MS Word Help

[Thmsshaun]

A friend at work just asked me I fyou can recover a file after you save over it. His g/f has done a 3000 word essay then re typed a file and the saved rather than saving as..

Can you recover the file or is she going to have to re type it.

Cheers

Shaun

 

[fuzzer]

what version of word and was the autosave enabled?

 

[Rose Chap]

Also, was she in an office (or school/university) environment with the file stored on a server?

A competent IT department would have regular backups and would be able to recover her essay if it was stored on a server.

Also, if the file was stored on a server and overwritten, the system administrator may be able to recover the file as it was to the point she mistakenly overwrote it.

Failing that might be worth having a hunt around the local disk in Documents and Settings to see if any temp files have been created which could hold the information in her essay.

Best of luck!

 

[Thmsshaun]

Autosave is on and its word 2000

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

If the PC runs Windows XP with System Restore (or an older version of Windows with Go Back), then it may be possible to revert the hard drive to a fixed point in time.

It's v v v v unlikely that it will retrieve the file as it was before she overtyped, but with a little luck the most recent restore point might be fairly close to the latest version she had.

If she has it, System Restore can be found in Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools. Go Back could be anywhere, just check every option in Start > Programs.

If she has either, it's just a matter of following the instructions on screen.

Hope this helps!!

PS Don't suppose she has a print out that can be scanned does she? Might retrieve some of the text.

 

[andy_k]

system restore doesn't affect documents or pictures that you've saved - or at least I didn't think it did

Am I missing something?

Andy

 

[Dieselman]

system restore doesn't affect documents or pictures that you've saved - or at least I didn't think it did

Am I missing something?

Andy

I don't think it does, GoBack does though as it reverts the entire drive.

 

[mobeyone]

system restore doesn't affect documents or pictures that you've saved - or at least I didn't think it did

Am I missing something?

Andy

I would agree with this - best bet would be she is on a LA pc where all files are stored on a server as above.

If so, best speak to the IT guys asap to recover it - done this a few times in work and had teh file recovered within a day.

 

[Thmsshaun]

No I didnt think system restore recovered saved documents only system settings unless anyone can clarify otherwise. I thought she was stuffed but there are people on here who know a lot more than me so said to my friend I would ask. She has a printed copy so I guess she better get typing.

 

[andy_k]

She has a printed copy so I guess she better get typing.

then use a scanner with OCR software


Andy

 

[BTB 500]

then use a scanner with OCR software

Absolutely. Should be no problem if the printed copy is good quality.

 

[Thmsshaun]

I have mentioned it to them. Thanks for the help guys :bannana:

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

No I didnt think system restore recovered saved documents only system settings unless anyone can clarify otherwise. I thought she was stuffed but there are people on here who know a lot more than me so said to my friend I would ask. She has a printed copy so I guess she better get typing.

Go Back used to do - still got it on an old PC in the spare room. Never tried with System Restore, just thought it might as I'm sure I heard somewhere that it's based on Go Back.

Scan with OCR sounds like the best option though - had to do it myself once. Not great but better than starting from scratch!!