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How can I recover a lost file in Microsoft Word XP?
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September 5 8:50 PM (1 hour and 38 minutes and 48 seconds later)
         
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Ok we can take a look at this,


The fastest way is to go to Start-> Search

Once there if you know the file name type it in the box, make sure it is on C drive and click search.

If you don’t know the name, in the box type *.doc this will bring up all the documents on your hard drive.


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If there is anything else let me know, If not click accept. Thank You Michael L.

Thank You Very Much. If this helps, click on the"Accept." Michael L
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September 5 9:49 PM (59 minutes and 3 seconds later)
         
Reply to Michael L....... JA Computer Expert's Post: What I get is a LiveRecovery save of the file with 32 KB of ASF Stream Description. Do I need to convert this? What I get is unexpected file format.

There was a recovery, but when I opened the file it was blank. Now I am trying to find out if there is a copy available somewhere on my hard drive.
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September 5 9:54 PM (5 minutes and 6 seconds later)
         
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If it didn't recover it, it may be corrupted and unrecoverable.

as far as converting it, I don't think that will work either. Best hope it to do a total hard drive search and if you can't find it then it is most likely gone.

Thank You Very Much. If this helps, click on the"Accept." Michael L
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September 5 10:12 PM (18 minutes and 49 seconds later)
         
Reply to Michael L....... JA Computer Expert's Post: Michael: Before you responded, I had already done a full file search on my hard drive, so I was actually looking to find out if there was a pathway I could follow to find a recovery file, not just the file I had lost. This is my first time using JustAnswer, so if it is ok with you I'll leave the deposit on file.

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