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Originally Posted by Deltona Couple
What basically happens when you initially "delete" a file, is that you are telling the computer's MBR or master boot record, to "forget" where this file is. There are only 2 generally accepted ways to delete a file permanently.Either by using an erasing program (popular with companies who want to make sure sensitive documents/files are properly deleted, or by the file itself being overwritten(in essence another file's data was written over it)
Other than using a file cleaning program, pretty much anyone with some tech savvy can recover accidentally deleted files.
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Threadjack alert.
Just a slight correction here, the MBR has nothing to do with what files are where excluding the OS's kernel. What holds the records of what files are where ,what size, using which sector(s) are the FAT tables AKA File Allocation Tables.
The MBR an FAT are totally seperate. BTW when you erase a file it only removes it from the primary FAT, leaving it intact on the secondary FAT (yes there are 2 of them in case the primary becomes corrupt).
End Threadjack.
Now my 2 cents worth, Delete that file an you might want to alert her that the file wasn't really deleted on her drive and explain how you know.