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Autosave .asd files present but not viewable
Very randomly and suddenly my autorecover feature stopped working. This is a
major blow to me as the power leaves from my home often. I'm in the habit of just letting autorecover catch it for me, reading through these forums that seems like a bad idea. I would however still like to be able to reactivate my autosave. My autosave is set to saving every 1 minute. I allow background saves. I ran several tests where I forced reset or shut the power of off my mains after waiting 5-10 minutes (More than enough time for a 1 minute autorecover) but the file recovery system didn't show. I then navigated to the foler where autorecovery information is stored and found .asd files relating to the word documents I'd done the experiments on. I could now however open these .asd documents through microsoft word, and microsoft word would not display the classic auto recover files at the startup of microsoft word. I doubt theres some ghost option i clicked...but if there is then please tell me. I tried to restore all settings to default...but apparentley you can't do that in microsoft word...which was useful... Thanks for any help. |
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Autosave .asd files present but not viewable
If you rely on autorecover, you are going to be very disappointed. Buy
yourself an uninterruptible power supply then if you get a power outage you can drop to 'hibernate' mode and not lose anything. Such devices are essential where the power supply is unreliable (here too). Shutting off the mains while software is running is not something you should undertake by choice. It can corrupt the hard drive -0 and certainly leaves a load of dross behind. Always close Windows normally. In the meantime, see http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gupta A. wrote: Very randomly and suddenly my autorecover feature stopped working. This is a major blow to me as the power leaves from my home often. I'm in the habit of just letting autorecover catch it for me, reading through these forums that seems like a bad idea. I would however still like to be able to reactivate my autosave. My autosave is set to saving every 1 minute. I allow background saves. I ran several tests where I forced reset or shut the power of off my mains after waiting 5-10 minutes (More than enough time for a 1 minute autorecover) but the file recovery system didn't show. I then navigated to the foler where autorecovery information is stored and found .asd files relating to the word documents I'd done the experiments on. I could now however open these .asd documents through microsoft word, and microsoft word would not display the classic auto recover files at the startup of microsoft word. I doubt theres some ghost option i clicked...but if there is then please tell me. I tried to restore all settings to default...but apparentley you can't do that in microsoft word...which was useful... Thanks for any help. |
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Autosave .asd files present but not viewable
I'll second Graham's suggestion (which I was also going to make) that you
get a UPS. We don't often lose power for any length of time here, but with a lot of new home construction going on in the area, we get occasional "blinks," which, without a UPS, are far more annoying than extensive outages but hardly noticeable with a UPS. That said, there is definitely something wrong if AutoRecovery backups that exist are not being presented on startup. You don't say what version of Word you have, but the KB article "How Word creates and recovers the AutoRecover files" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=107686) covers all versions. KB316950, "How to recover a lost file in Word 2000," suggests that you can open .asd files directly in that version. It also states: "If Word does not open the AutoRecover file at startup, the file may be damaged. If you find an AutoRecover file that does not automatically open, skip to the 'How to Troubleshoot Damaged Documents' section of this article for additional information about how to recover information from the file." -- 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. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... If you rely on autorecover, you are going to be very disappointed. Buy yourself an uninterruptible power supply then if you get a power outage you can drop to 'hibernate' mode and not lose anything. Such devices are essential where the power supply is unreliable (here too). Shutting off the mains while software is running is not something you should undertake by choice. It can corrupt the hard drive -0 and certainly leaves a load of dross behind. Always close Windows normally. In the meantime, see http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gupta A. wrote: Very randomly and suddenly my autorecover feature stopped working. This is a major blow to me as the power leaves from my home often. I'm in the habit of just letting autorecover catch it for me, reading through these forums that seems like a bad idea. I would however still like to be able to reactivate my autosave. My autosave is set to saving every 1 minute. I allow background saves. I ran several tests where I forced reset or shut the power of off my mains after waiting 5-10 minutes (More than enough time for a 1 minute autorecover) but the file recovery system didn't show. I then navigated to the foler where autorecovery information is stored and found .asd files relating to the word documents I'd done the experiments on. I could now however open these .asd documents through microsoft word, and microsoft word would not display the classic auto recover files at the startup of microsoft word. I doubt theres some ghost option i clicked...but if there is then please tell me. I tried to restore all settings to default...but apparentley you can't do that in microsoft word...which was useful... Thanks for any help. |
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