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forgot to save MS word file!!!:(

  • 07-12-2008 2:24pm
    #1
    suppafly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭


    So as the title says my dad was working on one of his end of yr essays in MS Word for the last 4 hrs and he hadn't saved. He closed the program, go the auto do u want to save prompt and clicked no by accident. So what I want to know is, is there anyway he can recover all the work he did?


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  • #2
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    :(

    A friend did the same as we were working on a college project back in the day but it was 'only' 2 hours work.

    Short answer, no.

    the auto-recovery only works if word crashes and it'll recover teh file.

    auto save also I think the tmp file is deleted when word is closed as we couldnt find any trace of the file anywhere. :/


  • #3
    suppafly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    yeah i had a look around a few other websites to see if there was another way. Unfortunately i found nothing after searching through the temp files folder and doing a few wildcard searches. Thanks anyway :)


  • #4
    DenMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,177 ✭✭✭DenMan


    Sorry to hear about your father's work. Next time have him save the file (while in your presence) and then have word auto save his work every 5 mins or so when he is hard at it. Poor guy. Hopefully he can get back on track.


  • #5
    stevire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭stevire


    Office 2003+ has a backup file system thingy, can recover some files when Windows inevitably crashes!!

    Presume you looked already, but worth a shot....


  • #6
    suppafly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,055 ✭✭✭suppafly


    yeah i know i told him he should save his work regularly. i think he's back up to speed now. I didn't know there was an auto save function. Is that available in MS word 2000?


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,582 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    stevire wrote: »
    Office 2003+ has a backup file system thingy, can recover some files when Windows inevitably crashes!!

    Presume you looked already, but worth a shot....
    Back in the 1980's all word processors created backup files by default. 360KB disks were a million times smaller than today's hard drives , yet backup copies are not default for office :confused:

    you could try photorec to see if it pickups anything ( unlikely ) or search for files containing text in the %temp% folder (a long shot)

    chances are that if you have enough RAM word worked totally in that and the document was gone forever a few seconds* after the computer was switched off :(

    *few seconds, if you used freeze spray to cool the ram chip to -40 and have the NSA ready to retrieve the data


    Ctrl-S saves. It takes almost no time and you don't even need to take your hands off the keyboard. Do it early and often.


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