Re: How can I recover a (large) file that I have started to COPY over (rather than delete) ?

ship wrote:
There's nothing you can do. You've already overwritten the original file
with the new information. The only way to reverse your action is to
restore the file from backup. If you didn't have a backup, you're out of
luck.

B*gger. So are you really saying the WindowsXP overwritest the exact
same
part of the disk when it copies one file over another file?

I know for a fact that some of the bytes wont yet have been over
written yet,
because the original .PST file was so large (c.500MB) and I only over-
wrote it for it for
about half a second.

So, is there NO utility other than the WindowsXP "Recycle Bin" to help
us recover
deleted files?

When you overwrite a file with the exact same file name, you write data to that particular place on the hard drive. It doesn't matter that you only wrote for "half a second". Computers are fast. Running data recovery software is going to bring up the file with the changes. But don't take my word for it - I'll be happy for you if I'm wrong. I'm going on years of experience in data recovery for clients but your situation could be different. Here are some links to data recovery software. Some of the programs are free and most of the ones that are not at least allow you to see if you would retrieve the file(s) before paying for them.

http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
PCInspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/welcome.htm
Executive Software “Undelete” - http://www.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp
R-Studio - http://www.r-tt.com/
File Scavenger - http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm
Ontrack's EasyRecovery - http://www.ontrack.com/software/


Malke
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