Undelete!

If you have ever accidentally pressed shift-delete, or emptied the recycle bin, when you wished you had not, you know how upsetting that can be. Most people don’t realize, however, that when you delete a file, you’re not actually erasing it; you’re only erasing the pointer that Windows uses to assign it a spot on the hard drive. As long as a new file hasn’t already been saved over it, a utility like Recover Lost Data ($39.99, www.stompsoft.com) can get it back. Before spending your money, though, try this excellent and free utility: Restoration @ http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html.