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How can I recover a file from an overwritten partition?
I recently had to reinstall a saved system partition, resulting in the overwriting of all data on my C drive. Unfortunately, this process has caused the loss of certain files that were stored in my AppData/Local/Kemper Amps folder prior to the reinstallation. Despite attempting various recovery tools, I have been unable to retrieve these missing files. If you have any suggestions or solutions (aside from reminding me to back up my data), please share them. Thank you.
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When you reinstalled the system partition, the installer formatted your C: drive. This means the file system's "table of contents" was wiped and a new, empty one was created. The actual data (the 1s and 0s on the disk) remained for a time, but the reinstallation process then wrote a new Windows OS, programs, and system files over a significant portion of the drive.
