Can I recover a replaced file?

[Kirko]

I was dragging and dropping between folders in WinXP and accidentally replaced a new file with an old file!!!
I haven't shut down the computer yets and still have the two folders open. Edit, Undo won't work. Is there any way I can restore all of my files to how they were the last time the computer was shut down?? Is there a tool to find the old document that was replaced? Please help!

 

[Lord Evermore]

There's no way to undo overwriting a file. Whether you've rebooted or not isn't going to make any difference. If it's a Windows system file there might be a backup copy, but if it's just one of your own, you'd have to have your own backup of it.

 

[Big Lar]

Try Regedit in RUN, and export it.... save it, and if upon boot, you have any probs, go back to regedit/ hit import... reboot, all fixed. There is always a fix.

Edit= Spelling

 

[nullshark]

Using an old export of the registry won't do anything at all. The file's still been overwritten

 

[Lord Evermore]

Aside from which, a change to the registry is going to be reflected in the exported copy anyway, so importing it wouldn't make any difference.

 

[BigJimbo]

Get a program called RecoverMyFiles

you can download it here but its 70$ to buy

 

[nullshark]

That will recover overwritten[/] files? (Which is the situation Kirko's in ).