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I need unformat.exe

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Name: Tom
Date: November 9, 2001 at 03:14:13 Pacific
Comment:

Can somebody help? I need unformat.exe to unformat hdd in DOS that was formatted my mistake.
Where can I download it?



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Response Number 1
Name: fred6008
Date: November 9, 2001 at 04:54:40 Pacific
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First, I do not think you can use it on FAT32 partitions. Other than thay, you get UNFORMAT.COM from the DOS directory of MS-DOS
5.0, 6.0 or 6.2--and maybe from 6.22. Then you use SETVER if you are running a different version of DOS such as 7.0. If it will not accept UNFORMAT you will have to use a boot disk from the version with UNFORMAT in it. But you can unformat FAT16 partitions.


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Response Number 2
Name: terry
Date: November 10, 2001 at 08:27:59 Pacific
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First, Fred6008 - Who told you he has a FAT32 partition in the first place?

Tom - Please tell use what version of DOS you are in fact useing.

I then may be able to send you the correct version.


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Response Number 3
Name: W0rm
Date: November 11, 2001 at 17:46:02 Pacific
Reply:

im goin to write an unformat command when im finished undelete...i cant finish undelete however until i figure out how multiple clustered fat directories are linked.

basically if you leave the drive alone, in a few weeks i should have a good beta ready
- W0rm
- http://jason-n3xt.org/dos


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Response Number 4
Name: Velix
Date: November 12, 2001 at 06:33:59 Pacific
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I need that tool also.
I tried to format my d: partion (NTFS)
When it was finished my e: partion (FAT32) was empty.
Now i have in win2000 a d: partion what is not empty, my e: partion is empty.
However when i check fdisk there is only c: and d:? It's is really strange, cause the size of d: and e: are swapped?
Can anyone help my to get my data on e: back?


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Response Number 5
Name: Isagani
Date: January 14, 2002 at 05:18:17 Pacific
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I accidentally format my D:\ drive and i have had a lot of important files i stored in there. This morning i could find unformat.com and i'm very happy on this bec. i thought that this could solved my problem but unfortunately when i run it by typing c:\unformat d: it gives me an error message saying invalid or unspecified drive.(Why it gives me an erro like that?) Do you have any unformat.com that you can give to me so i can restore back my important files? I thank you in advance for your help.
(My D:\ drive was formatted in FAT32)


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Response Number 6
Name: Jafar
Date: February 15, 2002 at 21:44:06 Pacific
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I format FAT partion to NTFS accidently.
so I need to recovey may data.Is it possible?
If yes ? How..?
Thanks a lot


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Response Number 7
Name: tomek
Date: February 26, 2002 at 02:21:33 Pacific
Reply:

I have this same problem. Is there anyone who know how to fix it ?


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Response Number 8
Name: Rizwan Shan
Date: March 19, 2002 at 06:39:38 Pacific
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Sir, I have format my C drive. I and also my backup have been lost. I have update work on my C drive. Sir, I need my data for making many reports. Please, I will be appericate you very much. If you sove my problem. This mistake can issue my JOB Problem. I am thanking you in advance. Please do needfull in my favour..

Thanks a lot.
Rizwan Shan


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Response Number 9
Name: E.Wilfredo
Date: March 20, 2002 at 11:12:35 Pacific
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Necesitaba hacer un Bakcup de varios Discos pero accidentalmente formatie uno de los que No debia formatear, y ahora necesito urgentemente recuperar toda la informacion ya que son 20Gb de datos a Recuperar.


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Response Number 10
Name: Khartmann
Date: March 29, 2002 at 10:05:31 Pacific
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i accidentally formatted my hard drive when i tried to format my slave hard drive i formatted it dos mode of windows 98se.
i got a lot of important files there how can i recover it


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Response Number 11
Name: shakeel
Date: April 5, 2002 at 07:36:14 Pacific
Reply:

i need unformat.exe for NTFS


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Response Number 12
Name: Todd Dyer
Date: April 5, 2002 at 14:09:37 Pacific
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I need some kind of unformat utility as well. I tried to formate my C:\ drive to clear it before I installed a new OS, and then When it was all said and done, I realized that my D:\ drive was gone. It is a FAT32 drive. Is there something out there I can use to recover my lost data? Thanks,
Todd


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Response Number 13
Name: Lee
Date: April 5, 2002 at 20:00:20 Pacific
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i have windows 98 and no others versions of dos commands or anything. I have accidently formatted my second hard drive with my girlfriends important docs. on it. PLEASE HELP...matter of life or death


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Response Number 14
Name: Todd
Date: April 11, 2002 at 08:52:48 Pacific
Reply:

Does anyone read this any longer? :(


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Response Number 15
Name: Frans nagel
Date: April 14, 2002 at 13:00:02 Pacific
Reply:

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one guys!


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Response Number 16
Name: Mark Edward Soper
Date: April 17, 2002 at 10:03:10 Pacific
Reply:

The Unformat utility provided with Norton System Works 2002 WILL NOT WORK with NTFS formatted drives (you can format a drive with Windows XP or Windows 2000 as either FAT16 [2GB limit per drive letter], FAT32, or NTFS. NTFS is preferred because it supports the enhanced security, encryption, and compression features of Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Good news! You CAN get an UNFORMAT program for NTFS from a company called bitMart. Go to http://www.bitmart.net/undelete.htm. The free demo recovers files up to 32KB, while the Standard version recovers all file sizes and costs only $30 US. There's also a pro version for about $50 US.

For other options, search Google with the options +unformat +NTFS. You'll find several options.



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Response Number 17
Name: Alok Kumar
Date: April 22, 2002 at 04:28:50 Pacific
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I have accidently formatted my second hard drive with my data using format c:/q/s.
I need unformat command to unformat a fat32 hard disk drive.


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