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Way to recover Archive file that was overwritten with same name

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crazydrve
crazydrve
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Hello,

I was doing a backup of my Thunderbird profile and accidentally overwrote the good archive folder with an older one that was much much smaller.

Example... The file is Archive under the Local folders.

C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxx.default\Mail\Local Folders\Archive

Is there any logs or something I can use to recover the file?


Thank you Bill

Hello, I was doing a backup of my Thunderbird profile and accidentally overwrote the good archive folder with an older one that was much much smaller. Example... The file is Archive under the Local folders. C:\Users\xxxxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\xxxxxxx.default\Mail\Local Folders\Archive Is there any logs or something I can use to recover the file? Thank you Bill

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Stans
Stans
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You could give data recovery software a try.

crazydrve
crazydrve Question owner
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Thank, I am trying one now but unfortunatly no luck yet.