There are some reasons for not bundling an undelete utility with
Windows 9x. First, there's the recycle bin concept; it was in theory
designed to allow for undeleting files, so there was no need for
"another" such tool as long as you reserve enough disk space for
deletions. A second reason seems to make more sense. Windows is a
background working machine, it is continuously reading and writing to
the disk without issuing any notice, swapping data between disk and
memory, creating and deleting temporay files an so on. These operations
overwrite whatever they find on system released disk space, including
deleted files. For this reason it is not of great help to use an
undelete tool when the user keeps working for a while after deleting
a file.

Anyway, Norton Utilities 2000 has a great unerase DOS-oriented tool
suitable for both FAT16 or FAT32 which is as good as you can get
considering the odds with Windows 9x. I believe there's a demo copy
of the NU2K at Symantec's website otherwise they are not expensive
and IMHO are worth the price.

Good luck.

Jose

Earl Truss wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Rinehart <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 4:40 PM
> Subject: [PCSOFT] undelete utility for Win 98
>
> > Does anyone know of a freeware file undelete utility for Windows 98.
> Or a procedure in DOS to recover files that have been 'permanently'
> deleted from the recycle bin? [Apparently the old undelete DOS program
> is not included with Windows 98 perhaps because of the conversion to FAT
> 32]
> >
> I've waited a couple of days to see if you got a response and have not
> seen any.  I looked for a freeware undelete program that would work with
> FAT32 several months ago and found nothing then either.  The best I
> could come up with were a few shareware programs and demo programs.
>
> One of these, Recover 98 Express is described below.  Their demo program
> is limited to recovering files that are less than 10KB in size.
> Unfortunately, the full version costs $45 which I think is a bit steep
> for a single-purpose utility program.  Some others cost as little as $20
> but I did not keep information them because I liked this one the best.
> You should be able to find shareware programs on any shareware site such
> as ZDNet or Download.com.
>
> Recover98-EXPRESS  Demo Version 1.0.1
> Copyright 1999 LC Technology International, Inc.
>
> This Demonstration Version is Freely Distributable, as long as no fee
> for the software is charged.
> The Demo is limited to recovering files smaller than 10k, there is no
> limitation on the full version.
>
> Copyright 1999 LC Technology International, Inc.
> Recover98 is a Registered Trademark of LC Technology International, Inc.
>
> Platform:
> Windows 95
> Windows 98
> All FAT File Systems
>
> Recover98-EXPRESS is a fast, easy to use file recovery tool that allows
> for the undeletion of files on a Windows 95/98 system.  Files can be
> recovered even if they were deleted from The Command Line, removed from
> The Recycle Bin or deleted by a network client.
>
> System Requirements:
>
> Windows 95/98
> 16 Megs Ram
> A mouse is required
>
> For technical support or general questions:
>
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> Phone:
> 727-449-0891
>
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