Every¬body makes mistakes. You flushed the Recycle Bin with¬out thinking, or someone else-or even a program deleted the file you really wanted. Now what? The easiest answer is Brian Kato's Restoration (Find it on the April issue DVD; see the screen shot above right), which attempts to recover all or parts of deleted files whose bytes still lurk on your hard drive. The more recent the deletion, the better your chances.



Restoration can't help you if other files or programs occupy the old location of your lost document, but it's always worth a try. Restora¬tion can also work as a shredder to destroy the files it does find. The entire utili¬ty is tiny (four files totaling 4KB), requires no installa¬tion (just unzipping), and can even run from a floppy or a USB flash drive.