Don't panic!

It happens to everyone sooner or later. That sinking feeling when a file or document you've spent hours working on, or some precious photographs, just can't be found on your hard drive. It isn't in the Recycle Bin. And you don't have a backup. There is no way to easily recreate the files. What can you do?

The answer is: don't panic. Although there is no guarantee that any lost can be recovered, these days the chances of recovering deleted files are pretty high. The best data recovery software uses advanced techniques and forensic recovery methods that can detect and restore your data if at all possible. In this blog we will look at what to do when you discover files are missing, how data recovery works and what data recovery tools to use.

• See Tech-Pro.net's article on how to recover deleted files