There is no such thing as “only scratched” if the drive platter is physically damaged. Has there been any confirmation? That is serious damage.
If she had large PST file, its likely going to be difficult to recover them intact, of at all. Why do they still have her HDD? It should have been recycled as soon as they decided not to do recovery. Seems odd it is suddenly showing up.
>>If she had large PST file,
It’s hard to say with absolute certainty with so many variations being presented by the IRS, but they appear to have been using MS Exchange therefore it would be an OST file.
Yes, it would be difficult for you and me, but there are people out there that can recover data from a drive that has been security wiped multiple times. It’s amazing what they can do.
The Steve Stockman resolution, to throw Slowist Learner in jail, has improved many memories within the IRS
Umm... Hate to break the news to you but it’s all a complete lie. You are aware of that, right?