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Dylan Couper · January 3rd, 2004, 03:44 AM

I was writing a good long article in Word. Then it froze, and I had to reboot the computer. I opened it again, and my article reappeared, but it froze instantly. I re-opened it again, but my article was gone. Can I dig it out of it's auto save function somehow? I only had about 30% of it saved. It's not a big deal, but if I can save it, it will save me an hour of typing.

Thanks.

Rob Lohman · January 4th, 2004, 02:02 PM

Go look in your temporary directories under C:\Windows\Temp
and C:\Document and Settings\<loginname>\Local Settings\Temp

You will need to have "view hidden files" on to get to the second
location. It might also be that Word has written some hidden
backup files in the same directory where the Word document is in,
but they probably are gone now since you already opened it
again (and lost again).

My guess you're unlucky due to the second freezing. Save often!

Dylan Couper · January 5th, 2004, 12:54 AM

Doh!
Nothin'.
Thanks for trying though, Rob.

Frank Granovski · January 5th, 2004, 01:26 AM

Sorry to hear that, Dylan. I'm still using WP 6.1 for DOS and have set my backup for every minute. This way I lose little if it crashes, however, my MS DOS 6.22 never crashes. :-))

January 3rd, 2004, 03:44 AM	#1
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	MS Word help I was writing a good long article in Word. Then it froze, and I had to reboot the computer. I opened it again, and my article reappeared, but it froze instantly. I re-opened it again, but my article was gone. Can I dig it out of it's auto save function somehow? I only had about 30% of it saved. It's not a big deal, but if I can save it, it will save me an hour of typing. Thanks. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

January 4th, 2004, 02:02 PM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Go look in your temporary directories under C:\Windows\Temp and C:\Document and Settings\<loginname>\Local Settings\Temp You will need to have "view hidden files" on to get to the second location. It might also be that Word has written some hidden backup files in the same directory where the Word document is in, but they probably are gone now since you already opened it again (and lost again). My guess you're unlucky due to the second freezing. Save often! __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

January 5th, 2004, 12:54 AM	#3
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	Doh! Nothin'. Thanks for trying though, Rob. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

January 5th, 2004, 01:26 AM	#4
Frank Granovski Outer Circle Join Date: May 2002 Location: Hope, BC Posts: 7,524	Sorry to hear that, Dylan. I'm still using WP 6.1 for DOS and have set my backup for every minute. This way I lose little if it crashes, however, my MS DOS 6.22 never crashes. :-))