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Seminko Universalist

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Hey fellas,

I accidentlly overwritten a script I've been working for a month on and closed SciTE.

Is there a way to find the file somewhere? In temp or any other backup dir or am I fucked?

Keeping my PC running for the time being.

Thanks,

Seminko

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If you have been using tidy (Ctrl + T) then tidied scripts are stored in the backup folder; otherwise, you should invest some time looking at version control e.g. git.

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Updated: 22/04/2018

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Jos Universalist

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Right mouse click on the file and select "restore previous versions"?
This is probably a good moment to start thinking about an off-site backup. ;)

Jos

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Seminko Universalist

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Right mouse click on the file and select "restore previous versions"?
This is probably a good moment to start thinking about a off-site backup. ;)

Jos

I can't see that option. It was just a file that I created and worked on. I was not creating any version, I don't even know how.

So am I fucked? I have a feeling I am, right?

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Which OS? Check under File properties if there is a previous version option.
.. and did you ever use Tidy?

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Win7. No previous version under File Properties. Didn't use Tidy.

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If it is still possible to restore the overwritten file, you must not save anything more to disk until after you try one of the available recovery tools. I'm not sure what to recommend because I haven't needed to do this for several years. If you have another device you can use to surf the net, use it to research possible recovery methods. https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=recover overwritten files

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Seminko Universalist

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Every file of every type I've ever checked has a previous versions tab in windows 7.

From what I've read from Joz's link you have to have it set up. Apparently it is not automatic.

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After looking around, I would be tempted to install a live kali linux distro on a memory stick. There are several tutorials about installation and data recovery, but there's no guarantee. This distro seems to have a several tools which might recover part, or all, of the overwritten file. It doesn't look very easy, but it's probably one of the best chances you have to recover anything at this stage (for free at least). You should use another machine (or drive) to download the required files to, so as to avoid any further overwriting of the lost data on your C drive.

http://docs.kali.org/downloading/kali-linux-live-usb-install

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Sorry to hear about that, after you get this recovered....

What I do for very long scripts is save as I go along like  "scriptfunction_nov22" ,  next day a new date and so on, and I place them in an archive folder. I also so a daily upload to Google drive.

Once the task works perfectly for a long time, I delete the old versions.

This is tedious but the only way I can prevent disasters, if anybody has advice on better solutions to this, please post here ;)

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if version control software is too hard for you, online drive eg: dropbox, google drive, etc, maybe the best bet for you, you can back to previous version using that

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A habit I've gotten into now, is dragging a copy every five minutes, which is very quick and easy to do. After successful drag I delete the previous drag copy.

I do all the usual backups of versions as well, but they are not as often and are done by software, which I instigate manually when ready. If you are online though, I would use one of the many Cloud options as well, but not instead of.

There are lots of good free recovery programs out there, and many service type programs that have that as an option, but you need to install them on and run them from a different USB drive (unless installed already). As suggested above, using a Linux USB or Install partition is a good option.

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I can't remember i ever changed something in the scite properties. My Scite save a BackUp before runing (F5) a modified Script in @ScriptDir\FileName_No.au3.

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if version control software is too hard for you

Version control isn't hard especially with the benefit it comes with.

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Updated: 22/04/2018

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Jos Universalist

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I can't remember i ever changed something in the scite properties. My Scite save a BackUp before runing (F5) a modified Script in @ScriptDir\FileName_No.au3.

The default is: 

#define the number of backup files you want to keep   0=none
backup.files=0

A versioncontrol option is build-in into AutoIt3wrapper including the explanation how to set it up in the helpfile. There should not be much stopping you from using it.

Realize it is "water under the bridge" for this file though.

Jos

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