Though it happens rarely, overwritten or corrupted files on your PC are a serious issue, potentially setting your valuable work back by hours, weeks or more. File corruption occurs from a variety of ...

If you've overwritten a Word file and haven't saved any older copies of the file under different file names, you can check to see whether Windows 7 has a previous version of the file to restore to.

Log in and check deleted or archived photo sections. This matters because photos often still exist on phones, tablets, or laptops you stopped using. Even broken devices can sometimes be recovered.

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is releasing its own Windows File Recovery tool, designed to retrieve ...

With that $30 price tag in my mind’s eye, I went into my PCTools File Recover hands-on thinking that it would be just anotherover-priced undelete utility. Ten minutes in, I was thinking “ByGrabthar’s ...