Emma was finishing her history essay the night before it was due. As she cleaned up her downloads folder, she saw an old file named "essay_draft_final (3).docx" and thought, I don’t need this old copy anymore. She hit and emptied the Recycle Bin without thinking.

One click. Restore.

She had just deleted the only copy of her final essay.

Her younger brother, Leo, a tech hobbyist, saw her freaking out. "Stop! Don’t save anything new to your computer," he said calmly.