I recently got a new hard drive for my work PC. I backed up all my files to
the network etc. Typically, I forgot to back up one file, Personal.xls which
contains several long and necessary macros. Our desktop support team
retains the hard drive for one week. The support tech who did the work has
been sympathetic but I'm not sure he knows exactly what I need. He did send
me a file which he re-named and there were no associated macros. My question:

Is there a good article or instructions I can send him a link to that can
accurately convey what I'm looking to for?

I really don't want to loose that code.

thanks for the help,

E

Tell him to look in all sub-folders called XLSTART
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme
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"E" wrote in message
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I recently got a new hard drive for my work PC. I backed up all my files
to
the network etc. Typically, I forgot to back up one file, Personal.xls
which
contains several long and necessary macros. Our desktop support team
retains the hard drive for one week. The support tech who did the work
has
been sympathetic but I'm not sure he knows exactly what I need. He did
send
me a file which he re-named and there were no associated macros. My
question:

Is there a good article or instructions I can send him a link to that can
accurately convey what I'm looking to for?

I really don't want to loose that code.

thanks for the help,

E

Just tell him the name of the file and the path, he should be able to manage
that.

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HTH

Bob

"E" wrote in message
...
I recently got a new hard drive for my work PC. I backed up all my files
to
the network etc. Typically, I forgot to back up one file, Personal.xls
which
contains several long and necessary macros. Our desktop support team
retains the hard drive for one week. The support tech who did the work
has
been sympathetic but I'm not sure he knows exactly what I need. He did
send
me a file which he re-named and there were no associated macros. My
question:

Is there a good article or instructions I can send him a link to that can
accurately convey what I'm looking to for?

I really don't want to loose that code.

thanks for the help,

E

Can you have him mount the hard drive back into your case as a second
(third?) drive and then go and get the what you need yourself? If yes, you
will have to might have to answer a question from Windows about which
version to boot into. Better would be to use a IDE/SATA-to-USB converter
cable and plug the drive into your system as a USB drive... this would avoid
the dual Windows boot up if it still occurs on newer versions of Windows (I
think I was using Win98 when I tried my first suggestion on my own). These
IDE/SATA-to-USB cables are very cheap, but your IT tech may not have one
laying around.

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"E" wrote in message
...
I recently got a new hard drive for my work PC. I backed up all my files
to
the network etc. Typically, I forgot to back up one file, Personal.xls
which
contains several long and necessary macros. Our desktop support team
retains the hard drive for one week. The support tech who did the work
has
been sympathetic but I'm not sure he knows exactly what I need. He did
send
me a file which he re-named and there were no associated macros. My
question:

Is there a good article or instructions I can send him a link to that can
accurately convey what I'm looking to for?

I really don't want to loose that code.

thanks for the help,

E