Undulation is the simplest form of data recovery. You can also use Windows based data recovery programs like Norton to get your data back. The deleted files change the first character of their name and write zeros to the chain of sectors and clusters in the FAT in place of the files name and all this is done by the operating systems. You will see the first character of the file name with lowercase sigma showing its erased status when you use the Norton Disk Editor in the directory entry. The Norton Unease is the similar program which looks the directory. It can ignore the erased filenames. You can correct it by replacing lowercase sigma with standard characters. There will be no need to supply the first letter with the Norton Enhanced Recycle Bin.

Recovering data from crashed programs

There can be problems if data is not saved on the hard drive. The systems might freeze up when many programs are open. There can be no alternative if the mouse and keyboard freeze and you need to restart your computer. This situation is not good when you have not saved your data. You can get your data back if you are lucky in this case. You can use some applications which can recover data from temporary saves. Most of the programs in the Windows generally make their temporary files in the Temp folder and there are also some programs which can be configured to store work which is in progress.

You should open the default temporary files before restarting your program. You will have the options of folder created by the programs installer and files created by Windows or software updates. The files which begin with (~) refer to the temp files. You can see its extension with the right click and then clicking on the properties. There might be information in the files with the size larger than zero bytes. You can get the information about the contents of the files with the file viewer which are part of many desktop utility programs. You can look at the file properties sheet in the file viewer in order to recover the Word Document file where you can see the files with complete information, summary and statistics.

You can retrieve your Word Data file in the following way.

• Make copy of file with the Windows Explorer
• Rename this file from .temp to .doc.
• Then open the file in the Microsoft Word.

You can also find some very small files with multi tabbed properties but actually these fiels are not the same fiels which you find in the Word. You can open the all temporary files when your data is very important. You should check the folder where these information are stored if you have already configured your program. There is AutoRecover program in the Microsoft which stores these files in the Application folder of Windows. You can see the name of AutoBNackup file like ~WRA3610.wbk. you should save the retrieved files into their original positions which contain useful data. There is reload of backup files automatically in the Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect. You can try the Undelete option to find out the temporary files with the Windows Explorer. These files have been deleted but actually these files are intact on your computer.