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Recover deleted files on a dvd+rw?

Loves2spoon said:
it's a dvd-rw. if you look on the back half of it has been written.
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The fact that it's been "written" on the back doesn't mean it's a RW - but let's say for sake of argument that the disc really is a DVD-RW.

If you've erased it, and re-burned it with blank data, then it's gone. Physically, I mean. DVD's are not magnetic, so if the data has been overwritten it's really gone, unlike a magnetic medium like a hard disk or thumb drive.
 
Loves2spoon said:
oops it says "DVD+RW" sorry
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It doesn't matter. Whether you have DVD-RW or DVD+RW, the basic operation is the same. Neither are DVD RAM. DVD RAM allows you to edit data on DVD much like you edit data on a hard drive. DVD±RW does not. With DVD±RW, old data must be erased if you write new data to the disc.
 
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