Recover an unsaved file Solved

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Hello,
I was quietly typing dozens of pages of text on Wordpad, and when I got to the last line of my story... I couldn't finish because of a power cut...
It was a very important text and I would like to know if there is a way to recover it because obviously I didn't have time to save it...
Can't we do a "rollback" of a few hours or... well, I don't really know much about it but losing this document is very frustrating for me...
You would be incredibly generous if you could help me find this unfinished, unsaved document that is so important!!!
Thank you so much in advance!
Sincerely,

batistyle · Accepted Answer

You need to go to Windows Explorer and modify the display option (include hidden files)

Search in the directory documents and settings/user/application data/microsoft/word or excel or other and open the file that corresponds in time and date of modification to the last ten good minutes of the work that was in progress (i.e.: the program automatically saves every 10 minutes, just before the famous shutdown) (in the worst case, open all the files in there) and open the file corresponding to that timeframe with excel or word or the application in question and you're good to go.

I had the same problem with a very important file, believe me it worked, I hope for you too

See you later (For others who don't have solutions on this forum, avoid being too sure of yourselves by saying that it can't be done, especially when the person asking is in distress) when we don’t know, we look for it!

PlimArsanc's note: If the solution proposed above does not work, you can try this software: https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/8599-easy-office-recovery/

lolie · Answer

Little help for those struggling like me.
So, if you've added a job to a Word document opened from an email, saved it little by little, but without first doing "save as" and you can't find your docs anymore.
Go to the Internet page,
Click on "tools"
Click on Internet options
In the "general" tab, there's a box for "temporary files".
Go to: "settings"
And click "show files"
You will see among all the cookies a Word or Excel file, or anything you have saved, it won't have the same name, but a combination of numbers and letters.
Click "copy" and paste it on your desktop or anywhere, it will take back the correct name it had from the attachment of the message.
Then, there you go, you have found this file, all that's left is to open it!
After struggling for 3 hours looking for a file, I thought I would have liked someone to write this for me on a forum (I searched but found nothing!). So administrators, if you move my message, could you put it somewhere else, for someone like me who may have lost something very important.
Good luck to everyone.

titof25 · Answer

To recover a file that you did not save (for example: Excel workbook) for my personal case
even after shutting down the computer but not X days later either…

With windows7
start menu
search
"Last modified date"
example for my personal case
07/21/2010
see more results
computer
wait a bit, then
expand the results column to see the modification dates and times
do not search in folders, but scroll down a bit further and observe the modification times.
in the desired time frame you will most likely find what you're looking for.

julie003 · Answer

Hi everyone.

I worked on my thesis for an entire day on a version that I had sent myself as an attachment. And of course, instead of "save as," I just hit "save" all day.
As a result, this morning, nothing, no file since I hadn't saved it on my computer.
I searched all the forums, did everything possible for 3 hours: recent files, internet temporary files, Word backup folder, nothing, I couldn't find anything.
And just before I got back to work in tears, I downloaded the software "everything" from telecharge.com. I couldn't believe it!
It's very easy to use, in the search bar, type the name of the attachment you worked on, and then miracle!!!! It finds it for you!!! I had saved it before going to bed around 10:30 PM, there was one named after my file dated 09/04/2010 at 10:29 PM, and... it was the right version!!!!

I really hope my experience helps you!!!

Julie

untenshu · Answer

Hello

try these software:

https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/19363-restoration/
https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/17061-pc-inspector-file-recovery/

Best regards

Fio · Answer

The program

Everything : https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/9197-everything/

Magical....

I was sure I had lost my file forever (I had opened a Word document coming from my Windows Live Mail and had actually saved it in the wind... instead of saving the file from my emails on my desktop)

And this program just found that file for me!! I am over the MOON.

el_nonoche · Answer

Hello,

another tip that worked for me on Win7 with Office 2010: go to
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel
then into the Word or Excel folders depending on your issue.

Excel had saved my workbook as *.xlsb (B for binary) and Word as *.asd (for AutoSaved document, I think)

There you go, I hope this helps...

el_nonoche

karam · Answer

thank you, you saved my life

Recover an unsaved file

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