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To: Schnullie who wrote (93806)7/14/2016 11:05:46 PM
From: B.K.Myers1 Recommendation

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Again, I am not familiar with Windows 10, but older versions of Windows (a least up to Windows 7) do NOT permanent delete files, unless you are holding down the Shift key when you delete the file and even then Windows asks you if you want to permanently delete the file. Otherwise it simply moves to the Recycle Bin UNTIL you empty the Recycle Bin. Once a file has been permanently deleted or removed from the Recycle Bin (Empty Recycle Bin), then the disk clusters that were used by the file become available to be used for any other file. This is a normal function of Windows.

I have never seen or heard of a program (including driver updates) that overwrite files that Windows has not permanently deleted. So I would think that at some point, your file was permanently deleted and then some program (maybe the driver update) simply wrote over those 14 file sectors.

If you used Microsoft’s Backup and Recovery software to create the full image backup, then I would call Microsoft and ask for assistance in recovering your file. Microsoft’s support is actually VERY good. It you used a different Backup and Recovery software (i.e. Seagate), then I would contact them about recovering your file. Good Backup and Recovery software should allow you to recover individual files from a full system image.

B.K.

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