In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Sentler <sentler500_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I had an unfortunate mishap the other night on my XP machine, and
> accidentally overwrote some important files (mostly .txt, .doc, and
> .xls files) on my 64mb USB Thumb Drive. My attempts at file recovery
> (RecoverNT, Search and Recover, File Rescue Plus, Active Undelete,
> eImage, PC Inspector Smart Recovery, etc) have, at best, correctly
> identified the overwritten file names, but recovered garbage. While
> I’ve found many freeware flash picture recovery programs, I
> haven’t found anything that correctly restores overwritten
> non-media files. Does anyone have any suggestion on how best to
> proceed, or could recommend recovery programs (ideally freeware) that
> work effectively on overwritten files on thumb drives? Thanks!
What do you mean by overwritten? Any truly overwritten data
(i.e. new data in the sectors the old data was in) cannot be
recoverd by software and may also be unrecoverable by any
other means.
It is possible that you will not get more than the
software you cited already gave you. You could also try
a professional data recovery company, they have experience
with puzzeling files together from fragments. However even
they will not recover anythign that was overwritten.
Arno
--
For email address: lastname AT tik DOT ee DOT ethz DOT ch
GnuPG: ID:1E25338F FP:0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F
"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws" - Tacitus
