Jeff, tuneup utilities has an undelete facility, but it's by no means certain that your files are undeletable. Were you to run an undelete immediately after deleting a file you stand a chance of getting it back, but as time goes by the more chance they've been overwritten. John. ----- Original Message ----- From: George Bell To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:10 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: retrieving deleted files Google for your subject line. Do NOT use your PC more than you absolutely have to until you've sorted this though. George. From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jeff flint Sent: 05 January 2012 15:26 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] retrieving deleted files I have accidentally deleted a bunch of files from my laptop. Deleted from even the recycle bin. They have no backup and I am an idiot. That said, I remember being told that nothing is every ever really deleted. Is there a program that can find deleted files? I am using XP and Jaws 12. Jeff, definitely not a smiley face.