Recover File

[nicsin]

Helo,

I have the following situation:

file x.y and m.n
file m.n is open and saved as x.y

is it possible to recover the previous version of x.y?

Any input is greatly appreciated as the file is very important!

Thanx guys
nicsin

 

[wolluf]

You mean you had file x.y on the hard drive. Then opened m.n, and saved it as x.y?

I think you're probably out of luck - but not sure about that - as old x.y may just have been marked as deleted and new x.y occupies new physical space (but suspect overwrite more likely - in which case only partial hope would be if old bigger than new - some may still be recoverable). I'd just run some data recovery software to try it if its very important.

(file not saved anywhere - no 'temp' versions of it around? Which app were you processing it with?)

 

[rootjd]

If you had overwritten the file x.y then you cannot recover it. Chances are it was overwritten in the same index the original x.y file was located.