Since Windows 95 Microsoft helps you restore deleted files by moving them to the Recycle Bin. You can access these file easily from the graphic environment, but you can also access the Recycle Bin from the Command Prompt.

In order to do that follow these steps:

• Go to Start->Run
• Type Cmd and press ENTER
• Change your drive to the appropriate one (C:, D: etc.)
• The Recycle Bin is a hidden directory but you can still go in there by typing CD\Recycle
• Also all the files in there are hidden, thus we need to change their attribute, so we can see them with the DIR command. In order to do that type ATTRIB -S -H –R *.*
• Now all the files in the Recycle Bin are available to you. Type DIR to view them