I feel your pain. . . Some questions to maybe get the creative juices
flowing. The [1] is only created when a file with the exact name is copied
into the same directory, so another file has to exist somewhere. What is the
time/date stamp of the the [1] file? That should give you a clue as to what
may be going on.

Obvious question, but have you checked your deleted items folder? Were you
working on the network when you saved? Is there a possibility that it could
be saved to the network instead of your laptop?


"kevin35" wrote:

Hi,
I e-mailed an excell spreadsheet from my work pc to my laptop. I have been
working on this spreadsheet via the wireless network in my office, i now
believe that I worked and saved rather than "save as" after I had nearly
finised the spreadsheet I closed my PC down and decided to continue working
at home.
When I got home I went to open the file i could only find the origional
blank spreadsheet and all of the work I had done was missing.
I have performed a history/recent search and cant find the almost completed
spreadsheet but I have noticed that the file now has [1] at the end where as
the origional did not.
I really need to find this file.
If any one can help in this I would be very grateful
regards
Kevin