Recovering Deleted Files under Windows 95

To recover a deleted file, that is , one that has been emptied from the Recycle Bin:

• Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode.
  
• Change Directory to the directory from which the file went to the Recycle Bin.
  
• Issue the undocumented MS-DOS command LOCK, enabling direct disk access. (LOCK /? displays help for the command)
  
• Issue the command UNDELETE myfile and follow the instructions. If no disk writes have occurred since the accidental deletion of the file, UNDELETE will successfully recover it.
  
• Issue the command UNLOCK.
  
• Issue the command EXIT. Computer will reboot and  return to Windows mode. If a future MS-DOS program starts full-screen rather than in a window, press ALT+ENTER to shrink it and future MS-DOS programs to start in a window. (That is , ALT+ENTER is a toggle for how MS-DOS programs start, either in a window or full-screen.)

Recovering Deleted Files

Everyone deletes a file accidentally. On a removable disk the file cannot be recovered. In some PC the file space is on the network Drive, not physically on the PC itself. This means that files cannot be sent to the Recycle Bin, as is usual in Windows 95/98/NT, they are directly deleted.