Way back in my Ubuntu days, after a gruelling "window's winter in hell", there was a Linux program that would show you the junk that's on the hd... After the lengthy scan, one can click-open several found stale deleted files... If you can open it in bits, you can probably copy it... >From what I've experienced, I figure the only way to properly prep a hd for a new install, is to "DBAN Autonuke" the hd.. (Caution to not leave any game or flash drives in the box)... Then unplug the tower and net-cable, and pull the battery for about 5 minutes... That should clean-out all the sticky monkey-poo... Is there an accessory, "view inside a partition"..? -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org