Saved File w/same name: Rescue old one?

Hello;
I'm an experienced user, can't believe I did this.
Saved a DVDSP file in same folder with FCP file. Used same file name. Wrote DVDSP file, lost FCP file. I know data is still there, but now name in directory points to DVDSP file. Any suggestions on recovering?
Thanks,
Josh

Hi John,
when you save a file with the exact same name it will overwrite the old file. Data are lost and cannot be recovered.

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