mini: I accidentally recorded over the birth of my son and was wondering if there was a way to lift the last recording off of my mini dv tape to salvage the original recording. Any help or input would be great. Thanks so much.Is there a way to retrieve footage from a mini dv tape that was accidentally recorded over?Sadly there is no way to retrieve it, but do you have any still images? You could make a slide show out of them on video - no substitute of course but better than nothing. As another answer said, always click over the record prevention tab on the cassette for any precious recordings, and also make copies of them. You have had a hard lesson - sorry.Is there a way to retrieve footage from a mini dv tape that was accidentally recorded over?Sorry, but once taped-over, it's forever lost. Well..lesson learned ... there's a slide lever on the side of the miniDV cassette- one position locks the cassette from being recorded over.Is there a way to retrieve footage from a mini dv tape that was accidentally recorded over?You have more chance of turning back time and take back something you said than to recover a video you recorded over, sorry.