Files are the most important part of the working of a computer system. All the work that is done by a user is done in these files. That is why, loss of one of them could mean a lot of problems for us. But, irrespective of the improvement in technology, it has been impossible to remove all kinds of problems. Faulty hardware, bad sectors on the hard disk, bugs in the software, or in the operating system can jeopardize the working and at times, the accessibility of the file. Not just that, in grim situations, it can also hard delete the file. Yes, it may even delete the file in such a manner that the file is not sent to ‘Recycle Bin’, but removed completely. In such situations, file recovery is a must, especially if your file is irreplaceable.

Consider, while working on your Windows 2000, you receive an error message:

‘Word cannot complete the save due to a file permission error.’

An error message doesn't just alarm the users, at times, it also deletes a particular file as well. Since it occurs while you were trying to save a small bit of information that you had just entered, you allowed it to close your file (also, because you have no other option!). After this, you restarted the application and tried to open the file. But to your horror, the file seems to have been lost.

You may try to check the Recycle Bin. But chances are that you will not get the file. If you were accessing the file over the network, then there is no point checking the Recycle Bin. To handle this situation, you will first of all need to install the Service Release of Microsoft Office 2000. This is a Windows 2000 bug, and installing the stated service release helps avert it. But what about the file that has already been deleted. This installation doesn’t bring the deleted file back. So, how to perform file recovery? What should a user do?

The only logical solution to this problem is to recover the file using a file recovery software. These are specialized tools that have the ability to recover files that have been hard deleted from the system.

One such software is Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery. Supporting NTFS, FAT and exFat file systems, and all versions of Windows operating system, this tool is completely read-only. Imbibed with detailed user manual, and a simple user-friendly interface, this file recovery software supports more than 185 different file formats.