Accessing files in Recycle Bin from Dos... NEED INFO

[Mascarab]

I need to know how to get a file that is in the recycle bin in Win98 from DOS. My cousin deleted vmm32.vxd and its in the recycle bin, so he cant get to safe mode either or startup to restore it in windows. There really isnt many resources to get him the file from another computer and copy it. I just need to how and if I can copy or move a file from recycle bin, using only DOS.

 

[AKA]

You can do that.
Or you can extract it from Win98 cdrom and copy it to directory.

 

[Mascarab]

I couldnt find that file on the Win98 CD. Do you know where its at? I did file search. Do you know how to move it from Recycle Bin, or undelete/restore it?

 

[AKA]

Okay, a regular search wont find the file. Its buried inside a cab file. What Win98 disk do you have? On Win98se Upgrade the Vmm32.vxd is in cab54. On Win98 its in cab 48.

Look through those cabs on your disk to see which one it is in. Or you can just try it and see if it works.

Bootup with a startup disk that has Extract on it. Then from the A:\ prompt type:

Extract X:\Win98\win98_48.cab vmm32.vxd /L c:\windows\system

X: would be the drive letter for your cdrom
/L tells it where to extract it to

Now your Win98 might not have the vmm32.vxd in that particular win98_48.cab, might be in Win98_54.cab or even another one.. not sure.

Also Im not sure the vmm32.vxd goes into the c:\windows\system folder.. so you want to be sure you extract it to the correct directory.

Give that a shot...

 

[jkdude]

hi there,

this SHOULD be able to be done, so here goes:

In the dos-prompt, the recycle bin directory is a hidden one located at C:\RECYCLED

go there by typing cd\recycled

once there, you can do a directory listing. you might see a bunch of files, especially if your vmm32.vxd file wasn't the only file that was deleted and inside the recycle bin.

now, the first part of the name won't be vmm32 anymore, it will be something like dc2 or dc4, so dc with a # after it. the file extension should still be .VXD so you should have a file called dc7.vxd

now, rename the file to VMM32.VXD and once you have done that, copy this file to both the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM and C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32 directories.

if you forgot how to rename a file, then type this:

ren dc7.vxd VMM32.VXD (with dc7.vxd just being the name i made up for the file)

and that should do it for you. restart your computer, and hopefully it will work from there.

good luck,
Joseph