I wrote a long document, then when I was saving a different document I got
the two mixed up. I saved the second document as the name of the first, and
when Word asked me if I wanted to replace the original one, I clicked Yes.
Can I retrieve the lost document?

Probably not unless you have a backup. You *may* be able to recover it with
File recovery software such as Easy Recovery Professional, or you could pay
a specialist to recover it - at probably great cost.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


CarmenLT wrote:
I wrote a long document, then when I was saving a different document
I got the two mixed up. I saved the second document as the name of
the first, and when Word asked me if I wanted to replace the original
one, I clicked Yes. Can I retrieve the lost document?

[Em]

"CarmenLT" wrote:

I wrote a long document, then when I was saving a different document I got
the two mixed up. I saved the second document as the name of the first, and
when Word asked me if I wanted to replace the original one, I clicked Yes.
Can I retrieve the lost document?

[SHameka]

I had the same problem. I found the document, yet I can not open it. I did
this 20 minutes before my essay was due. i want to know is there anyway of
reversing the file that I found?

"CarmenLT" wrote:

I wrote a long document, then when I was saving a different document I got
the two mixed up. I saved the second document as the name of the first, and
when Word asked me if I wanted to replace the original one, I clicked Yes.
Can I retrieve the lost document?

[Graham Mayor]

If you ignored the warning that you were going to overwrite a file, then it
is gone.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


SHameka wrote:
I had the same problem. I found the document, yet I can not open it.
I did this 20 minutes before my essay was due. i want to know is
there anyway of reversing the file that I found?

"CarmenLT" wrote:

I wrote a long document, then when I was saving a different document
I got the two mixed up. I saved the second document as the name of
the first, and when Word asked me if I wanted to replace the
original one, I clicked Yes. Can I retrieve the lost document?

[SHameka]

WHAT I HAD TO DO WAS DOWNLOAD A DOCUMENT RECOVERY SOFTWA DISKINTERNALS
WORD RECOVERY. I DIDN'T BUY THE FULL VERSION SINCE I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE
WORD DOCUMENT. THERE'S NO COPY AND PASTE SO I HAD TO SWITCH WINDOWS AND
RETYPE. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAN AFFORD TO BUY THE FULL VERSION, IT IS A
VERY GREAT TOOL TO HAVE FOR TIMES LIKE THIS. WWW.DISKINTERNALS.COM

"CarmenLT" wrote:

I wrote a long document, then when I was saving a different document I got
the two mixed up. I saved the second document as the name of the first, and
when Word asked me if I wanted to replace the original one, I clicked Yes.
Can I retrieve the lost document?

[Amita4ever]

I accidently save a file over with an exactly one month older version -
ARGGH! I did whole drive searchs for .wbk, .asd, .tmp and ~*.* with no luck.
I was in total dispair until I tried the DiskInternal demo SHameka
recommended. It found a version of my file somewhere that had been saved the
day BEFORE the mistake.

Like SHameka I can not afford the $80 price tag for even the WORD only
version so I'm reduced to comparing (since their program lets you see the
recovered file) and retyping, but that is far better than losing 1 months
work. THANK YOU!

"SHameka" wrote:

WHAT I HAD TO DO WAS DOWNLOAD A DOCUMENT RECOVERY SOFTWA DISKINTERNALS
WORD RECOVERY. I DIDN'T BUY THE FULL VERSION SINCE I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE
WORD DOCUMENT. THERE'S NO COPY AND PASTE SO I HAD TO SWITCH WINDOWS AND
RETYPE. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAN AFFORD TO BUY THE FULL VERSION, IT IS A
VERY GREAT TOOL TO HAVE FOR TIMES LIKE THIS. WWW.DISKINTERNALS.COM

"CarmenLT" wrote:

I wrote a long document, then when I was saving a different document I got
the two mixed up. I saved the second document as the name of the first, and
when Word asked me if I wanted to replace the original one, I clicked Yes.
Can I retrieve the lost document?