On Tuesday, September 14, 1999 5:38 AM, Peter Garcia
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<snip>while copying Windows95 cab files to the harddrive using DOS, the
computer was frozen for more then 3 minutes. I have done this exact
procedure more times then I remember but never had a computer stop like
this. the lights were on but there was no activity, and the cursor just
blinked. tried ctl-alt-del but no response. turned the machine of and then
back on, and it would not boot. error message said "non-system disk". used
a boot disk to get in then did a DIR on the C drive. the only thing listed
was the C:\WIN95 directory I had just created and inside just the files that
had copied over before I turned the machine on and off. I have no idea
what I did wrong.
since this wasn't supposed to be a complicated manuever, I don't have a
backup of the client's data. I'm hesitant to try anything else myself. can
anyone please suggest a way for me to recover any data on the harddrive?
TIA
Depending on the version of Win95 you have installed, pls try the following:
For the most conservative approach to deletion security, run Undelete's
Deletion Sentry. This utility creates a folder called Sentry on your hard
drive, and any time you delete files--at the command line, in a 16-bit
application, or by emptying the Recycle Bin--it stores the files there for
seven days before getting rid of them. This can eat up as much as a quarter
of your hard disk space, but it's almost fail-safe.
Priming the Deletion Sentry
Select Start/Run and type notepad. Click OK.
Open the autoexec.bat file at the root of your C: drive (if it
isn't there, select File/Save and name the file autoexec.bat).
Assuming you've downloaded the file undelete.exe to your Windows
system folder, type this line at the end of the autoexec.bat file:
c:\windows\system\undelete /SC. (Note: /Sx entries at the end of the line
tell the utilities which drives you want to track for deletions. /SC
checks the C: drive, /SD covers the D: drive, and
so on.)
Save the changes to the autoexec.bat file.
undeleting files
If you delete a file by accident and can't retrieve it, restart
your computer in MS-DOS mode (select Start/Shut
Down/Restart the Computer in MS-DOS Mode).
At the DOS prompt, type the command
cd \windows\command.
At the DOS prompt, type the command lock c: and press Y to
get past the warning that appears.
Type the command undelete.
Pass by the deleted files you don't want to restore by pressing N
when each filename pops up.
When the file you want to retrieve appears on the screen, press
Y and enter the first letter of the filename.
Press Ctrl+C to quit the undelete process.
Enter the command unlock c: to restore regular long-filename
capability to Windows 95.
Type win to return to Windows 95 and get on with your life.
Note: I tested this on my OSR2.x machine which is a PII 233 MMX, 40mb Ram
and it worked. As I said earlier, it may not work for all versions of
Win95. I haven't tried it on the PIII, 500, 64mb machine yet. If anyone
has had different experiences, pls post results. HTH. :-)
Walter R. Worth
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