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Really need help please
26-06-2008 4:03 PM
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Anyhow, I now have the hard disk out of the laptop and am using as an external drive, but when I opened the file i was working on, I found it hadn't saved my 2 hours work that i had done on it. How can i access the most recent version of work. Sometimes when the computer used to crash, i could get the last version in c:windows/TEMP- however when i tried finding it on the hard drive, there is nothing there.
Where has the most recently saved version of the file gone? I would really appreciate some guidance advice here as this I am desperate to get this work back.
Thank you so much in advance,
evie
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26-06-2008 4:23 PM
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26-06-2008 4:28 PM
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thanks for your reply. Would you tell me how to do that please?
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26-06-2008 4:36 PM
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Double click on my computer (usually icon at top left of screen) and then click on the drive you want to search.
There should be a menu item looking like a magnifying glass. Click on that and follow the instructions.
If it still isn't clear come back and I will provide some screen prints
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26-06-2008 4:40 PM
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thanks a lot, i'm using vista at the moment, and there's nothing i can find that allows you to search.
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26-06-2008 4:44 PM
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26-06-2008 4:47 PM
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OK here are some instructions.
Open Windows Explorer, go to the disk drive and then press the F3 key followed by Advanced Search
It should look like this - I selected the 😧 drive and partly filled it in
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26-06-2008 5:38 PM
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Thank you so much for that, I didnt' realise you also knew vista.... I just nipped down to my nearest internet cafe to get a comp with xp on it . Don't know if you're still there- but i'm on xp now and there is no magnifying glass thingy in my computer ......
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26-06-2008 5:43 PM
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Bottom left corner of screen START click on that.... should bring up a Pop up menu
find "search" and you will see it has a magnifying glass next to it..... (its only an icon) you click on search, then enter what you want to find.... in the relevant boxes etc etc etc... with luck, it will find what you want and give you the location....
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26-06-2008 5:43 PM
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26-06-2008 6:20 PM
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26-06-2008 6:21 PM
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Always save every 10 minutes or so (don't rely on any "autosave" features).
If it were me I would save and shutdown the application every hour on a Windows machine, then reopen the whole thing.
If I was paranoid, I would (and do) send the partial document to myself as an attachment (gmail is good).
That way if the system totally collapses, I can go elsewhere.
Of course, why not use Open Office (also with the above protocol) and you can use any PC - no need for Windows at all.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
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26-06-2008 6:25 PM
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Quote from: axisofevil If I was paranoid, I would (and do) send the partial document to myself as an attachment (gmail is good).
Sorry to hijack the post somewhat, but why not simply set up a RAID with a decent number of disks?
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26-06-2008 6:32 PM
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mike, it was a word document, 97 version of word. i was thinking it might have saved it under some weird name, any ideas
axis of evil- you really know how to kick someone when they're down-don't go into counselling will you- the tips would have been appreicated more, if they'd come without the barbs. thanks nonetheless
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26-06-2008 6:39 PM
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Search for: ~wrd*.tmp
This will probably bring back quite a few files (I think it will work for Word 97 also, but if that doesn't bring back any meaningful results, let me know).
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