Hello,
I'm programming in ASM and doing it in Notepad++, however, after I was done with my work I just compiled the whole .asm wrong, and made the .asm itself an .exe, screwing its content totally.
I didn't realize this just after I clicked "YES" to the Notepad++ confirmation, which was asking me if I'd like to keep the file in the editor.
Is there ANY way at all to restore that file? I do not have backup enable, and can't CTRL+Z at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, that's a few days of my work, so I'd be really sad if it'd be gone just by a stupid mistake of mine.
Thanks in advance!
P.S: I've tried deassembling it, but putting back the code together will also take some time, and if there'd be a better solution, I'd be happy to hear it !
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Having looked briefly at the code, it does not appear to be possible. Perhaps if you still have the N++ instance running, attach a debugger and by some miracle can locate the buffer in memory (assuming it hasn't been overwritten)? That's a longshot...
I have done similar things myself, and the only advice I can give is to not work on something for several days without source control (git, Mercurial, etc).
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I've started rewriting it actually. Tried numerous softwares and all of them classified it as "Unrecoverable", got most of the work from deassembling the .exe, so it ain't that bad I guess, at least thought myself a lesson.
I'd like to make a suggestion by this, to have Undo available even for occasions like this. It wasn't in my case :)
Thread may be closed, thanks for the help !
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Hello,
I'm programming in ASM and doing it in Notepad++, however, after I was done with my work I just compiled the whole .asm wrong, and made the .asm itself an .exe, screwing its content totally.
I didn't realize this just after I clicked "YES" to the Notepad++ confirmation, which was asking me if I'd like to keep the file in the editor.
Is there ANY way at all to restore that file? I do not have backup enable, and can't CTRL+Z at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, that's a few days of my work, so I'd be really sad if it'd be gone just by a stupid mistake of mine.
Thanks in advance!
P.S: I've tried deassembling it, but putting back the code together will also take some time, and if there'd be a better solution, I'd be happy to hear it !
Tried using restoration softwares, they're unable to restore it.
Having looked briefly at the code, it does not appear to be possible. Perhaps if you still have the N++ instance running, attach a debugger and by some miracle can locate the buffer in memory (assuming it hasn't been overwritten)? That's a longshot...
I have done similar things myself, and the only advice I can give is to not work on something for several days without source control (git, Mercurial, etc).
I've started rewriting it actually. Tried numerous softwares and all of them classified it as "Unrecoverable", got most of the work from deassembling the .exe, so it ain't that bad I guess, at least thought myself a lesson.
I'd like to make a suggestion by this, to have Undo available even for occasions like this. It wasn't in my case :)
Thread may be closed, thanks for the help !
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