How about the situation where the data was stored in a
location (maybe a hidden folder) and was not "free space"
while you were in the process of deleting and wiping.
When you reinstalled the program, it knew where it
normally stores data and lo and behold there was
your old data.

Just a guess based on your explanation.

Don Elias

On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 22:08:58 -0500 Jeff Mattero <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..
 I re-installed Quicken 2000, and
> then opened it to make sure it worked properly, and to  my surprise,
> all of the data (5 years worth) was still there!!! I expected that
> since I had uninstalled the program, and then "cleaned" the
> resulting free space on the hard drive, that I would have to
> re-create all of my bank accounts, and then use "restore backup
> file" from Quicken. Why did the information not erase? I should
> state that I ran the Government Wipe from CD, NOT from the hard
> drive, since I had already uninstalled Norton Systemworks from the
> computer. Any ideas??? Please send a copy of any reply to my e-mail
> address ([log in to unmask]) since I am not sure I will be able to
> find this link again. Thanks in advance.
>
> Jeff


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