What is overwriting?

Answer by  Pradi (20)

Overwriting is process of writing the data on the already occupied memory. After overwriting the previously written data will not be available for access but can access only overwritten data.

Answer by  M85 (172)

A file on a computer becomes overwritten when some other data has replaced it on the hard drive. Overwritten files are usually impossible to recover.

Answer by  dc8333 (420)

Overwriting is the replacement of one thing (the object being overwritten) with another (the new object). In nearly all cases overwriting involves the loss of the original contents. For example, when you overwrite information on a CD-RW the original contents of the disc will be replaced with whatever you are placing on to it.

Answer by  cangel818 (981)

In computing overwriting is the process of inputting new data which writes over, or erases any previous date on the hard drive. It is important to know that when you delete information on a computer it is not actually destroyed until the file system clusters have been written over with new data. Once this happens the old data is unrecoverable.

Answer by  CarolynOsborne (2804)

When you delete something on a computer, the sectors of the hard disk still contain the information unless you put new information there, which is "overwriting" and that keeps someone from recovering your deleted files. There are programs you can get to overwrite a hard disk. If someone else will have your computer, be sure to overwrite the hard disk.

Answer by  marcietteyahoofr (49)

It is a practice in which someone sells a large number of options which are believed to be valued incorrectly.

Answer by  TwoToneDodge (2204)

Overwriting is when you update or save over data in a file. If you make corrections to a photo, that photo when saved is overwriting the old photo. It is then non-retrievable.