There are free recovery programs as well, I have recovered
some files off of a compact flash card, most of the files were
okay and they are somewhat small compared to Excel files.

But one can look at the recovery portion of my backup.htm
page, but I would not rely on getting oneself out of a predicament
and is no substitute for backup.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/backup.htm
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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

"Bob Clark" wrote in message ...
actually you need recovery software as all that happens when a file is deleted
or replaced is a name change i.e. from myfile.xls to ?yfile.xls. it will be safe
until your hard drive fills up (thereby beginning to overwrite deleted files) or
you defrag the drive (in which case it MAY be recoverable. take a look at
zdnet.com, they (the programs) are fairly cheap.


On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:58:30 -0800, in microsoft.public.excel.misc falling into
the bathtub with your monitor, the short circuit caused the following to
mysteriously appear from your keyboard:

~if you are on a network, you can restore from the last
~backup. if you have no other backup, i'm afraid your are
~stuck with the new file.
~
~-----Original Message-----
~I was trying to save a file and the "prompt" said, would
~you like to replace
~and I accidentally hit yes....am I able to recover that
~file to it's original
~state.
~.
~