B4J Question Help! Just overwrote a module with wrong one

[kostefar]

Dear All,

I somehow ended up loading a module with same name from a folder belonging to another project where the module has a different content than the one in the current project, and now it has become overwritten.
Is there a way to get the overwritten one back, apart from various recovery packages and system restore point in windows, which I don´t have?

 

[Erel]

I'm afraid no.

 

[sorex]

maybe the shadow copies are enabled on your drive?

right click the file and see if you have a "restore previous version" option.

 

[DonManfred]

Is there a way to get the overwritten one back

Take the file from your BACKUP. If you do not make backups it is time to consider doing so.

 

[kostefar]

maybe the shadow copies are enabled on your drive?

right click the file and see if you have a "restore previous version" option.

Already tried, but nothing there

Right now deep scanning with EaseUS.

 

[kostefar]

Take the file from your BACKUP. If you do not make backups it is time to consider doing so.

My last backup was from March where there things looked very different. I oughta start taking more frequent backups, you´re right - thanks!

 

[sorex]

put your sources in a dropbox folder. at each compile it gets backed up to the cloud servers and you can select a lot of versions to restore if needed.

if you use more than one computer it's all synced in one go aswell.

 

[kostefar]

put your sources in a dropbox folder. at each compile it gets backed up to the cloud servers and you can select a lot of versions to restore if needed.

if you use more than one computer it's all synced in one go aswell.

Hi Sorex,

That´s indeed a good idea. I´ve always been a bit scared of concepts like that because of the risk of that the dropbox would get hacked. What´s your thoughts on that?

 

[sorex]

I've been using it for over 6 years and never had a problem with downtime, hacks or mails about forced password changes due to hacks.

There's always a risk just like having it on your local computer which is connected to the internet.

 

[kostefar]

I've been using it for over 6 years and never had a problem with downtime, hacks or mails about forced password changes due to hacks.

There's always a risk just like having it on your local computer which is connected to the internet.

I think a hacker would be more interested in hacking dropbox than my unknown computer, but sure it can happen to all of us I found this tool that may be the answer to my prayer:

https://www.boxcryptor.com/en/dropbox/

 

[Diceman]

To recover deleted files you can try the free version of Recuva from https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva

An excellent free backup software is Reflect from Macrium. Their paid version has more options. It is similar to Acronis except I have found Reflect works better.
https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

There is also excellent real-time backup for software developers called AJC Active Backup. You tell it which directories and which file types to monitor. When you save a file in a monitored directory (using B4X or any application), it will archive the file in the background. That means if you save the file 10 times a day, you will have 10 copies of the file. This will allow you to restore your files to any point in time. You can also specify how long you wish to keep the files or how many file backups you wish to keep. You set it up, and forget about it. Everything is done in the background. You can purchase a copy from https://www.ajcsoft.com/active-backup.htm

 

[kostefar]

To recover deleted files you can try the free version of Recuva from https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva

An excellent free backup software is Reflect from Macrium. Their paid version has more options. It is similar to Acronis except I have found Reflect works better.
https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree

There is also excellent real-time backup for software developers called AJC Active Backup. You tell it which directories and which file types to monitor. When you save a file in a monitored directory (using B4X or any application), it will archive the file in the background. That means if you save the file 10 times a day, you will have 10 copies of the file. This will allow you to restore your files to any point in time. You can also specify how long you wish to keep the files or how many file backups you wish to keep. You set it up, and forget about it. Everything is done in the background. You can purchase a copy from https://www.ajcsoft.com/active-backup.htm

Thanks, but I´m almost done reconstructing the module now. And I have this feeling that whatever comes out of ccleaner is loaded with bloatware, but I may be wrong.

 

[janderkan]

A real man doesnt make backup, but he cries a lot.