EMERGENCY! If you accidently saved over a file on the computer, is there any way of getting it back?

Question

I was working really hard on a video on Windows movie maker. I closed it and then went back on. I thought I was opening another video but I was actually choosing a file to save in. I accidently saved over my video. Any way I can get it back?

Answer 1

As far as I know, once you save over a file, you have altered the binary and it cannot be brought back :-(

Answer 2

yes and no! Windows Movie Maker has a setting where it will autosave your projects. It may have not saved at the time when you closed it. I would check your folders such as My Documents and My Videos to see if anything is in there.

In Movie Maker, go to Tools, Options, check the box for "save auto-recover info every: then set that to 5 or 10 minutes so it will autosave. hope this helps!

Answer 3

If you're using XP or Windows 2003
*AND* you have VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) turned on: Yes

Otherwise, probably not, unless, if the video you saved already existed on the drive, as well as the video you apparently saved over....there's a chance you can recover the original using tools found at http://www.runtime.org and/or http://www.r-tt.com

In the latter case, you'd want to quit using that particular drive immediately because every action that commits to that drive decreases your chances of recovering the file.

Answer 4

If that file was saved before, then go to Start menu> Help and support> System restore and restore your system to an earlier date. I don't think looking in the recycle bin helps.

Answer 5

If it said, this file allready exsts, then the file you just saved, should be the same one.

Answer 6

Accually there is, talk to a computer specialist and they can bring it back.

Answer 7

nope


not unless it was on a server