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Recovering excel file
During the saving process I replaced a very important spreadsheet file with
another one. Now I can't access the original spreadsheet. I am really in a panick! I have excel 2003 and I would like to know how I can recover my file. HELP! Thanks, Margaret |
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MDJ wrote...
During the saving process I replaced a very important spreadsheet file with another one. Now I can't access the original spreadsheet. I am really in a panick! I have excel 2003 and I would like to know how I can recover my file. HELP! You have two alternative, neither particularly attractive. 1. Look for any backups. If the file were stored on a network drive, there may be a tape backup from which you can restore the file. If the file were stored on your own PC's harddisk and you're normally connected to a network, there's an outside chance your local files are also backed up automatically. 2. Shut down the machine on which the overwritten file is stored, and find an data recovery firm to see if they can locate and recover your file from file blocks that would have been freed when you overwrote the file. This will be both time and cost intensive, but if the file is worth several thousand dollars of lost time to reproduce, several hundred dollars to recover would be expedient. If you decide on this approach, DO NOT WASTE TIME DOING ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR PC. THE LONGER YOU USE IT/WAIT TO SHUT DOWN, THE GREATER THE CHANCE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO RECOVER THE FILE. |
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MDJ wrote...
During the saving process I replaced a very important spreadsheet file with another one. Now I can't access the original spreadsheet. I am really in a panick! I have excel 2003 and I would like to know how I can recover my file. HELP! You have two alternatives, neither particularly attractive. 1. Look for any backups. If the file were stored on a network drive, there may be a tape backup from which you can restore the file. If the file were stored on your own PC's harddisk and you're normally connected to a network, there's an outside chance your local files are also backed up automatically. 2. Shut down the machine on which the overwritten file is stored, and find an data recovery firm to see if they can locate and recover your file from file blocks that would have been freed when you overwrote the file. This will be both time and cost intensive, but if the file is worth several thousand dollars of lost time to reproduce, several hundred dollars to recover would be expedient. If you decide on this approach, DO NOT WASTE TIME DOING ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR PC. THE LONGER YOU USE IT/WAIT TO SHUT DOWN, THE GREATER THE CHANCE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO RECOVER THE FILE. |
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Margaret
First, if "very important" why no recent backup?? Move out of panic mode and into job search mode. If you have saved with the same filename, the original is gone. There are are third-party file recovery services out there which are pricey. If you want to go that route, STOP using your computer immediately to enhance your oppotunity of finding the file data before those clusters get overwritten Maybe your IT dept makes a LAN wide backup each day? See your IT person. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:05:04 -0800, MDJ wrote: During the saving process I replaced a very important spreadsheet file with another one. Now I can't access the original spreadsheet. I am really in a panick! I have excel 2003 and I would like to know how I can recover my file. HELP! Thanks, Margaret |
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As per Harlan and Gord's notes, this is NOT something you can recover from
yourself - Call IT and do it now. Do NOT open any other files on this machine, and make that call. -- Regards Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "MDJ" wrote in message ... During the saving process I replaced a very important spreadsheet file with another one. Now I can't access the original spreadsheet. I am really in a panick! I have excel 2003 and I would like to know how I can recover my file. HELP! Thanks, Margaret |
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Any chance you emailed it someone else--check your Sentbox or ask for a copy
back. MDJ wrote: During the saving process I replaced a very important spreadsheet file with another one. Now I can't access the original spreadsheet. I am really in a panick! I have excel 2003 and I would like to know how I can recover my file. HELP! Thanks, Margaret -- Dave Peterson |
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