Bloody Murphy`s Law. I caught some footage of a scumbag breaking in to my neighbour`s car the other night and he asked me today for a copy. I converted it from the software`s own format to a wmv and onto a thumb drive but had "protected" the clip in the software, so it didn`t get recorded over, and it wouldn`t open. so I "unprotected" it and just after I did the software did an auto-delete to make room for more footage. Of course the footage I wanted was deleted. Does anyone know of a way to unprotect the copy I made?? It is so frustrating that you set up a system for just this sort of thing and the first time I catch something I stuffed it by not taking enough precaution. I`m sure my mum had a secret affair with a bloke named Murphy.