Need guidance on using a precise command line for Windows file recovery.
Need guidance on using a precise command line for Windows file recovery.
While trying to backup a folder from a dying external HDD, to a good backup drive, an emergency (my Wife having a severe allergic reaction) distracted me in the middle of the process. By the time I got back to it, several hours later, I wasn't thinking straight, had though all was copied over, and proceeded to shut things down (and as luck would have it, the "dying" drive died). The switching of the folder was first done by copying everything to my laptop first (much faster than copying directly to the second external drive), and the plan was to copy from the laptop to the new drive at my leisure. It made sense in my head at the time.
Well, turns out I never got around to copying from the laptop to the second drive, and to make space on my outdated laptop, with very limited storage, I deleted the folder from said laptop.
DERN!!!! Too late...
Now that I have Windows File Recovery installed and running, I have another problem. I cannot figure the correct syntax to
maybe
recover what I lost. I'm doing my best to not use the laptop so as to not overwrite any sectors(?) containing the delete data.
This is where I had the folder on my laptop before screwing up: "C:\Users\John\Desktop\Convert\(NOT RESIZED)", the folder in there was named: "Animated", and the files within that were .mp4.
As time is of the essence, could someone please type out the correct command to use after "winfr C: E: ", for me to copy and hopefully use?
And later when I have time, I'll try and learn how to do it on my own.
I think you're talking about the switches... It might be useful to review what steps you've already attempted regarding the correct command to use. Checking those details could help identify any missed or incorrect actions.
Switches is what I was thinking. This is my first time using this program. From what I understand, the longer I don’t recover the folder, the smaller the chance it will be found again. This laptop is the only one I own, and the only way for me to stay connected, so I can pay bills, buy supplies, email my niece, I need to use it every day. We don’t have cell service, no landline, and not even electricity. So I’m sure I don’t have time to take a programming class before I lose my folder completely.
Also, I didn’t want to randomly test different commands or "switches" out of fear of damaging something else.
So far, I’ve tried things like using CDM as admin with various paths and formats, such as:
"winfr C: E: /n \Users\John\Desktop\Convert\(NOT RESIZED)\Animated",
"winfr C: E: /n \Users\\John\Desktop\Convert\(NOT RESIZED)\Animated",
"winfr C: E: /n \Users\John\Desktop\Convert\(NOT RESIZED)\Animated\*.mp4",
"winfr C: E: /n \Users\\Convert\(NOT RESIZED)\Animated\",
and a few other variations.
This was the closest I could interpret from the instructions on the site (I already found the site).
Only the message remains: "There was an error parsing your command. Please check /? for more information and try again."