Either that or he can go through the old files, track the information down.

And I read some of our old files from the 1950's.

Keep old files even if you believe your case is closed.

Q. Is there any way to get old files off a dead hard drive, or are they gone for good?

I had to type all the old files into the first computer they installed, and it took me months.

You'd never had to remove old files just so you can add new ones.

He spent a couple of hours packing up his things, going through old files.

He'd have to dig into some old files to be sure.

So nobody much cared what he did with his old files.

Eventually, the hard drive will write new data over the area where the old file is located.