recover data from overwritten mdb file

[rakeish1978]

I have accidentally overwritten data on a .mdb MS Access file.
Can I get my old data back ?

[Mihail]

In short, No.
In long... NO. Maybe, yes, if you have strong friends in Police Department or in National Security. But as far as I know, that implied to destroy the device (the hard disk).
It is why you need to backup the database as frequently as you can.

[zmbd]

All hope is not lost if and only if you can meet certain criteria; however, you did not state which nor version of the OS you are under.

recover-deleted-records-ms-access-database - Post #3 in this thread

http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-Overwritten-Files

https://help.med.unc.edu/guide/operating-systems/recovering-overwritten-files-in-windows-xp-and-vista

http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8#rlz=1R2SNYI_enUS337&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22windows+8%22+recover+overwritten+file&rlz=1R2SNYI_enUS337&oq=%22windows+8%22+recover+overwritten+file&gs_l=hp.3..0.149018.154565.2.155971.4.4.0.0.0.0.3297.5812.2-1j5-1j8-1j1.4.0.crnk_timediscountb..0.0...1.1.18.psy-ab.oQ2iD_7xugE&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.48572450,d.aWc&fp=22ff624f670d7fc6&biw=1280&bih=768

as you can see, a simple Google search can be helpful.

If these don't help, then, as Mihail pointed out, you are going to need someone with the equipment to do a forensics on the drive... this will not be cheap and people would be surprised to learn just what a deep analysis of their hard drive could pull up!

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I can not stress enough (:

• Always use a development file for your design and update work, never ever use the production file(s)
• Back the file up - before changes
• Back the file up - after changes
• Back the file up - on a schedule
• Back the file up - applies to the development as well as the production files!

[Mihail]

Congratulation and thank you, zmbd.
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Thank you for the info. Seems that I'm a lot outdated.

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