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Almar
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago
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Version history period

Helloo, When I read: "Version history period Depending on your plan and if you purchased Extended version history, your version history is available for a length of time, called your "version hi...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    9 years ago
    You shouldnt be able to do that Almar, unless you are a long time user who has been grandfathered in to Pack-Rat (it was something you actively needed to do).

    If you are able to do it I'd enjoy it while it lasts and not expect it to be available forever!
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Mark
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
9 years ago
You shouldnt be able to do that Almar, unless you are a long time user who has been grandfathered in to Pack-Rat (it was something you actively needed to do).

If you are able to do it I'd enjoy it while it lasts and not expect it to be available forever!
Almar's avatar
Almar
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

No unfortunatly I'm not a Pack-Rat user...

Thank-you for helping. In fact it could be logical because when you delete a file you can recover it during 30 days no matter if it is a 2 days or 2 years old file.

Sincerly

Almar

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    9 years ago
    Recover a deletion of it, yes.

    Not recover a previous version of an over written file.

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