Is there any software out there that is above the rest for retrieving deleted files? I want to retrieve files that I have deleted through my recycle bin, and the NSW 2003 that I have installed on my computer is about as worthless as giving a blind man a drivers license. I want something that will retreive the files as sure as the sun will rise 2morrow. Question is...is there anything like that out there???? Thanx ppl for any input.

Well part of the problem is that it sounds like you've installed software after you deleted the files. Chances are that installing the software overwrote the data you deleted. That going to be a tough one to recover.

There are a number of programs that will recover deleted files...even after your HD has been reformatted... I'm at a client site at the moment and do NOT have all the info with me... BUT, if you google for "file recovery software", and similiar, you will find a bunch of programs... Most of them have trial options, it will show what you can recover, and to actually do the recovery, you have to buy it... $25 to several hundred $$$$$... Ontrack makes a good one, some names I have used over the past several years, off the top of my head... Bad Copy Pro dtidata easy recovery (ontrack) I have had very good success with bad copy pro in bringing back Word and Excel files from bad floppy disks... NONE of these are guarenteed...BUT, if you remove your HD and slave it to another computer, then run the recovery program, and if you have NOT written any data on your HD that might have written over the data you want to recover...you have about a 75% + chance of getting what you want... Good luck Steve

Hi all I have used a program called "Final Data" The demo allows you to save 1 file at a time (as long as you haven't written over where it is). I just found their home page using google. Good luck Drew