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Larry Atlow <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 7 May 1998 03:25:33 -0500
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Harvey Rose wrote:
>
> If a hard drive is partitioned in two or more drives and files are deleted
> on the one drive, can anyone tell me if the one drive is not written to
> (the deleted files drive), but the other drives are written to, will this
> trash the deleted files completly? ie. over write the deleted files space.

No.  Partitions are independent of each other.  What you do with one has
ZERO effect on what you do with another.  As long as you don't write new
info on the partiton in question or delete that partion, the possibility
of recovering the deleted files is relatively high.  HTH
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Larry Atlow                          Internet:[log in to unmask]
Microcomputer Analyst                Phonenet: (601) 264-9639

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