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Each tool of the Norton Utilities has context-sensitive help,
available at a touch of the ^BF1^n key.

Whenever you are using a dialog box and you want instructions on
how to proceed, press ^BF1^n. When you've got a menu pulled down,
you can move the highlight to any item and press ^BF1^n for help on
that item.

When you are first getting familiar with a tool, you will find it
helpful to select the ^b[Index]^n button at the bottom of any help
screen. It displays a list of topics, at least one of which
provides background and introductory material.

^hHyperlinks^h are highlighted phrases in a help topic that transfer
you to another topic. Select the ^b[Go To]^n button (just press ^bG^n)
or double-click the hyperlink text. Select the ^b[Go Back]^n button
(just press ^bB^n) to return to the original topic. When more than
one hyperlink is on a screen, press ^bTab^n or ^bShift^n+^bTab^n to move
among them.

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     highlight a topic          █
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You're in the expanded topic. If you become hyperactive and get
lost, select ^B[Index]^n. Or, press ^bEsc^n to exit the help system.

To return to the previous topic, select ^B[Go Back]^n (press B).
Do it now.
&&&^BAbout^B
 ^h How UnFormat Works                   ^h
^BProcedures^B
 ^h Unformatting a Disk                  ^h
^BHelp^B
 ^h How to use Help                      ^h
The worst possible data disaster is the accidental use of the 
FORMAT command. But with UnFormat, the potential for recovering
all of the data on your disk is great. If you have used the 
^hImage^h utility, UnFormat will recover all of your data.  

When DOS formats a hard disk, the data area of the disk does not 
get formatted. Because of this, you can recover data that you 
lost by accidentally formatting your disk.

If you accidentally formatted a disk and have not used
Image or the Mirror program (supplied with DOS 5.0 or later) to
create a snapshot of your system area, you can still recover
much of your data. When UnFormat is finished, the
subdirectories directly under the root will be called DIR0,
DIR1, and so on, and all filenames in the root directory will
be lost. Use the Manual UnErase procedure of
^hUnErase^h to recover these files.

^BNote:^B Your chances of recovering data on floppy disks 
	    formatted by the DOS FORMAT command (prior to DOS 
	    version 5.0) are not very good. Unformat will try to
	    recover some data if you pulled the disk out 
	    of the drive during the format. Otherwise, you'll 
	    be unable to recover the data.

UnFormat is fully automatic. Read each dialog and press 
^BEnter^B or ^BEsc^B. Press ^BF1^B for additional help.

See also: ^hUnformatting a disk^h
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UnFormat will recover a hard disk or floppy disk that you
formatted accidentally. Also, UnFormat can rebuild a disk
destroyed by a virus or corrupted due to a power failure.

To recover a disk, UnFormat automatically guides you through
the following steps:
  1 ^hSelect the drive to unformat.^h
  2 ^hTell UnFormat whether or not you have used Image or Mirror.^h
  3 ^hIf Image or Mirror data is found, tell UnFormat which to use.^h
  4 ^hDetermine if you want a full or partial restore.^h
  5 ^hRun Norton Disk Doctor to clean up your disk.^h

See also: ^hHow UnFormat works^h
'Pick a drive to recover after a FORMAT. Use ^B^B and ^B^B to move
the highlight and press ^BEnter^B or click on the desired drive
with a mouse.

If you pick a diskette drive, make sure the target
diskette is in the drive before continuing.

^bNote:^b This dialog does not appear if you use the drive ID on
      the command line. For example, ^BUNFORMAT A:^B

See also: ^hPrevious use of IMAGE.EXE or MIRROR.COM^h
!^hImage^h is a special program that preserves important system
areas of a disk where Image can find it in the case
of a data disaster. Many people use Image in their AUTOEXEC.BAT
file or in a "Shutdown" batch at the end of the day or before
deleting multiple files or directories.

Mirror is a utility provided with DOS 5.0 or later that performs
a similar function.

If you have used or ^Bpossibly^B used Image or Mirror in the past, 
select ^b[Yes]^b. If you have never used Image or Mirror on the 
target disk, you can skip one test that UnFormat makes.

If you did not use Image or Mirror, UnFormat will still recover
all of your subdirectories and some or all of the files they
contained. (You may not recover files that were listed in the
Root Directory.)

See also: ^hImage or Mirror Information Found^h

	This dialog means that UnFormat will recover all the data on the 
disk as it was the last time you ran Image.

Sometimes two versions of the Image data occur on the disk. Most 
of the time you will select the ^b[Recent]^b version.

^bNote^b: Sometimes the ^B[Previous]^B version is the best
      choice. For instance, if you accidentally formatted
      drive D: at the end of the day and the next
      morning your AUTOEXEC.BAT file ran IMAGE.EXE, you would
      want to use the Image snapshot taken ^Bbefore^B the format.

See also: ^hFull or Partial Restore^h

When UnFormat finds Image or Mirror information on a disk, 
UnFormat offers you this choice. In most cases, go ahead
with the ^b[Full]^b restore.

A full restore will overwrite the current contents of the
system areas (the Boot Record, File Allocation
Table, and Root Directory) of the disk, thus "setting 
the clock back" to the time the Image snapshot was taken.

You might choose ^b[Partial]^b if ALL of the following are true:

 ^b*^b The Image data is old, and you've added and deleted new files
   since the snapshot.
 ^b*^b You stopped a destructive FORMAT operation before
   it finished. In that case, part of the Root Directory or
   FAT might be recoverable.
 ^b*^b You are an expert user of the Norton Utilities UnErase
   and Disk Editor programs, and you think you might be able
   to manually recover data that would be overwritten by
   restoring the Image data.

See also: ^hPartial Restore^h
This dialog selects options when you choose a partial restore
of Image or Mirror data.

This option is useful only when Image data is outdated, and
you have the expertise to recover some information manually.

^bWarning!^b: If you don't know what the Boot Record, File
          Allocation Table, and Root Directory are, DO NOT USE
          the ^bPartial Restore^b dialog. Press
          ^BEsc^B and start over.

Here's a case where an expert might do a partial restore:

  After using the Norton Utilities Disk Editor program to
  rebuild a destroyed Partition Table, you might want to
  have UnFormat restore only the Boot Record. Then you
  can go back into Disk Editor, and it will understand the
  disk somewhat better. This keeps your options
  open longer.

The Disk Map shown during the UnFormat sequence animates the
action as UnFormat searches the disk for Image information and 
later for directories.

The Disk Map is a representation of your disk in which each block
character represents some arbitrary-sized piece of data.
The size is shown in the ^bLegend^b at the bottom right of the
screen.

See also: ^hHow UnFormat works^h
UnErase lets you recover what you deleted. It
displays a drive window but shows only files you deleted. 
To recover a deleted file, just highlight the filename 
and select the UnErase button.
Norton Disk Doctor examines your disks, warns you when 
a problem is found, and corrects the problem.

After recovering a disk with UnFormat, Norton Disk Doctor
cleans up any problems that occurred because of changes 
made on the disk after the IMAGE.DAT file was created.
Image is a special program that takes a "snapshot" of
the system area of your disk. Then, if you inadvertently
format your hard disk, UnFormat can use this information
to recover your data. UnErase also uses the information
to help recover deleted files.

For maximum protection, make sure the line

   IMAGE

is in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. This way, the snapshot is taken
every time you start your computer. The latest information will
always be available should it be needed.
A format operation initializes a disk with the intention of
preparing it to receive data. Norton Safe Format provides safety
from accidental data loss.

Norton Safe Format is also useful for quickly reformatting a 
floppy disk that you formatted previously. Reformatting is 
quite safe. If you accidentally reformat a disk that contains 
important data, you can recover all of it.
