Retrieving lost info

I mistakingly saved a blank document over my original document. How would I
be able to retrieve it?

From your backup.
Or, if you have Vista Ultimate, I believe it keeps versions of files.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060730-7383.html


"Leslie" <Leslie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I mistakingly saved a blank document over my original document. How would
> I
> be able to retrieve it?

Leslie

It's not clear what you did?

If you saved a blank document with the same name as another existing
document and selected to replace that existing document, then I don't know
of a way to retrieve the original document.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Leslie" <Leslie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I mistakingly saved a blank document over my original document. How would I
> be able to retrieve it?

Hi, Leslie.

If you right-click on the document file (in Windows Explorer, for example),
then click Restore Previous Versions (or Properties | Previous Versions),
you MIGHT be able to retrieve the original version. This needs to be done
soon, of course, before too many later versions are written over the
original.

I haven't had to do this, thank goodness, but I've heard that it often
works. Please report back with your experience, especially if it works!
;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Leslie" <Leslie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsA2828E5-47EE-49FC-8281-006A097A0D0B@microsoft.com...
> I mistakingly saved a blank document over my original document. How would
> I
> be able to retrieve it?