Parameters [Drive:][Path] FileName Specifies the location and name of the file you want to recover. /? Displays help at the command prompt.
Remarks The recover command reads a file sector by sector and recovers data from the good sectors. Data in bad sectors is lost.
Limitation on [drive:][path]filename You cannot use wildcards (* and ?) with the recover command. You must specify a file.
Reentering lost data Because all data in bad sectors is lost when you recover a file, you should recover files one at a time. You can use this method to edit each file and reenter missing information after you recover the file.
Recovering bad sectors Bad sectors reported by chkdsk were marked as "bad" when your disk was first prepared for operation. They pose no danger, and recover does not affect them.
Examples To recover the file Story.txt in the \Fiction directory in drive D:, type:
recover d:\fiction\story.txt
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It appears they've covered recover so you shouldn't get any result if you just type "recover," unless it gives an error. A filename is a mandatory part of the command in WinXP.
There's a long list of old commands "no longer supported" and an even longer list for the 64-bit version of WinXP. Twinges of nostalgia for the disappearance of edlin in 64-bit - (which might be worse if I had the 64-bit version).