Urgent Computer Help Needed!!

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

Another question to the wise wisdom of UTC,

This morning, while cleaning up files, I accidentally chose the wrong version to save when putting a file into a folder where another file of the same name existed. Unfortunately this file is my database which I work on an update every day. The version I now have was last updated Oct 2019!

I called Windows support and they are unable to fix. Anyone know what I can do next?

[dushanbe]

Just use your back up

[Funkydrummer]

Do you have a restore point that you can go back to ?

[FactualFrank]

Another question to the wise wisdom of UTC,

This morning, while cleaning up files, I accidentally chose the wrong version to save when putting a file into a folder where another file of the same name existed. Unfortunately this file is my database which I work on an update every day. The version I now have was last updated Oct 2019!

I called Windows support and they are unable to fix. Anyone know what I can do next?

So you saved and overwrote an existing file?

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

No restore points, no back up. Checked 'previous versions' and they all relate to the old file

FF - I was given the option of choosing which file to overwrite and I clicked to overwrite the latest version of the two files by accident.

[ClaretAndJew]

Do you have or use any other drives or cloud drives where it may have saved?

[ClaretAndJew]

https://www.easeus.com/file-recovery/re ... ument.html

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

It was saved on the one drive, but now it i just showing the old file there.

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

https://www.easeus.com/file-recovery/re ... ument.html

Thanks C&J, currently running the trail version to see if it finds it. Do you use it often or know how to best use it?

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

The ticked one is the file I need. C&J, I presume I pay the USD70 and that file returns? Anything I need to know / do before I commit? Any chance it will still fail?

[ŽižkovClaret]

The ticked one is the file I need. C&J, I presume I pay the USD70 and that file returns? Anything I need to know / do before I commit? Any chance it will still fail?

Try first selecting "show hidden files" from the control panel, you might have an invisible back up there

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

Try first selecting "show hidden files" from the control panel, you might have an invisible back up there

I have enabled 'show hidden files and folders.' Now where do I look?

[ClaretAndJew]

The ticked one is the file I need. C&J, I presume I pay the USD70 and that file returns? Anything I need to know / do before I commit? Any chance it will still fail?

Follow the steps in there first mate, I think it offers you advice on how to do it before purchasing the software.

[ŽižkovClaret]

Checking.

In the meantime try this: https://www.howtogeek.com/220986/how-to ... ery-tools/

[ŽižkovClaret]

This also looks potentially like a free version of the one wanting you to pay 79USD

https://howtorecover.me/recuva-recover- ... windows-10

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

Cheers Zizkov. MY computer is 1 month old and I haven't set up any restore points etc. I will do that later though following that guide.

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

C&J, the file that easues has found is the non up-to-date version
Checked by comparing file sizes and it is the same as the non-up-to-date file.

[BertiesBeehole]

If your computer is only a month old do you have it on your old machine? Won’t be up to date but maybe more recent than the October version

[BertiesBeehole]

Also I can highly recommend this piece of free software which backs up (or more accurately synchronises) any drive/folders/files you preselect to a harddrive with the click of a button. It assesses what has been altered since the previous backup and only copies that over so is very quick.

Use it everyday on my folder of over 500gb and only takes a few minutes. I can then use the backup harddrive to sync with another laptop/PC so I have the same folder of data in both places up to date.

Really helps as well when you accidently delete or overwrite something as you have a backup at hand.

Part of my daily routine now. Really recommend it!!
http://www.ascomp.de/en/products/show/p ... nchredible

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

If your computer is only a month old do you have it on your old machine? Won’t be up to date but maybe more recent than the October version

Good thinking but I wiped it an sent it back to retail store. It was on my One Drive, but I cannot recover it from there as I have overwritten it!

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

Also I can highly recommend this piece of free software which backs up (or more accurately synchronises) any drive/folders/files you preselect to a harddrive with the click of a button. It assesses what has been altered since the previous backup and only copies that over so is very quick.

Use it everyday on my folder of over 500gb and only takes a few minutes. I can then use the backup harddrive to sync with another laptop/PC so I have the same folder of data in both places up to date.

Really helps as well when you accidently delete or overwrite something as you have a backup at hand.

Part of my daily routine now. Really recommend it!!
http://www.ascomp.de/en/products/show/p ... nchredible

Thanks BBH, I always thought that as all my files are stored in One Drive, that would be safe enough. The problem I am now finding is that OD does save a separate copy of stuff!

[FactualFrank]

I think the technical term for when this happens is... fu*ked.

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

Yep FF I think so too! I'm gonna do live chat with the easeus people when they get out of bed in the US. If they cannot help me... no-one can

And I'll have to figure a way of how to blag to my clients why there monthly reports are a bit vague for March!!!

[aggi]

Good thinking but I wiped it an sent it back to retail store. It was on my One Drive, but I cannot recover it from there as I have overwritten it!

OneDrive sometimes has version history depending on what the file is and your scheme. If you click on the 3 dots next to a file you may have the option.

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Otherwise, I suspect you're done for.

[Alanstevensonsgloves]

Hi Aggi, that just takes me back to the version history of the old file that I accidentally kept.