Recover overwritten files?

You could try Executive Software's Undelete utility - they have a free download that will allow you to recover files that have been deleted in some cases. Go to http://www.executivesoftware.com/downloads/menu.asp (delete any spaces in the URL)
andabout 3/4 of the way down the page you will see a link to download the "Deleted File Analysis Utility Freeware". If there is enough information still on the disk to recover the file (i.e., it hasn't actually been overwritten, just deleted from the master file table), this will recover it. Then buy Undelete - this is a great utility that saves files that have been deleted either locally on the server or over the network by a workstation (as in your case) into a special recovery bin on the network server. Hope this helps!

There are some utilities "advertised" to recover overwritten files, but I have never heard of anyone who successfully achieved it.

Here are some links to information on a few such utilities:

http://www.pimall.com/nais/bk.disk.html

http://www.roxio.com/en/products/goback/

http://www.east-tec.com/eraser/bbytes.htm

http://www.symantec.com/press/1999/n990623d.html

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The problem with some of these utilities, especially Norton Utilities, is that they need to be installed and running before the deletion takes place. Nonetheless, they're worth spending a few minutes looking into them.

Best of luck,

Maxwell