In order to create another electronic document, you need hours of work, and you can lose it in a matter of seconds. A power surge, software glitch, hardware failure, rash movement - and you have to start all over again. Try to take a couple of simple steps and you may be able to get at least most of the document back.
It is necessary
- Microsoft Word
- Word Pad
Instructions
Step 1
You have worked in Microsoft Word. Restart your computer and open Microsoft Word. The program should send you a request about all unsaved data in its format. Open these files and find the most complete version of the document you were working on before the crash. It will be marked, in parentheses, as "Recovered". Save the data to another document as soon as you find what you need.
Step 2
If the request does not appear, click on the "Tools" tab in the MS Word window, and then "Options". The Save tab should have a File Location option that should include the path to the location of any unsaved files that were closed unexpectedly due to a hardware or software failure. In Word 2007, you look for this path through the Microsoft Office Button and Word Options. The path is marked in the "Save" tab.
Step 3
If you did not check the box "Autosave every n minutes", firstly, urgently correct this omission, and secondly try to restore the file forcibly. Call the panel for opening files, select your lost document and, by clicking on the arrow in the lower right corner of the "Open" button, select "Open and restore".
Step 4
If this does not help either, you will have to try to find and restore the file manually. To do this, go back to the Desktop, click the Start button and find the Search item. In the search, select Part or whole file name and enter *. ASD. Search for "My Computer" and click "Find". If the computer finds your file, which will have the name "name of the lost document.asd" return to Word. Enter the opening of documents and in the list of "Files of type" select the value "All files (*. *)". Find your file with the extension. asd and open it. Restart your computer, start Word, and if your document is displayed on the left side of the screen, save it immediately.
Step 5
Perhaps it won't help either. Then you should try to find a file among the temporary ones, with the tmp extension. To do this, you will have to turn to the computer search again, but in the file parameters set *. TMP and chevrons next to the item "When were the last changes made?" indicate dates. If you find the document, go back to Word. Call the panel for opening files, select your lost document and, by clicking on the arrow in the lower right corner of the "Open" button, select "Open and restore" again.
Step 6
Even if in this case the document was not found, there is hope - the computer saves some temporary files, starting their names with a tilde (~). In "Search", change "Part of the file name or the whole file name" from *. TMP to ~ *. *. And leaving the same dates in the change options, start a new search. With the found document, you should do the same as in the previous case.
Step 7
You have worked in some other document creation program.
Open Word Pad from the Accessories menu on the Start menu. Click "File" and then the "Open" button. Enter the name of the lost file. When the program prompts you to convert the file, choose no. From the menu, select the "Save" command to save the recovered file using WordPad and click "OK".
