Re: How can file be permanently deleted but still recoverable

Hi,

Deleting a file just removes the reference to it, and marks the space it
occupies as available. The file itself and the space it occupies remains "as
is" until something overwrites it. This is the basis of the many recovery
programs, as they identify these files and allow a user to "recover" them.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"new office 2003 user" <newoffice2003user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message news:3D19F9E7-D477-4E19-AEE8-A4076F421C75@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi
> why do people say that they have deleted a file from their computer but if
> someone has enough knowledge or certain forensic software they can still
> retrieve this file that was supposably deleted. If they can retrieve it
> then
> it is not deleted. and when the file is supposably deleted but still in
> your
> computer is there a difference in the space that it takes in hidden areas
> of
> your computer. I would imagine that they would be compressed or sometthing
> else.


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