Re: deleted doc. important!!!

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From: Gary (Gary_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:37:02 -0800

Thank you both very much for your advice. I decided to start again with the
document, and as a punishment to myself I did not go to bed until it was
finished and BACKED UP!
Many thanks
Gary

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> I don't think it will either, Mike, it was a "Hail Mary" pass!:-)
>
> That said, in DOS days, you could sometimes pull this off because the system
> created numerous temp files. Hence, even if you seemingly overwrote a file,
> you might be able to find that temp file in DOS and using the old Undelete
> function which no longer exists, you could find the original temp file
> created before the save and depending upon how much you had used the system,
> you could get a good part of the file albeit with some junk as well. Of
> course, you had to use the old Exit to DOS function which no longer exists
> either.
>
> As near as I can tell, some of the more limited file recovery apps use a
> similar technique. Now, if you are talking about file recovery services,
> from what I gather, they can really drill down even if you've overwritten a
> file. Remember, nothing is ever truly erased from a hard drive. When you
> consider file eraser apps use something on the order of 32 rewrites to
> overwrite files and the government uses something like 64, I'd say the
> chances are pretty good of finding the original if someone wants to spend
> the money for such a service.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
> "Mike Hall" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:%23P20LK%23BFHA.3792@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I don't think that file recovery will work, as essentially there is nothing
> >to recover.. the file name exists and the file is in good condition, albeit
> >in altered form..
> >
> > --
> > Mike Hall
> > MVP - Windows Shell/user
> >
> > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
> > news:uSedVs9BFHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> There is no feature in XP that can help you. If you have a backup, you
> >> can try restoring from your backup. If you don't have a backup, while I
> >> don't mean to lecture you, that is one of the best ways to protect your
> >> very important files from just such an eventuality.
> >>
> >> Go to Google and do a search for undelete, though given that you have
> >> overwritten the original, I'm dubious any such utility will help but you
> >> never know. Failing that, you can check out the various file recovery
> >> services. You can find many such services advertised in the back pages
> >> of many computer magazines you can pick up at any newsstand. PC Magazine
> >> and Computer Shopper usually have such ads in their back pages.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> >> Windows Shell/User
> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
> >>
> >> "Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:23B87094-9D90-45EE-932E-CA3FFFDB1FDD@microsoft.com...
> >>>I just saved a word doc. under the wrong filename. now i have
> >>>overwritten an
> >>> original file which was VERY IMPORTANT to me and my work!
> >>>
> >>> How can I get back the original document???
> >>>
> >>> Using Windows XP
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

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