Before I post my question, the above specs are for my mother's Gateway desktop. So, in case you want to know... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello all... I have a question. My mother accidentally replaced a file with another in her USB drive. It was a book she was working on for a long time. Now, this is important... I have used several data recovery programs and they did find many files with that had the same name, but they were all blank. I also did a system restore to see by chance if there would be any way to restore it. I knew it was slim, but had to try. Can someone please help me by letting us know if there is a way to recover this book that was on her flash drive?? I did find a program at majorgeeks.com that did restore data from the USB but it was a corrupt program, kept flashing the screen and we had to get out of it. So, does anyone know any other sites I can go to get a program to recover from USB, or is it a lost cause?? If that is the case, this is devastating. Please help us. Thanks in advance to anyone that replies. Viv P.S. I posted this in the "Database" section and did not get one single reply, we are in much need of help. Never enter a battle of wits with an unarmed person...

... does this work in Vista ? http://www.recuva.com/ Grrrr "...pentathol makes you sing like a canary" ... got brain freeze

Hi Mavis007, thanks for the reply, yes, I have used it and it only showed me parts of the book that it recovered and the rest was encrypted, so no good. I have tried every free program just about that there is, NOW the PC and her USB are at a shop (I know the owners) and they have programs that WILL recover the book. I gather not very legal copies of programs, but who cares. Thanks for replying though... Viv Never enter a battle of wits with an unarmed person...