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RESTORE

Restores files that were backed up by using any version of BACKUP from MS-DOS versions 2.0 through 5.0. If you are restoring files that were backed up using the MSBACKUP program in MS-DOS 6 or later, use that version of the <MSBACKUP> program to restore those files. You can restore files from similar or dissimilar disk types. Syntax RESTORE drive1: drive2:[path[filename]] [/S] [/P] [/B:date] [/A:date] [/E:time] [/L:time] [/M] [/N] [/D] Parameters drive1: Specifies the drive on which the backed-up files are stored. drive2: Specifies the drive to which the backed-up files will be restored. path Specifies the directory to which the backed-up files will be restored. You must specify the same directory from which the files were backed up. filename Specifies the names of the backed-up files you want to restore. Switches /S Restores all subdirectories. /P Prompts you for permission to restore files that are read-only (that have the read-only attribute set) or that have changed since the last backup (that have the archive attribute set). /B:date Restores only those files last modified on or before the specified date. The format of date varies according to the COUNTRY setting in your CONFIG.SYS file. For information about specifying date, see the <DATE> command. /A:date Restores only those files last modified on or after the specified date. The format of date varies according to the COUNTRY setting in your CONFIG.SYS file. For information about specifying date, see the <DATE> command. /E:time Restores only those files last modified at or earlier than the specified time. The format of time varies according to the COUNTRY setting in your CONFIG.SYS file. For information about specifying time, see the <TIME> command. /L:time Restores only those files last modified at or later than the specified time. The format of time varies according to the COUNTRY setting in your CONFIG.SYS file. For information about specifying time, see the <TIME> command. /M Restores only those files modified since the last backup. /N Restores only those files that no longer exist on the destination disk. /D Displays a list of the files on the backup disk that match the names specified in filename without restoring any files. Even though no files are being restored, you must specify drive2 when you use /D. Related Command For information about backing up files, see the <MSBACKUP> command.
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