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No. Rolling back never writes over your data. Before it starts, the confirmation lists anything that would be skipped — "These will be skipped to avoid overwriting anything" — and during the roll back, any item whose original spot now holds something new is left on the fast drive and reported.

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Everything else in the batch goes back normally. You can deal with the skipped items yourself afterwards, once you've decided which copy to keep.

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Will rolling back a batch overwrite anything I've saved since?

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Short answer: No. Any item whose original spot now holds something new is skipped and listed, both before you confirm and afterwards. Everything else in the batch goes back normally.

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No. Rolling back never writes over your data. Before it starts, the confirmation lists anything that would be skipped — "These will be skipped to avoid overwriting anything" — and during the roll back, any item whose original spot now holds something new is left on the fast drive and reported.

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Everything else in the batch goes back normally. You can deal with the skipped items yourself afterwards, once you've decided which copy to keep.

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