ML> but it must be done very quickly... the problem is that the system, as
 ML> it is now, writes data to the drive at any time... this means that, at
 ML> any time, it may overwrite recently deleted files.

 JP>         Not the case here, Mark, I was right in there, in DOS, as  
 JP> soon as I saw the file was gone. I saw an old one but not the  
 JP> 0wk.rep.

au contrare, my friend... you were in a DOS fullscreen /task/ or a DOS
window... but you were still in windows and windows was fully operational
and running... just because you don't see it on the screen doesn't mean
that it isn't running or such ;)

)\/(ark