"A file that large is most likey going to be fragmented all over the hard drive, depending on how long it sat there."
Hi, you're not giving me much hope:-)... It sat there for like 2 days cause it was just a zip made of a compilation that I wanted to back up before reinstalling Windows2000 (I formatted to HD before installing it). 200mb out of 40Gb maybe there's still some hope. When the HD is practically empty doesn't it write first to the outer cilinders?
"Therefore, your only hope would be to call a professional, because any software you buy to recover the files will cost you as much as getting someone to do it for you."
The problem is that those so called "professionals" are many times just using a registered version a such recovery software, or even cracked, and they just use the software. That I can do too. Not saying that there aren't people that deserve that title but I tend to think twice before risking giving a whole bunch of money to people that may end up not deserving it..
