Solomon reminds us that it rains on both the good and the evil.
…Or like the bumpersticker says, “sh*t happens.”
This truth applies to your best computing intentions as well.
I routinely copy photo files from my camera’s memory stick to my laptop.
I routinely burn DVD backups of my files and photos.
But about once or twice a year I DELETE something I WISH I hadn’t.
And recently, a burglar stole my laptop before I had the chance to back up some photos I had pulled of the memory stick and put on that laptop.
Fortunately, you can RECOVER FILES from a memory stick you thought you had deleted. And if needed, you can also UNDELETE files on your computer that you think you’ve lost. All you need is a free copy of RECUVA from www.recuva.com This powerful little FREE program can save your memories, your sanity, and maybe even your marriage 
There are other similar programs, but they cost money.
Q: How can this be? How can you un-delete a file?
A: Because “deleted” files on harddrives and flash drives aren’t actually gone, they’re just tagged as “deleted” so that the operating system can copy over their location IF and WHEN the space is needed. All you need is a utility program like Recuva which can ‘untag’ those deleted files.
RECUVA easily and quickly recovers files from your memory card or harddrive. It has two modes: regular scan and deep scan. On my camera’s memory stick, the regular scan recovered 50 files The deep scan of that flash stick found 155 photo files!
The last time I used Recuva was when my laptop was stolen. I had dutifully deleted ‘old’ photos off of my SD memory card, thinking they were safe on my laptop, and with every expectation of burning them to DVD from my laptop. Alas, the burglars didn’t get the memo. Luckily, Recuva found all the photos I thought I had lost. Lesson learned.
Recuva can also permanently and actually delete a file on any drive. So if you’re giving your computer to someone and want to get personal info and photos off of it, use a true deletion tool like Recuva. Merely deleting them or putting them in your Windows Trashcan won’t do the trick.
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<>< Neil
Addendum:
The burglars also stole a box of CDs I had sitting out. At first, I thought it was the box of all my backup CDs and DVDS, and I freaked. But upon taking inventory, I realized they had only gotten my old audio CDs. But the lesson has been learned: a backup isn’t a backup if it’is sitting out where it can walk off or burn up. I now keep my backups in another location and I’ve started to store ‘essential’ backups online, as well as on DVD. Somewhere, however, a bandit is listening to my CCR, James Taylor and Dan Fogelberg collection and it ticks me off.