I'd use windows search to look for .xls files that were updated recently. If
you have network drives available, I'd check those, too.

Maybe the file was saved using a different name or in a different folder or on a
different drive.



endo wrote:

My mom has a VERY imporant .xls file that she's been working on for a long
time, and when she opened it today, it was blank. The file size is still
14kb, but there's no viewable data. To me it looks like everything was
deleted, then saved, but she's not dumb lol. That said, she saved it before
she closed it and it was all there. Can I restore the file to the way it was
before the last modification? I tried using "Recover My Files" but it didn't
work. I'm currently playing with XLS Regenerator as well, but I may be
causing more harm than good. I have no idea where to go with this. I
apologize for my ineptness lol. I know it can't be restored if it was
manually deleted, as that's completely destructive, but it looks like the
file is there, but can't extract the data for viewing (if I made any sense
there...).

Thanks for anything you have to offer!
Josh

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Dave Peterson