Guest JJ Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 I mistakenly saved a document I changed without renaming it and therfore, lost the original. Is there any way for me to recover the original? -- jj
Guest nass Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 RE: "UN"save a document "JJ" wrote: > I mistakenly saved a document I changed without renaming it and therfore, > lost the original. Is there any way for me to recover the original? > -- > jj See the default path you set to save your Docs and you will find it there as Doc. Also you can still see it if you didn't clear your Recent Documents by clicking File >> See the bottom list, is it there?. HTH. nass --- http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest Bob I Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: "UN"save a document Realistically, only from your backup copy. Or buying a forensic data recovery service. JJ wrote: > I mistakenly saved a document I changed without renaming it and therfore, > lost the original. Is there any way for me to recover the original?
Guest JJ Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 RE: "UN"save a document Thanks your reply. In the Recent File list, the 'new' documnet is there with the original name. How and where do I find the default path? -- jj "nass" wrote: > > > "JJ" wrote: > > > I mistakenly saved a document I changed without renaming it and therfore, > > lost the original. Is there any way for me to recover the original? > > -- > > jj > > See the default path you set to save your Docs and you will find it there as > Doc. > Also you can still see it if you didn't clear your Recent Documents by > clicking File >> See the bottom list, is it there?. > HTH. > nass > --- > http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest HeyBub Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: "UN"save a document JJ wrote: > I mistakenly saved a document I changed without renaming it and > therfore, lost the original. Is there any way for me to recover the > original? Depends. Some software automatically saves the last (few?) renditions with a ".BAK" extension. Some software imbeds all the changes within the document so that it can be rolled back to virtually any previous version. --- slight digression "Why doesn't this cow have horns?" asked the city-slicker. "There are many reasons why a cow might not have horns," replied the farmer. "The animal may not be mature enough to have horns. The cow may be a breed that doesn't have horns at all. Or the cow may have been de-horned at birth." "The reason this particular cow doesn't have horns is because this cow is a horse." ---- end digression What software were you using when you failed to make a backup?
Guest Alan Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: "UN"save a document Hi jj, The short answer is no, unless you have a backup of the original document. When you saved the document with the changes rather than "Save As" -- or tried to close it and were asked "Do you want to save the changes to Document X?" and answered Yes -- the application did what you were instructing it to do. It saved it WITH your changes. Alan "JJ" <JJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2E219A8B-F3A8-4DD8-B667-AD857F054483@microsoft.com... >I mistakenly saved a document I changed without renaming it and therfore, > lost the original. Is there any way for me to recover the original? > -- > jj
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: "UN"save a document On Sep 20, 4:08 pm, JJ <J...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I mistakenly saved a document I changed without renaming it and therfore, > lost the original. Is there any way for me to recover the original? Do you believe in miracles?
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: "UN"save a document JJ wrote: > I mistakenly saved a document I changed without renaming it and therfore, > lost the original. Is there any way for me to recover the original? No. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
Guest Opinicus Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: "UN"save a document "JJ" <JJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote >I mistakenly saved a document I changed without renaming it and therfore, > lost the original. Is there any way for me to recover the original? One possible hope: Search for a file whose name is the same as the original and whose extension is .wbk. That *may* be the original if you haven't saved too many times while working. Rename it something_else.doc. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com
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