for restoring the full-length file-name. It promises not to damage your disk further by never writing to the disk. At least there is literature for LF -- I haven't seen anything for UNFORMAT. Also, where would you get UNFORMAT? I believe you need a special version of DOS (6.2) to run UNFORMAT, even if you have it with your Windows version of DOS -- or you at least need the 6.2 boot disk. If you deal with a local computer shop they might be willing to make you a free boot disk. (My local scammers would have done it for $15). Further -- UNFORMAT will only work on FAT 16, since it is a 16 bit app. Which is why I never used it since my lost drive was FAT 32. In my case, I had indeed formatted by mistake. In your case it is not clear (to me, at least) exactly what happened. I would lean towards LF. I can't guarantee what condition your drive will be in after you use it, but it does a nice job of data recovery. w