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Just lost project!!! Please help

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  • 12-02-2007 3:36pm
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    racso1975
    Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭


    Hi i just closed a project i was working on all morning and did not save the changes and had not saved document at all is there anyway to recover this file?


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    What were you working on the project in? Its possible there might still be a scratch file around there somewhere.

    Other than that, take the lesson well. Save often.


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    L31mr0d
    Registered Users Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    if its word I really don't think there is anyway to get your project back. for future reference, the shortcut to save in word is "ctrl-s". i used to have a problem forgetting to save my project reports because I never had my hand on the mouse to click on the save icon. I just use the keyboard shortcut every paragraph to save now.


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    matt-dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭matt-dublin


    if its a word file word autosaves every 10 or 25 minutes for this reason...

    do a search on my computer for all documents modified since yesterday, enable hidden files as wwell...

    there will be a hidden temp file somewhere


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    racso1975
    Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭racso1975


    yeah it was a word document and i really feel like going back on the cigs right now:( guess i may go to that forum too


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    sweno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭sweno


    Ya if you were working on it for a good while there is an auto-save of your file somewhere in your computer. I can't remember the general location but as recommended do a search for it.


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    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Do a search for files with a .asd extension. However I believe Microsoft Word delete these upon quitting so it may too late. You're only other hope is to get a 3rd party undelete tool and see if you can recover any of these .asd files. You will have to be quick though before the space is used by other files.


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    beolight
    Registered Users Posts: 624 ✭✭✭beolight


    Auto recovery on word will get it


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