HotSeat Problem

[Joebasalt13]

Ok now that I have your attention I hope someone can help. You see I was playing a Hotseat multiplayer game with my brother and we were pretty far. Anyways I then started a game with my other brother and it saved over my first game. I need to get my other game back! Is there a way I can retrieve it?

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[rastak]

Ok now that I have your attention I hope someone can help. You see I was playing a Hotseat multiplayer game with my brother and we were pretty far. Anyways I then started a game with my other brother and it saved over my first game. I need to get my other game back! Is there a way I can retrieve it?

How long did you play the second game? Maybe there's autosave left...otherwise you're probably screwed.

 

[Joebasalt13]

Long enough thsi stupid game only has five save spots on Civ 2 I had like 500 I need to know is there any way to retrieve these files by like rebooting my CPU or something. Isn't there a undo button?

 

[rastak]

Long enough thsi stupid game only has five save spots on Civ 2 I had like 500 I need to know is there any way to retrieve these files by like rebooting my CPU or something. Isn't there a undo button?

I highly doubt it, you overwrote it, it's gone. Use a naming convention for your games in the future.

 

[Joebasalt13]

You know that doesnt help I don't need advice I need a solution so does anyone else have a solution?

Sorry if I seem rude Rastak but I am really pissed right now.

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[Padma]

No, there is no "undo" button. Only 5 autosaves are kept. If you are using teh same Civs, etc., even manually saved games will have the same name. My only suggestion is to learn to manually save, and use a unique naming system, if necessary.

 

[JohnMatrix]

Your can try using a program like undelete to recover the file
http://www.undelete.com/undelete/undelete.asp

 

[CitizenCain]

You know that doesnt help I don't need advice I need a solution so does anyone else have a solution?

Sorry if I seem rude Rastak but I am really pissed right now.

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There is some higly specialized forensic computer softeware I have that can recover overwritten files. It retails for $1000, but I'd be willing to sell it to you for the bargain basement price of $500.

Failing that, you could go to the trouble of saving important data yourself next time.