Files that do not die!

Howdy... having a strange problem where files that I delete keep reappearing the next time I reboot. I'm using journaled drives for the first time and maybe this has something to do with it? Or maybe theres some sort of flashback utility that I do not know about? In any event, I'd like to know what this is and how to turn it off
Thanks!
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

OK a bit more info
This rig (dual 2Ghz Powermac G5 w/MacOS 10.4.5) is used with Pro Tools only. My audio drives are 2 Avastor firewire 400 drives formatted MacOS Extended with Journaling enabled. So far, the files that I've noticed that do not stay deleted are on those Avastor drives.
I don't think this is a Pro Tools problem because both Pro Tools sessions and Reason files have come back from the dead. I have posted a question on the Digidesign boards anyway to see if anyone over there has experienced this.

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Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
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Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion
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Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
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Sorry, I posted too much details while posting this question. I was saying "not able to read *non* public content".
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