Sometimes a user of a personal computer is faced with the fact that the Microsoft Office software package is removed due to a virus intervention or simply by accident. Also, data from unsaved documents is often lost. In all these cases, a special information recovery procedure is provided.
Instructions
Step 1
Recover lost documents that you created with the Microsoft Office suite of programs. For example, create a new document in Microsoft Word, then click on the "File" tab and go to "Options". Click on the "Save" item and see in which folder the program saves draft versions of documents. If the autosave feature is activated, you will most likely be able to recover your lost documents. Otherwise, enable autosave to avoid similar problems in the future.
Step 2
Select "Open" from the "File" menu. Go to the folder containing the saved draft versions of documents and select the one you need based on the date the file was lost. Specify the "Open and Restore" option in the proposed actions, after which the program will open the last saved version of the document. You can also open the folder with drafts directly from the system and open the required version yourself using a suitable program.
Step 3
Try to restore the Microsoft Office programs themselves if they were removed for any reason. Go to the system "Start" menu, then "All Programs" - "System Tools" and select "System Restore". Follow the onscreen instructions to specify the desired restore point when Microsoft Office programs were on your computer and started successfully. Click "Next" and wait for the system restore process to finish. After that, the computer will reboot, and the system will report the successful completion of the procedure. Thus, you can recover both the deleted programs themselves and the lost documents.
Step 4
Check your system for viruses. Some of them remove various programs, including office and user documents. Clean the system from viruses to avoid similar problems in the future.
