Hi there! I have Krita 2.9.10, and I accidentally saved something in the place of a picture I had been working on for a very long time. Is there any way to recover an older version of this file so I can have my picture back?

My operating system is Windows 8, on a Lenovo laptop.

There ought to be back-up files named filename.kra~, unles you disabled them. If you did that, there's nothing we can do.

I had several times same problem

I now have a habit to use combination "Ctrl + Alt + S" (File -> Save Incremental Version) (or may be F4 for "File -> Save Incremental Back" can be used too, but I didn't tried) to have copies of work for every hour in the past. Sometimes decimation cleanup is needed, to save disk space.

You can give it a try on Recuva, a well known freeware for data recovery. You can use this program to recover a lot of file types being deleted on a hard drive. However, for advanced features, you need to buy a Pro version.

stasia8954 wrote:You can give it a try on Recuva, a well known freeware for data recovery. You can use this program to recover deleted data being deleted on a hard drive. However, for advanced features, you need to buy a Pro version.

In theory it is possible but it is very difficult (i.e. expensive if you pay someone else to do it). And you have to stop using the computer until then.

The reason it is possible is that the disk drive controller will try to use the disk evenly. When an old file is erased it will not write over the old sectors straight away. It will put the replacement data into new sectors. But it is very difficult to find the old file scattered around the drive.

The more you have used the computer since then the more likely the sectors will have been overwritten. If that's the case it is almost impossible to recover the file. It is still possible but requires that the drive is opened up and the disk surface analysed.

Once it's over-written all intents and purposes that file is 'gone forever'. Technically there is the slimmest chance to recover them. I have personally done it with a ton of products.....however, the Format is not necessarily the problem....Have you replaced the sectors that once contained the formatted data with new data is the determining factor of a recovery.... I came across a guide that was on how to Recover Data from Overwritten Micro SD card. Read it. Hope you will get the solution.

TestDisk is the best free data recovery software on Linux.