cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 10:27:32 -0400, "Richard Urban"

>Corrupted files are just that. Data has gone missing from the file. It is
>unreadable and pretty much useless. There is no way to restore a "corrupted"
>file, other than via your backup.

Wrong. There's a difference between "lost" as in "mislaid" and "lost"
as in "overwritten".

The less the at-risk HD is written to, the better are the chances that
the file contents are not overwritten, but "merely" mislaid.

What happens next, depends on how good and survivable the file system
and surrounding tools are. With a simple, well-documented file system
that is rich in tools, the chances are good. Else, less so.

This situation is not uncommon in my line of work, in my particular
market of stand-alone PCs. It is far more common than concerns over
unauthorised access to data that NTFS can help with, and in this
situation, NTFS is if anything a liability.

And no, I don't just "blame the victim" for not making backups.
That's forcing problems to fit your solution, not addressing the
problems as they arise in the real world.

Though I must say, the temptation to "blame the victim" when the user
FORMATS the at-risk HD is pretty high.



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