Re: File Recovery

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From: "Bill Ridgeway" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:45:39 +0100

It may be possible using specialist software like GetDataBack (available
over the Internet). BUT you would have to pay (about £39) and it would only
work if the original file has not been overwritten.

Why are you saving files on the desktop. It would much better to save them
in a discrete folder.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

"jodi" <jodi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8929A3DB-E745-4944-87D5-002C59B1C0AC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If I opened a document form a disc and accidently saved it over a document
> on
> my desktop is there a way to recover the original document that was on the
> desktop before I saved over it?

.

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