Ashby,
I know FileScavenger works well:
http://www.quetek.com

The demo version can retrieve files if they are less than 64K(?) in size.
Otherwise you need to pay, US$40 or so. Worth it.

NickHK

"Ashby" wrote in message
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by accident, a workbook has been deleted from my C Drive and also cleared
from the Recycle bin.

Is there any way to restore this from the "guts" of the computer?