Accidently deleted flash from Cisco 1861 Router

[Quattrocki]

This is my home lab with a Cisco 1861 router running IOS 15.1. I used the delete /force /recursive flash: command, and instead of typing the directory I wanted to delete after flash: I hit the enter key. Show flash tells me 0 files, and I do not have the undelete command available in the IOS commands. I have not reloaded or restarted the router. Is there any way to get the flash back?

[Leo Laohoo]

1861 may have a CF at the back.
Eject that and use a multi-card reader to copy the IOS from the PC to the card.

[Quattrocki]

Thanks for the response Leo, and Happy Thanksgiving, unfortunately I do not have an IOS backup copy. No service contract, and couldn’t get one on this unit (too old) if I wanted one. Cisco requires a service contract for all of the 1861 IOS versions listed for downloading including the ones from 10 years ago. I’ll figure something out, thanks again.