https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/recovering-overwritten-files/m-p/3818133#M6203 Usually, if you overwrite the data of an existing file... that data becomes unrecoverable imediately since, well... the data is effectively gone.<BR /><BR />If you just delete a file, sometimes the data hangs around as only the file header gets modified to make it look like the file is deleted. (Usually in a Windows System).<BR /><BR /><BR />I am not aware of any software that can recover data that has been overwritten already, unless it is underlying software like Norton Unerase where even though you may delete something, the file is still there and the area of disk were the data is does not get touched until you empty out the cache.<BR /><BR /><BR />Steven Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:01:29 GMT Steven Clementi 2006-07-06T00:01:29Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/recovering-overwritten-files/m-p/3818132#M6202 Good day everyone!<BR /> Is there any software that can recover 'overwritten files'. I have tried several file recovery softwares but they didn,t seem to revocer those who are overwritten.<BR /> Thanks! Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:06:31 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/recovering-overwritten-files/m-p/3818132#M6202 Conrado 2006-07-05T22:06:31Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/recovering-overwritten-files/m-p/3818133#M6203 Usually, if you overwrite the data of an existing file... that data becomes unrecoverable imediately since, well... the data is effectively gone.<BR /><BR />If you just delete a file, sometimes the data hangs around as only the file header gets modified to make it look like the file is deleted. (Usually in a Windows System).<BR /><BR /><BR />I am not aware of any software that can recover data that has been overwritten already, unless it is underlying software like Norton Unerase where even though you may delete something, the file is still there and the area of disk were the data is does not get touched until you empty out the cache.<BR /><BR /><BR />Steven Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:01:29 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/recovering-overwritten-files/m-p/3818133#M6203 Steven Clementi 2006-07-06T00:01:29Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/recovering-overwritten-files/m-p/3818134#M6204 Ok, thanks anyway steven. Thu, 06 Jul 2006 02:34:08 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk/recovering-overwritten-files/m-p/3818134#M6204 Conrado 2006-07-06T02:34:08Z