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VERY IMPORTANT!!!!! File Recovery
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There are two kinds of people in the world...those that back up...and those that WISH they had 
P20 is correct in stating that you need a utility to recover the file, in my experience your best shot would be norton, although without norton filesaver installed BEFORE the file was trashed, your chances become mush slimmer. NO kidding about the do NOT do anything to your hard drive. That space has been allocated as free space. Anything saved to your hard drive could write over that. So, if you do buy Norton, install to another drive or boot from the CD for your recovery attempt, the act of installing Norton could also render your file unrecoverable.
Best of luck,
PT
P20 is correct in stating that you need a utility to recover the file, in my experience your best shot would be norton, although without norton filesaver installed BEFORE the file was trashed, your chances become mush slimmer. NO kidding about the do NOT do anything to your hard drive. That space has been allocated as free space. Anything saved to your hard drive could write over that. So, if you do buy Norton, install to another drive or boot from the CD for your recovery attempt, the act of installing Norton could also render your file unrecoverable.
Best of luck,
PT
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