Brief description:
Revival is an undelete and file-recovery program


Detailed Description :
Revival is an undelete and file-recovery program that can 
restore files that were not just sent to the Recycle Bin, 
but were actually deleted. It allows extraction of files 
from drives with damaged file systems, or where 
important information has been deleted. It's compatible 
with all FAT file systems, including FAT32 and NTFS 
file systems. Deleted files are shown with file name, 
size, date, extent of damage, and availability for recovery. 
Revival is easy to use and can not only recover data from 
clusters but can actually reassemble the original file.

If a drive is broken by a virus(CIH virus), so DOS and windows 
cannot recognize the drive, you should repartition and format it.
Then you can restore the files with Revival.
But in the case, you cannot repair the files perfectly, because
you already lost FAT information.
You can repair the files much better if you can restore the 
original FAT information.
If the drive was repartitioned or formatted, ensure the geometry 
to be the same. Even a slight variation of cluster sizes can 
cause files unusable.

Revival supports TCP/IP network. It is possible to 
recover damaged drives remotely over a Local 
Area Network (LAN) as well as over the Internet. 

In Revival 3.1, Dossrvr(DOS Server) using IPX/SPX 
network has been added. If you use Dossrvr, you 
can recover files from a system that Windows is not 
working.


Instruction for installing :
Just run "setup.exe"


How to contact the author with questions, problems, and comments :
E-mail : ship3@chollian.net

Homepage : http://www.revival2000.com
           http://user.chollian.net/~ship3


!!! CAUTION !!!

DO NOT install Revival on the drive you want to recover files from.
By installing Revival on the work drive, you run the risk of overwriting
the data you want to recover. 

Revival is a stand alone executable as well as an installable program.
Care should be taken not install the software on the work drive (the drive
where the files to be recovered reside). 

When a file is deleted the operating system recognizes the space once occupied
by the file as free.  If the Revival software is installed on that drive,
there is a potential for the data to be overwritten.  For the best possible
results install Revival on a separate system and copy the executable to a
formatted floppy disk.  Execute the Revival.exe from the floppy and choose
the proper work drive.

Once the necessary files are recovered, uninstall Revival from the temp
machine and install it on the recovered drive.

You can now run Revival from the program menu or Icon on the desktop.
