Data recovery is a mystical and varied art that shares much with archaeology. Depending on where you dig for data you may or may not find what you are looking for, and the longer you leave going after your lost data the greater the chance it will be worn away by age and reduced to fragments of its former self.

Every expert has a toolkit. Tim Dean takes you through the 10 tools any Windows expert cannot live without. So, to give you a head start, here are PC Authority's top 10 tools for the ultimate Windows user.

Peer-to-peer networking is one of the Great Internet Treasures. David Kidd looks at the future of file sharing, and how to get the most out of it.

The HardKey/EG Pro is a combination of USB dongle and software together encrypting files or systems keeping your data safe from prying eyes.

Os X file flag, creator code, rights & attribute editor. File Wrench provides access in Os X to...

A nifty utility for distributing large files over the internet.

Want to break free from a Microsoft world? Leigh Dyer looks at the alternatives.

File Scavenger is a Windows XP/2003/2000/NT data recovery and file undelete utility. It can recover ...

File Tree Printer is used to export directory or CD/DVD listings to a text file, which can then be d...

Split any file into pieces of any size. Sometimes large files have to be split in order to be copie...

Setup your own file server

The ultimate file management/browsing utility.

The ultimate tracking system for all those files on your PC.

A computer reference application. When it started out, this program was simply a file extension ref...

Unless you keep your computer disconnected from a network and under secure lock and key there will always be the potential for prying eyes to access the data on your hard disk.

Permanently erase important files

Permanently erase important files

Can't find a file? Tim Dean looks at some tips to make Windows XP's Search work for you.

Bopalong is a file manipulation and listing program. It allows you to rename batches of files, batch...

Disguise one file as another for added privacy.