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.