Re: tried to save a document over another of the same name, only o
From: Graham Mayor (gmayor_at_DELETECAPSmvps.org)
Date: 09/17/04
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:16:23 +0100
Actually it only overwrites the file allocation table entry to point to the
newly saved version. The disc space that contains the data *may* not have
been overwritten - yet - so it *may* still be possible to recover it.
-- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Genine wrote: > If you do a save as and use the name of an existing file, Word will > overwrite that file with your new information. However, it gives you a > message asking if you really want to replace the file. Did you say > yes to that message? If so, your file is gone for good. > > Genine > > "Graham Mayor" wrote: > >> If you have Word set to always save a backup copy, you *may* be able >> to recover your missing text from the backup. If not you *may* be >> able to recover some or all of it with file recovery software such >> as File Recovery or Easy Recovery Professional. If not you will have >> learned an expensive lesson. >> >> -- >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> Graham Mayor - Word MVP >> >> My web site www.gmayor.com >> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> >> >> >> erica wrote: >>> youll never believe what happened so i wrote this lab report titled >>> cellreport2, saved it over the old cellreport2 i had written and now >>> my comp is only showing the first one which is only like a paragraph >>> not 6 pages!!!!!!!!!! what do i do??????
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