Computer help: overwritten file

[KrazyHorse]

I'm running a LaTex editor (WinEDT), and I opened an old file simply to use it as a template. I erased the contents and started writing up the new file. I forgot to "save as" newfile.tex however, and so when I LaTexed->PDF the first couple of paragraphs to make sure it was looking right the editor automatically: saved the file as oldfile.tex (overwriting) and created oldfile.pdf (overwriting that too). Now I have no copy of my original oldfile. Before I do anything is there a way to restore my old file?

[KrazyHorse]

Holy ****. Never mind. The buffer in that mother****ing program is huge. It let me undo all the way back to my original file.

[mrG]

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data >>>>>>>

[Urban Ranger]

The data is still on the HDD but you can't access it the usual way. Try searching for a data recovery program, and install it on another drive.

This reminds me a feature in the VMS file system that's not in other operating systems: automatic versioning.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
This reminds me a feature in the VMS file system that's not in other operating systems: automatic versioning.

NTFS, as you probably did not know, is based on the VMS filesystem. NTFS was a simplified, higher-performance version that kept the ACL and journaling, and removed versioning.
NTFS 6.0 is adding versioning again, since computers are faster with more storage.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Asher
NTFS, as you probably did not know, is based on the VMS filesystem.

Didn't you see what I post in another thread? VMS and WNT is just a one letter shift.