Another choice would be to restore from your backup. How to do it depends on what you used for backup and your operating system.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 7, 2020, at 9:30 AM, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 15:12:56 +0000 > Patricia Prinkey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I do not know if or how to recover documents. I had to get another HD and >> with it went the open office documents. Any help would be appreciated. Ty! >> >> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 >> > > The documents are read and written buy OpenOffice, but they are not stored in > OpenOffice or in a cloud controlled by OpenOffice. They are on your old hard > disk, and must be physically transferred from that to your new hard disk. > > Think of it this way. You write a book using your typewriter (OpenOffice) in > your old home; you keep your documents in a filing cabinet (your old hard > disk) there. Now you move to a new house. You buy a new typewriter (a new > install of OpenOffice). But your documents are still in the Filing Cabinet > in your old house. You have to go and get them, and carry them to your new > house. > > As soon as possible, locate the old hard disk (or the old computer containing > it), and arrange to transfer the documents from that hard disk to your new > one. You may need to cobtact your computer store or IT support - do this > soonest, before the old hard disk/computer is junked. > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
