**Exhibit 99.1**

 

**Certification of Chief Executive OfficerPursuant to Rule 13-14 underthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

 

I,Harris A. Shapiro, certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed this annual report on Form10-KSB of Perfect Data Corporation;

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periodspresented in this annual report;

 

4.                                       The small business issuer’s other certifyingofficer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer andhave:

 

a)                                      Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to thesmall business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made knownto us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in whichthis report is being prepared;

 

b)                                     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internalcontrol over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, toprovide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reportingand the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordancewith generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)                                      Evaluated the effectiveness of the smallbusiness issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)                                     Disclosed in this report any change in the smallbusiness issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring the small business

 

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issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (thesmall business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, thesmall business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       The small business issuer’s other certifyingofficer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’sauditors and the audit committee of small business issuer’s board of directors(or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)                                      All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)                                     Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date:  June 23, 2003 |                      |
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|                           | /s/ Harris A. Shapiro     |   |
|                           | Harris A. Shapiro         |
|                           | Chairman of the Board and |
|                           | Chief Executive Officer   |

 

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