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| 364812 | 2005-06-18 01:49:00 | A friend has mistakenly overwritten an important doc, and no backups. Is there any good, preferably free, software or method of recovering a lot of the previous version. Cheers mackem |
mackem (8373) | ||
| 364813 | 2005-06-18 01:54:00 | Try a Google search for "recover document overwritten" w/out the quotes. Maybe someone can recommend something too. Never needed this sort of thngs so not much help but............m :dogeye: | mark c (247) | ||
| 364814 | 2005-06-18 02:00:00 | try here (snapfiles) (www.snapfiles.com) there is another one but I cant remember the name right now it was metioned in the forum a while back |
beama (111) | ||
| 364815 | 2005-06-18 03:37:00 | First, make sure they stop using the computer. ;) It's quite likely that the file, or an earlier version of it is still intact. But as long as it's "non-existant" to Windows, it could be overewritten. There are a number of "undelete" programmes around. Use the Search button on this site and enter "pcinspector". That will find threads containing links to thiat programme. Another I've seen recommended is "Getdataback". |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 364816 | 2005-06-18 03:49:00 | It may not be as simple as recovering a deleted file, which the above utilities that Graham L suggests can be used for. In this case the file contents have changed and been replaced, the file has not been deleted. The common remedy in this case seems to point to this utility http://www.doc-regenerator.com-http.com/ But it's neither free or cheap (US$50). Nor is anything guaranteed. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 364817 | 2005-06-18 03:53:00 | But we don't get "physical" overwriting these days. A new file is written, then it is given the same name as the previous version. The file of the previous version still exists on the disk. It has been deleted. So an undelete utility should get it. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 364818 | 2005-06-18 05:13:00 | Try these; not free but probably got trial versions: EasyRecovery DataRecovery - www.ontrack.com O&O UnErase - www.oo-software.com Search and Recover - www.iolo.com Undelete 5 - www.executive.com |
Greg (193) | ||
| 364819 | 2005-06-18 07:01:00 | Thanks for all your suggestions, people. If any work, I'll let you know. Cheers mackem |
mackem (8373) | ||
| 364820 | 2005-06-18 08:31:00 | http://www.filerecover.com/ freebie |
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