Can someone point me to a link (or supply me with a copy) of an undelete utility that will retrieve some deleted files in a Win2K FAT32 filesystem on a removable-media optical hard drive?
Due to an operator error I inadvertantly deleted all 7 of my daily backups on the weekly optical cartridge that I was getting ready to swap out.
I downloaded and tried four different undelete utilities last night without good results.
The first one was a demo version, and it apparently would have worked, except as a demo it would only retrieve files 64K or smaller. But it did see the deleted files and gave every indication it would get them back if I wanted to pay the $70 they were asking for the program.
The next was freeware that, although it said it was Win2K compatible, wouldn't run in Win2k. (There was a warning notice with it saying that while the program worked, it was no longer being supported by the author.)
The third laboriously read the entire 2.6 GB cartridge (took 15 minutes) and then reported that there were no files nor filesystems on the disk.
The fourth claimed "Invalid Parameter" when I tried to point it to the removable drive.
I'm tired of installing and uninstalling software, that's the fastest road to an unstable Windows system. So, anybody got any suggestions? I am not going to go to a lot of trouble or expense for this, it is very unlikely that I will ever need any of the files on that disk, but just in case...
tanstaafl.
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