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word did not recover my docment i have lost work
microsift work did not save the work i did yesterday, so all the changes i
made to it were lost, is there any way in which i can recover my file with my saved work on it? |
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word did not recover my docment i have lost work
Microsoft doesn't 'save your work' you have to save it yourself. If you
don't save it there is nothing to recover. Too late now - but see http://www.gmayor.com/automatically_backup.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Sarah wrote: microsift work did not save the work i did yesterday, so all the changes i made to it were lost, is there any way in which i can recover my file with my saved work on it? |
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word did not recover my docment i have lost work
is there any way in which i can recover my file with my
saved work on it? If it was indeed saved, yes. It should be where you saved it. If you double-clicked to open an email attachment for editing, then it would have been saved to a temporary location. Set Windows Explorer to display hidden files/folder, then search for the file from the root folder (e.g., C:\). If you were editing a file and didn't save it yourself, then the file would have been saved [in some form] only if backups were enabled, or if Word crashed and AutoRecovery were enabled. In the former case, look for files named Backup of*.wbk. In the latter case, Word should have detected an .asd file the next time Word started. You can search for this file manually; it would be in the folder specificed in Tools - Options - Files Locations - AutoRecover files (in Word 2007, Office button - Word Options - Save tab - AutoRecover file location. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Sarah" wrote in message ... microsift work did not save the work i did yesterday, so all the changes i made to it were lost, is there any way in which i can recover my file with my saved work on it? |
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If you were editing a file and didn't save it yourself, then the file
would have been saved [in some form] only if backups were enabled, or if Word crashed and AutoRecovery were enabled. In the former case, look for files named Backup of*.wbk. The Backup of filename.wbk file is always the previous version of the document, and it is not created until you have saved twice (the first save creates Filename.doc, and the second save renames that file Backup of Filename.wbk). So if the user didn't save the file, there will be no backup. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... is there any way in which i can recover my file with my saved work on it? If it was indeed saved, yes. It should be where you saved it. If you double-clicked to open an email attachment for editing, then it would have been saved to a temporary location. Set Windows Explorer to display hidden files/folder, then search for the file from the root folder (e.g., C:\). If you were editing a file and didn't save it yourself, then the file would have been saved [in some form] only if backups were enabled, or if Word crashed and AutoRecovery were enabled. In the former case, look for files named Backup of*.wbk. In the latter case, Word should have detected an .asd file the next time Word started. You can search for this file manually; it would be in the folder specificed in Tools - Options - Files Locations - AutoRecover files (in Word 2007, Office button - Word Options - Save tab - AutoRecover file location. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Sarah" wrote in message ... microsift work did not save the work i did yesterday, so all the changes i made to it were lost, is there any way in which i can recover my file with my saved work on it? |
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True enough, but as the user seems to have completely lost track of the
document and was grasping at straws, my aim was to point out one of those straws, i.e., that if backup had [ever] been enabled, then it's possible that an earlier version of the file might still be available. That version might be days or weeks old. Still, it might be better than nothing. It's also possible that some form of the document still resides on disk in the form of a .tmp file. Recovering bits from these files is iffy at best. Still, there are times when a little bit is better than nothing at all. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If you were editing a file and didn't save it yourself, then the file would have been saved [in some form] only if backups were enabled, or if Word crashed and AutoRecovery were enabled. In the former case, look for files named Backup of*.wbk. The Backup of filename.wbk file is always the previous version of the document, and it is not created until you have saved twice (the first save creates Filename.doc, and the second save renames that file Backup of Filename.wbk). So if the user didn't save the file, there will be no backup. See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/AutomaticSave.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... is there any way in which i can recover my file with my saved work on it? If it was indeed saved, yes. It should be where you saved it. If you double-clicked to open an email attachment for editing, then it would have been saved to a temporary location. Set Windows Explorer to display hidden files/folder, then search for the file from the root folder (e.g., C:\). If you were editing a file and didn't save it yourself, then the file would have been saved [in some form] only if backups were enabled, or if Word crashed and AutoRecovery were enabled. In the former case, look for files named Backup of*.wbk. In the latter case, Word should have detected an .asd file the next time Word started. You can search for this file manually; it would be in the folder specificed in Tools - Options - Files Locations - AutoRecover files (in Word 2007, Office button - Word Options - Save tab - AutoRecover file location. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Sarah" wrote in message ... microsift work did not save the work i did yesterday, so all the changes i made to it were lost, is there any way in which i can recover my file with my saved work on it? |
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On 13 Jun, 13:02, Sarah wrote:
microsift work did not save the work i did yesterday, so all the changes i made to it werelost, is there any way in which i canrecovermyfilewith my saved work on it? It really depends, but it won't hurt to try DOC Regenerator http://www.tech-pro.net/doc-regenerator.html . |
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