Restore a Word Document from 24 hours ago? - Clutching at Straws here

throwingmusic

Clutching at straws here. Can't believe I have lost 7 hours work, by STUPIDLY (which I've never done before), using a previous document as a template for a new one, deleted all the text in it and forgot to 'Save As' another name before closing it. I've gone into looking for previous versions, it says none exist (I have since seen the box which should have been ticked which says 'always create a backup' under options. I have looked at system restore but my most recent option is 4 days ago which is no good to me. Ideally about 3 hours ago would be perfect :mad: but even 24 hours ago would be a start.

I'm not well up on exactly what systems I'm running etc. but I seem to be running Office 2003, and it's Windows 7 Home premium.

I think there is nothing I can do but if anyone knows of anything obviously I would be delighted.........thanks

delw

throwingmusic wrote: »

Clutching at straws here. Can't believe I have lost 7 hours work, by STUPIDLY (which I've never done before), using a previous document as a template for a new one, deleted all the text in it and forgot to 'Save As' another name before closing it. I've gone into looking for previous versions, it says none exist (I have since seen the box which should have been ticked which says 'always create a backup' under options. I have looked at system restore but my most recent option is 4 days ago which is no good to me. Ideally about 3 hours ago would be perfect :mad: but even 24 hours ago would be a start.

I'm not well up on exactly what systems I'm running etc. but I seem to be running Office 2003, and it's Windows 7 Home premium.

I think there is nothing I can do but if anyone knows of anything obviously I would be delighted.........thanks

if you made changes to a previous document did office not ask you when you were exiting "do you want to save changes....."?

throwingmusic

delw wrote: »

if you made changes to a previous document did office not ask you when you were exiting "do you want to save changes....."?

Of course it did - I'm afraid I was not concentrating and was thinking yes I want to save the changes (i.e. the new typing I had just done, approx three pages), the vital part I missed out in the whole equation was to 'Save As' the document before I started typing my new stuff in, i.e. the measly three pages I'm now left with of the new stuff, whereas I had around a hundred pages worth of stuff in the previous doc........

So - had a 100 page doc. Opened it, to use it as a template for my new document i.e. layout of title etc. - deleted all of the text of the document and started typing the second document (which is when I should have saved it under a new name). Closed the document and saved the changes...........Absolute clown, pure lack of concentration probably due to how much time I've spent sitting at the laptop

red menace

Have you right clicked on the document and`checked under properties for a previous version?

throwingmusic

red menace wrote: »

Have you right clicked on the document and`checked under properties for a previous version?

Yes and got - 'No previous versions available' but thanks for the suggestion I only tried that after googling.

red menace

sorry cant be of more help,
have a read of this as well

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827099

delw

throwingmusic wrote: »

Of course it did - I'm afraid I was not concentrating and was thinking yes I want to save the changes (i.e. the new typing I had just done, approx three pages), the vital part I missed out in the whole equation was to 'Save As' the document before I started typing my new stuff in, i.e. the measly three pages I'm now left with of the new stuff, whereas I had around a hundred pages worth of stuff in the previous doc........

So - had a 100 page doc. Opened it, to use it as a template for my new document i.e. layout of title etc. - deleted all of the text of the document and started typing the second document (which is when I should have saved it under a new name). Closed the document and saved the changes...........Absolute clown, pure lack of concentration probably due to how much time I've spent sitting at the laptop

fair enough,goes to show how easy it can happen,i know its a bit obvious &you probably did but did you check recent documents

throwingmusic

Thanks Delw and red menace, yeah i've read through that page, and checked recent documents, unfortunately they just don't cover when you rename the document, it just becomes that document. Well probably just have to be a (hard) lesson learned......

Thanks for the suggestions much appreciated.

laughter189

How about this : - try a system restore and set your computer to an earlier time .

in Xp you go start - all programs - - assessories - system tools - system restore

PogMoThoin

Dropbox FTW,
use it for documents like this for an incremental image

throwingmusic

laughter189 wrote: »

How about this : - try a system restore and set your computer to an earlier time .

in Xp you go start - all programs - - assessories - system tools - system restore

Yeah did try that, but the most up to date I can get is from 4 days ago, which is no good I'm afraid.

practice

Download "Recuva" from www.download.com and run it. Although you did not delete the file the old one may still be on the hardrive

Dulchie

A long shot
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Previous-versions-of-files-frequently-asked-questions

Notice you need to right click the folder not the file itself.

Another possibility
Search through you system for a file containing some phrase that you know was included in the lost document.

throwingmusic

practice wrote: »

Download "Recuva" from www.download.com and run it. Although you did not delete the file the old one may still be on the hardrive

Thanks I'm running that now. However all of these recovery things are for lost documents, my document wasn't lost I stupidly deleted all the text in it and saved it (forgetting to 'save as'), so I don't think this is going to help. The document still exists in perfect form, what I need is a previous version of the document but unfortunately no previous version was saved

Thanks Dulchie - same thing, I'm not really looking for a lost document, I have the document it's the data that was in it that I deleted myself that's gone forever. Human stupidity lack of concentration...........

Dulchie

The Microsoft link is to find previous versions that may have been saved automatically by Windows 7, (There is a similar option in Vista) although you did not sepcifically save a previous version Windows 7 might have.

From the Website
How are previous versions created?

Previous versions are automatically saved as part of a restore point. If system protection is turned on, Windows automatically creates previous versions of files and folders that have been modified since the last restore point was made. Typically, restore points are made once a day. If your disk is partitioned or if you have more than one hard disk on your computer, you need to turn on system protection for the other partitions or disks. Previous versions are also created by Windows Backup when you back up your files.

throwingmusic

Dulchie wrote: »

The Microsoft link is to find previous versions that may have been saved automatically by Windows 7, (There is a similar option in Vista) although you did not sepcifically save a previous version Windows 7 might have.

From the Website
How are previous versions created?

Previous versions are automatically saved as part of a restore point. If system protection is turned on, Windows automatically creates previous versions of files and folders that have been modified since the last restore point was made. Typically, restore points are made once a day. If your disk is partitioned or if you have more than one hard disk on your computer, you need to turn on system protection for the other partitions or disks. Previous versions are also created by Windows Backup when you back up your files.

Checked for previous versions - none available.