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It’s tempting to think that deleting a file means it’s gone forever – but that’s not really the case. Data can often be recovered from your hard drive for a long time after it’s supposedly been erased

www.snipca.com/56242 What you need: Windows 10 or 11 It’s been eight months since the last major new version of Files, but this huge update justifies the wait. The brilliant file manager has been rede

Q Can you please recommend a program that will help me keep track of my books. I’d like a device I can scan the book with and then load it on to a database. Can it work with graphic novels too? Peter

Businesses seeking a dedicated backup solution for protecting virtualised environments will find Hornetsecurity’s VM Backup has lots of appeal. Along with support for VMware, Hyper-V and the increasin

What you need: Flyoobe Time required: Three hours In Issue 178’s ‘Windows 10 survival guide’ (buy a back issue from www.snipca. com/56396), we recommended Flyoobe (www.snipca.com/56372) as the best wa

Some people say the safest place to store passwords is in a notebook. After all, a pen and paper can’t be hacked. But in practice, writing down full login details for every website and app you use is