How to recover overwritten files ?

[dinjo_jo]

Accidentaly overwritten a file which i need badly anyways can it be recovered ?

[rishabh_destiny]

Did you delete the file and stored another data in that memory location or what? What do you mean by overwritten?

[anaghsomanclt]

I think u can,try unformater v2.1 or try using any recovering software like recuva

[vipul]

I think u can,try unformater v2.1 or try using any recovering software like recuva

wont help if the file is overwritten in the memory location.

i think OP wants to say that he has made changes to a file and saved it and now he wants the previous version of file that existed before making changes.
@ dinjo_jo what type of file it was? may be shadow copy of previous version of file might be existing. try recovering that.

[kumarrohit007]

Overwritten??
U can't get it back.... u can get back deleted.. u can get back formated... but not overwritten ones!!

[rishabh_destiny]

That's what I was asking. What does the OP means by overwritten?
Case 1: He was creating some file, lost it before saving and then saved something other.
Case 2: He deleted a file and some other file is now acquiring that memory location

But in both the cases, the answer is, The file CAN'T be recovered

[kumarrohit007]

hmm
actually still you have a chance!
if you had a disk restore before overwriting, you may get your file back.
give it a try!

[whytryharder]

if you had a disk restore before overwriting

Not any freakin way!!!
Even the files written are saved at their memory locations which are irreversible. disk restore only restores the overall system, not the friggin files.
OP could had saved his copy by opening the document very next time, and then abruptly shutting down the system, so that next time system would have suggested file versions and there save times.
But now, I have no idea what else can be done

[kumarrohit007]

still he should give it a try!
i myself recovered some files which were deleted then i cleaned my recycle bin
and after a long time when i restored i got the files back..

anyways i didn't need those files, so no big deal for me!