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how do i find a deleted file on my hard drive
i was moving an excel file to a flash stick and somehow in the process the
file has been lost. it is not on the stick and it has gone from my folder. is it still retrivable from my hard drive. i have done a search and it didnt turn up. |
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how do i find a deleted file on my hard drive
Did you do a search for the file name on your computer via windows
'start'...'search'...'for files or folders' You may have dropped it into a different area of your computer. "karik" wrote: i was moving an excel file to a flash stick and somehow in the process the file has been lost. it is not on the stick and it has gone from my folder. is it still retrivable from my hard drive. i have done a search and it didnt turn up. |
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Excel should be closed or at the very least the file should be closed when you copy.
You can't count on being able to recover a missing file, and that is the reason that having backups is important. I find the XCOPY command to be very reliable for copying files. The thumb drive is essentially a disk drive itself, so I would run a utility on it first, and then on the hard drive to see if you can get back the missing file. Disk Utilities - backup, recovery, status (#refUtil) http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/backup.htm#refUtil You are trying to locate fragments of file for which there is no longer a directory item, you may have success or failure, but its about as reliable as losing a $10 bill on a city street and seeing if you can find it again after a few hours. Some cities are known to be windy. Good Luck. I've managed to recover files that I needed. But I expect if I "really, really, needed the file" that I probably wouldn't be as lucky. In any case it is best to already have the utilities you need already installed so you don't overwrite what you need, and to run them as soon as possible.. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "karik" wrote in message ... i was moving an excel file to a flash stick and somehow in the process the file has been lost. it is not on the stick and it has gone from my folder. is it still retrivable from my hard drive. i have done a search and it didnt turn up. |
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Try "My Recent Documents" -- MABeatty ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MABeatty's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=32258 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=554960 |
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Good suggestion, for those that have that folder on their desktop, and ...
That's the only way my Dad could ever find his files on his Macintosh. <grin MRU (Most Recently Used) list within a PC version of Excel is found in Excel under File menu, and a maximum limit of 9 entries can be set in Tools, Options, General Also system Start button, Documents has shorter lists from several appliations. From the system Start button and search "lost documents" you will see a list, which can be expaned and is also available online as "Locating Lost Files": http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true "MABeatty" wrote ... Try "My Recent Documents" -- MABeatty ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MABeatty's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=32258 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=554960 |
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how do i find a deleted file on my hard drive
thanks tim, i have tried this several times but still can't find the file.
thank you for taking time out to offer advise. "tim m" wrote: Did you do a search for the file name on your computer via windows 'start'...'search'...'for files or folders' You may have dropped it into a different area of your computer. "karik" wrote: i was moving an excel file to a flash stick and somehow in the process the file has been lost. it is not on the stick and it has gone from my folder. is it still retrivable from my hard drive. i have done a search and it didnt turn up. |
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