The unformat command is used to restore a formatted drive to its original state.
Availability
Unformat is an external command that is available for the following Microsoft operating systems as unformat.com.
Availability
Unformat syntax
Unformat examples
Additional information
MS-DOS 5.0 - 6.22
Unformat syntax
Restores a disk erased by the FORMAT command or restructured by the RECOVER command.
UNFORMAT drive: [/J] UNFORMAT drive: [/U] [/L] [/TEST] [/P] UNFORMAT /PARTN [/L]
MIRROR, UNDELETE, and UNFORMAT Copyright (C) 1987-1993 Central Point Software, Inc.
Unformat examples
unformat c:
Command specified to unformat drive c: if it was formatted.
Additional information
This program was designed run only in MS-DOS versions 5.0 to 6.22. If you have upgraded to Windows 95 or any subsequent version, this command does not restore any information and can cause additional problems.
- How to recover missing, lost, or deleted files.