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Hi, I have been having difficulties on retrieving the overwritten video files from the hard disk.

 

I have tried using ‘GetDataback’ software to recover the data but no luck.

 

I have also tried with ‘Glary Utility’ software but the software did not find my file that was overwritten.

 

I was wondering if there is any software or way to recover it back.

 

Thanks.

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Depends how many times it's been overwritten... more than a couple times, your chances of getting enough pieces back to reconstruct video intact are pretty slim. A data recovery service may be able to do it, but that won't be cheap.

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Open a command prompt and "undelete"..

no no no - im kidding, unfortunately your chances are quite slim cctvguardtech.

 

GetDataBack is one of the best/easiest end user recovery tools (imho), but the methods used

are almost useless when you have a complete drive filled with video - which is being constantly overwritten.

 

If this footage is serious, head to a drive recovery lab immediately ($$$).

Stuffing around with windows tools for recovery can only hamper professional efforts.

 

-Bob W

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