Help - important file has been lost (Windows XP)

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pzz76077 replied

6 December 2009, 19:39
Download a copy of Recuva http://www.filehippo.com/download_recuva/
then recover your file.

This Microsoft article may also help http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290946

PZZ

Last edited by pzz76077; 6 December 2009, 19:48.
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Moscow Mule replied

6 December 2009, 18:27
I'm assuming you saved the doc in an app of some kind - have you looked in the recent docs of that app? Or the XP recent docs?
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pmeswani replied

6 December 2009, 18:04
Originally posted by Chantho View Post

Thanks for replying, the file was essentially a text file but may have been created using Word 2003.

I will try further searches as you suggest.

If memory serves me correctly, Word 2003 creates temp files in the \windows\temp or <profile>\local settings\temp directory. So the file may be recoverable from there. The file normally has a ~W*.tmp theme.
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Chantho replied

6 December 2009, 16:23
Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post

What application was used to create / edit the file? (It might be one that keeps a backup in a funny place like OpenOffice.org does.)

Have you tried a raw text search across all files on disks for an expression you are 100% sure exists in that file? Include hidden files in that search: there may be scraps in a temporary file.

Thanks for replying, the file was essentially a text file but may have been created using Word 2003.

I will try further searches as you suggest.
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RichardCranium replied

6 December 2009, 13:15
What application was used to create / edit the file? (It might be one that keeps a backup in a funny place like OpenOffice.org does.)

Have you tried a raw text search across all files on disks for an expression you are 100% sure exists in that file? Include hidden files in that search: there may be scraps in a temporary file.
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Chantho started a topic Help - important file has been lost (Windows XP)

6 December 2009, 12:38
Help - important file has been lost (Windows XP)

Last night I looked for a file which I thought was in "my documents" folder, but it wasn't there, in fact it wasn't on drives C, D or on a backup CD.

Tried downloading / running trial versions of various Undelete tools but the file didn't appear on the list of recoverable files.

Can anything be done ? I should say that it isn't worth spending a lot of money on a solution, I can probably re-create the file by typing the data back in (say 3-4 hours work) but would prefer not to have to.
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