Accidental Deletion of DHCP Directory

Not knowing it was a critical system folder, I deleted all the files within the dhcp/files and dhcp/files/copy folder. Is there any way to get those files back without reformatting?

 

infinitiX--Not at all expert on the subject of DHCP.
If you deleted and deleted files normally go to the RecycleBin, have you looked in there?
If no luck--
I think those are Win OS system files, so it is possible you may be able to reinstall by Start|Run|type sfc /scannow|OK. You probably will be asked to insert your Windows CD so have it ready. This is a method of recovering system files of fixing those that are corrupt. You are basically searching several places such as the Windows CD, the DllCache folder and the I386 folder.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193/EN-US

If that does not work, next would be to try to recover ( "undelete ") those files. As you probably know, deleted files really are still on the harddrive--at least for a while. Windows, however, thinks the space they occupy is available for writing other data, so you have to get to this quickly and avoid writing to the harddrive as much as possible. I would therefore suggest a program like Restoration
http://www.webattack.com/get/restoration.html
Download it to a floppy and run from there to avoid writing to the harddrive as explained. There are many other Undelete programs, but Restoration is small enough to fit on a floppy.
Good luck.

 

Actually, someone just told me that unless I'm running a DHCP server I don't really need the DHCP files. Is this true?

 

infinitiX--Does not sound needed for individual PC users
http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200004/im_dhcpa.html
But as I said, I have no experience with it.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-31,GGLD:en&q=DHCP