I opened up 2 version of excel and tried to close one, I forgot the other was
opened and when I chose not to save it I lost my old one also.

If there anyway I can get it back?

I tried system restore but that was turned off also ;(

Thx for any help!

If that file was originally out on the drive, then you should be able to just
open it up and have the pre-changes-made version of it available. However,
if you were creating it from scratch and closed without saving it, then it is
gone.

System Restore would never help in a case like this - System Restore does
not save user data; it is a system level recovery tool for those rough days
when you install a driver or other software that makes a mess of things.
System Restore is NO substitute for a backup. Some good tools for backing up
your drives and folders, even a type of backup called an "image" that is a
snapshot of an entire drive including OS, are Acronis TrueImage and Norton
Ghost. I personally prefer the Acronis product, others will no doubt
disagree with me.

"Unisom" wrote:

I opened up 2 version of excel and tried to close one, I forgot the other was
opened and when I chose not to save it I lost my old one also.

If there anyway I can get it back?

I tried system restore but that was turned off also ;(

Thx for any help!

"2 Versions of Excel" and "Get it back" is confusing.

Excel is an application...........do you mean you had two identical copies of a
workbook open?

Please explain the actual conditions.

Unless these were newly-created unsaved files, they will still be on your
computer.

Your latest changes will not have been saved, but the originals should still be
there.

BTW....System Restore does not concern itself with data files like Excel
workbooks so restoring would not bring anything back.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:49:02 -0700, Unisom
wrote:

I opened up 2 version of excel and tried to close one, I forgot the other was
opened and when I chose not to save it I lost my old one also.

If there anyway I can get it back?

I tried system restore but that was turned off also ;(

Thx for any help!