Vonnie,
There are undelete utilities that can sometimes recover a deleted file. I
haven't heard how well they work with XP. Don't use your system in the
meantime, as the more stuff you do, the more likely the file will not be
recoverable.
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Earl Kiosterud
www.smokeylake.com
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"vonnie1974" wrote in message
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i accidently shut down work in excel that i had been working on all
morning,
i had minimized it while i looked for another document but when i came
back
to continue it wasnt there and i had not saved the work, is there any way
that i can retrieve this work