I thought the doc was saved but I opened it today data is missing. IS there a
way to recover it from Friday?

What is missing?

Just the data you entered on Friday?

If not saved, no chance of getting anything back because with no save, there was
no data to recover.

Or something else missing also?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:48:00 -0700, bhackworth
wrote:

I thought the doc was saved but I opened it today data is missing. IS there a
way to recover it from Friday?

"bhackworth" wrote in message
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I thought the doc was saved but I opened it today data is missing. IS there
a
way to recover it from Friday?

When a file is deleted it isn't physically deleted and when file is saved it
isn't necessarily over the original. Let me explain. The computer keeps a
record of all the files on the hard disk. Think of it as an index. If you
were to cross out a line in the index of a book the word or phrase will
still be extant in the body of the book. (The difference with a computer is
that the area of the 'lost' file is available for re-use). It is,
therefore, possible to recover 'lost' files. As you will appreciate success
depends on whether or not the area on the hard drive has been re-used.

There are a number of software that will do the job. I have used and,
therefore, can recommend 'Get data back' www.runtime.org. Restoration
www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html is a freebee (which I have not used).

It is highly recommended that the software is installed on and run from
another hard disk (to decrease the possibility of overwriting the 'lost'
file).

You should, perhaps, also think of getting a backing up system. You may
like to have a look at my web site www.1001solutions.co.uk for more
information.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions