Restore overwritten text file

[Simon Kwek]

Hi,

I have a text file which I accidently delete the contents and save it.
Is there anyway to recover what I have overwritten? I was using notepad
when I overwrite my text file.

 

[Malke]

Hi,

I have a text file which I accidently delete the contents and save it.
Is there anyway to recover what I have overwritten? I was using
notepad when I overwrite my text file.

If you saved over your text file - used the same name - then it is gone.
Notepad doesn't save a backup file so any data recovery software will
just find the saved-over file.

Malke

 

[Bob I]

Only through forensic data recovery. You send the drive to them and they
try to read the underlying magnetic fields from where the old data was
written. Read expensive. So the question is, how much is it worth?

 

[chad]

If your disk has not had much activity, there is a chance that your
data is still in place. The zero-size file would not write over much of
your original file. However I'm not sure if any undelete software will
give you enough control to locate the block of text on disk. You might
as well give it a try and chalk this up as a lesson learned. Here are
some freeware data recovery tools to try:

http://free-backup.info/data-recovery-software.htm

Good luck,
Chad

 

[JANA]

Notepad does not create BAK files. Your file is lost. The best thing you can
do is use your memory, and re-write the file.

If you have a memory problem, a hypnotist may be of some use for you.

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JANA
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Hi,

I have a text file which I accidently delete the contents and save it.
Is there anyway to recover what I have overwritten? I was using notepad
when I overwrite my text file.

 

[Jon Dough]

Well,

Actually, your chaces are quite belak, still Active@ Undelete may help
you. It has the most powerful recover methos, that may be able to save
you. I myself has never failed in faith with it.
http://www.active-undelete.com/

There is a slight problem with your logic since the OP did *NOT* delete
the file. He merely saved over an existing one, therefore, undelete
software will be relatively useless in this situation except to make one
of those software vendors rich.

 

[Bob I]

Unfortunately you don't know what you are talking about, and would you
stop spamming that useless site.