Can I retrieve a file that had another filed 'saved' over it?
 

I was using a file as a template. One file was completed and I was creating
another. I accidentally hit "SAVE' instead of 'SAVED AS' and now have lost
the original file and its info. Is there a way to retrieve that original
file??

Can I retrieve a file that had another filed 'saved' over it?
 

Hi,
unless you have a backup you cannot recover the original file

"DESPERATE" wrote:

I was using a file as a template. One file was completed and I was creating
another. I accidentally hit "SAVE' instead of 'SAVED AS' and now have lost
the original file and its info. Is there a way to retrieve that original
file??

Can I retrieve a file that had another filed 'saved' over it?
 

Do you have a backup version?

Did you send a copy to someone else? Maybe you have a copy in your sentbox or
the recipient can send it back?

Is the drive that contained the file backed up by your IT staff?



DESPERATE wrote:

I was using a file as a template. One file was completed and I was creating
another. I accidentally hit "SAVE' instead of 'SAVED AS' and now have lost
the original file and its info. Is there a way to retrieve that original
file??

--

Dave Peterson

Can I retrieve a file that had another filed 'saved' over it?
 

If, of course, you'd really been using a template (xlt) rather than a normal
file (xls), you wouldn't have fallen into that trap.

If you don't use templates in future, you'll hopefully remember the two
precautions:
1 Use the option to "always create a backup"
2 Do the Save As before you make any of the edits.
--
David Biddulph

DESPERATE wrote:
I was using a file as a template. One file was completed and I was
creating another. I accidentally hit "SAVE' instead of 'SAVED AS' and
now have lost the original file and its info. Is there a way to
retrieve that original file??