kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 06:58:45 +1100, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Matt <mattb95@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello. I'm looking for a piece of software that would allow me to
>>> recover files that have been recently deleted from my hard drive in
>>> Windows XP. When I say deleted, I mean from the recycle bin as well.
>>
>> Its not even possible to do that reliably if the drive is formatted
>> HPFS.
>>
>
> Recovering deleted files is pretty reliable... so long as
> it's not on a partition that's been written to in the interim.

Wrong.

> Another good reason not to put anything important
> on a Windows OS resident partition.

I dont do that with the PVR files that do get deleted ocassionally in error and cant be recovered reliably.