UNFORMAT

Restores a disk that was erased by using the FORMAT command.                

UNFORMAT restores only local hard disk drives and floppy disk drives; it
cannot be used on network drives. The UNFORMAT command can also rebuild a
corrupted disk partition table on a hard disk drive.

Syntax

    UNFORMAT drive: [/L] [/TEST] [/P]

Parameter

drive:
    Specifies the drive that contains the disk on which you want to recover
    files.

Switches

/L
    Lists every file and subdirectory found by UNFORMAT. If you do not
    specify this switch, UNFORMAT lists only subdirectories and files that
    are fragmented. To suspend scrolling of the displayed list, press
    CTRL+S; to resume scrolling, press any key.

/TEST
    Shows how UNFORMAT would recreate the information on the disk, but does
    not actually unformat the disk.

/P
    Sends output messages to the printer connected to LPT1.

Related Command

For information about formatting a disk, see the <FORMAT> command.