[CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file

2008-07-22 Thread Michael S. Altus
I refer to a client who lost a Word file. He said that he either did not save them correctly or misplaced his edited version since he can no longer find it. I do not know what Word version. I assume that it is a Windows computer. The client added that he did a desktop search using a Google

Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file

2008-07-22 Thread Tony B
Files also disappear due to hard disk errors. No big deal, she can just recover it from backup. But she should run chkdsk manually and if she sees a lot of errors I'd consider replacing that drive. Windows Desktop search in Vista is probably equivalent to Google Desktop Search, depending on what

Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file

2008-07-22 Thread Chris Dunford
Can we assume that he looked in Recent Documents and in Word's list of recently opened files? I refer to a client who lost a Word file. He said that he either did not save them correctly or misplaced his edited version since he can no longer find it.

Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file

2008-07-22 Thread Paul Meyer
: From: Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 7:27 PM Can we assume that he looked in Recent Documents and in Word's list of recently opened files? I refer to a client who lost a Word

Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file

2008-07-22 Thread Larry Sacks
, are there any external drives involved, Larry -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael S. Altus Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:14 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file I refer

Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file

2008-07-22 Thread Larry Sacks
Of Paul Meyer Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:47 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Recovering lost Word file There is also a directory in which temp files produced by autosave get placed. I think this directory is specified in the registry, the last time I had to figure