imported_abc

hey guys, I just replaced a file over my old one by mistake, so stupid.
anyone know how i can get my old file back?
it is a MS word file

thanks

imported_eth0r

i dont think you can

Cynikal.Mindset

awwww **** s0n, your pc got the gay

ohhhh noesss!!!!!1

rjngo

you can probably get it back by doing system restore

DK668

^^^ was going to say that, hope it works!

E_Jak

i agree, go to control panel, and find system restore

if you are having trouble finding system restore, do a search for it, you know that search thing on the start menu..


i know it might be obvious how to do that but maybe not everyone is aware...

0xffff

^^^^^

System restore??

No. System restore will restore the registry / system files to some specific point (i.e. when the OS was installed assuming no restore points have been created since then). That will not help.

There is no journaling in NTFS; your file is gone.

imported_vtec_boy

that suks.....it happens all the time in industry.....ur fault....file is gonezo......

i guess its just something that you can't fix....a loop-hole in "the system"

imported_Bruce Fee

system restore? wow. can you guys some advice on how to repair brakes to some people I don't like?

abc, it's probably gone unless you had a backup.

You can check your temp files though. Do a search on $, and ~ and look for temp word files. That's the easiest way to check.

rjngo

^ keyword: probably

imported_Bruce Fee

happens all the time in industry? maybe if you're surrounded by idiots.

whoever does that at my work and comes to me gets laughed at. Stuff from the day/week/month before I will have backups of if they saved it to the correct place (not on their HDD).

A good practice if you don't have backups is versioning. If you're working on a large document. Everyday, save a version apart from your working file. IE. When you're done for the 'shift' email it to your hotmail and keep it there. if you screw it up the next day, you have an offsite copy that is fairly up to date.

Younes Si

sorry man, but I think you need to re-due your homework, because you can't get it back

imported_viper_2_4

it appears general computer usage owns you...

imported_dazednconfuzed

that would likely be the only way, and i'm not sure if thread starter tried it.

MS Word has an auto-save feature.

RajunCajun

If it's really a huge deal there are programs that will/may be able to recover the overwritten cluster gathered that those clusters on the harddrive have not been written to since you saved the file. Meaning sometimes there's a small 'image' of the file left on the harddrive that you may be able to recover with the right software. Depends how much you are willing to spend, if at all. You can get them online for around 50 bucks.

Notorious

Its gone unless you have done a backup of the previous copy.

imported_Bruce Fee

if you really realy want to, try and contact the NSA in the USA.

they can retrieve your data, but it will cost more than $50.

imported_abc

thanks for all the advice guys, couldn't recover even though i called NASA. Had to do a 10 page essay all over again within 6 hours. From now on, i'm gonna save two copies of every documents.

imported_viper_2_4

I think you can have MS Word do that for you automatically (thats assuming you trust MS)

imported_Bruce Fee

oh man, that sucks. but the NSA would have been able to recover your data no problem.. if they wanted.

you'd be surprised.

i format anything at the office i'm giving away with 3 different algorithms which involves 10 formats.