Files are not immediately deleted, just hidden from view
When working with Microsoft Word and many other graphics programs you can easily back up your mistakes by clicking on the undo symbol. However larger scale mistakes cannot be so simply rectified. There is no symbol on your computer that shows you how to unerase files. If you have accidentally erased files, then you must use what is known as third party software to find the original file structure and data of those files so that it can be reattached to its file name and made visible.
Remember, very seldom are files actually erased. That process can only take place when files are purposely overwritten many times in a random pattern so as to denigrate the original file information. As long as the sectors on your computer’s hard drive that hold file information have not been overwritten with new information, the original files can always be recovered. Better quality programs for this purpose, that is to essentially unerase files, will be able to quickly and efficiently search through your entire internal hard drive within just a few minutes. The result of that search should be a list equaling 99% of all your recoverable files. The remaining few files that are not found can be located with a slower search function, as included in most quality data recovery programs.