> They make programs that do this Thanks for the suggestion Clayton but I'm not sure it's as simple as that. I've found utilities that will undelete HDD files but none for recovering CD files. There may be one out there. If there isn't is it possible to get into the CD with an editor and manually copy data blocks back to the HDD ? How would I then re-enable the file ? The only experience I had with this was a long time ago on the old Commodore 1541 drive. You could get into the FAT with a sector editor and look at attributes and block links to reconstruct or alter files/data -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu