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From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org>
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> From: sterten AT aol DOT com (Sterten)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 31 Jul 2004 10:17:33 GMT
> 
> >Anyway, I assumed that the file was not deleted, but somehow
> >overwritten or its disk space became corrupted.
> 
> even then undelete might work at least
> for parts of the program.  

No, if the file has been overwritten, undelete will not help.

> Scandisk searches the whole HD
> AFAIR, which can take hours.

If you are looking for a precious file, you will gladly agree to wait
for hours.