At work, I deal with a lot of spreadsheets and reports - some that I create, and some that I maintain for other people. I’ve never deleted any of my Excel files or Crystal reports in error, but I’ve come really close to doing it. I know our IT department has a way for us to recover deleted emails, but I’m not so sure about deleted files. I’m so paranoid about losing something, that I not only store important files and folders on my own drive, but also our shared server for the office.

I guess I don’t really need all of those duplicate files, because you can recover files that you’ve deleted in error from your hard disks or floppy drives. (Do people even use floppy drives anymore? My last 2 computers didn’t even come with one!) You can also recover files from your Recycle Bin, even AFTER you’ve emptied it. Handy Recovery has a neat little browse function that allows you to browse your disk drive just like you do with Windows Explorer, but in addition to all of your regular files and folders, you see everything you’ve deleted as well. If you want to recover one of those files, just save it back to your hard drive.

The program is compatible with Microsoft Windows® 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista operating systems. You can download a free 30-day trial version which allows you to recover one file per day, so you can give Handy Recovery a test drive. If you like it, the single user license is only $39, and they’ve got a discount program for volume orders, so those of you running businesses can get a deal in providing this software for all of your employees.

This is a sponsored review.