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68462	2002-08-05 12:22:00	My daughter has just spent the last 3 hours on a school project, when finished pressed the wrong key and lost it all, is there any way of retreiving it? Thanks. Karen	KarenJ (1358)
68463	2002-08-05 12:37:00	How has it all been lost. Deleted the file and emptied the trash? If so then keep computer use to a minimum (read don't use computer). Just deleted the text in a document? If so then press control+z to get it back. Do you have any older saved copies about, if not, you should start doing this from now on. Failing that, do you have a dog? :p	-=JM=- (16)
68464	2002-08-05 21:45:00	It is called a learning curve. If she hadn't saved, went to exit the program and it said Do you want to Save? and she hit NO - it's gone. If the program crashed whilst she was using it there might be a temporary copy - if you had autosave on. Teach her to save every 10 minutes - or at the end of every paragraph. Important things like assignments should also be saved as a second copy on completion (or in stages if it is one that goes on for several weeks) - preferably on a seperate disk like a floppy.	Heather P (163)
68465	2002-08-05 23:08:00	Thanks for your help, I guess its gone for good and a hard lesson learned. She thought she had pressed save but obviously hadn't and will now have to start all over again.	KarenJ (1358)
68466	2002-08-05 23:20:00	Been there done that, like all of us at sometime or other. Your Daughter is not on her own. Hello Her Daughter. Poppa John :(	Poppa John (284)
68467	2002-08-06 03:37:00	You could try using Notepad to look at all the .TMP files. Often, programmes write to a temporary disk file, which is renamed to the "actual" filename when it is saved. Also, check for any .BAK files ... But she's probably been typing away for hours. Doing the saves frequently now.	Graham L (2)
68468	2002-08-06 05:51:00	Poor girl . That was a pretty hard lesson to learn and I bet she won't forget it . :-( My sister did exactly the same thing not long after getting her PC . She spent three or four hours typing away, creating a wonderful diary of her overseas holiday when the PC crashed, taking everything with it . She phoned me up in tears, saying that she was so engrossed in the project that she just completely forgot to save it . Unfortunately there were no temp files or anything and there was nothing I could do to help .	Susan B (19)
68469	2002-08-06 11:56:00	If you are using something like MSWord it has an autosave feature . To turn it on you will find it in Options somewhere . Whilst typing autosave will save a temporary copy in case of a system crash (power failure, dog knocks the power cord out of the wall, computer crashes . . . ) When you exit the program properly the program closes itself down and deletes the temporary copy (otherwise the computer fills up with un-needed temp copies and no room is left for the things you want to keep) . If you haven't done a formal save - then that's it, it's gone . In a crash often restarting and opening Word will bring up the temp file - the blue bar at the top will show a file name which includes the word "recovered" . If it doesn't - go to Start; Find; Files or Folders and select "Advanced" and look for a file by date . Sifting through these is time consuming but you should find it . This is all disaster recovery . It is far better to create a new file and, before typing more than a paragraph, save it . Then keep on saving it . I have a temp folder for trials and the like . Save it there if I don't want to keep it permanently then every so often delete the contents . If something is really important - like assignments - make a back up on floppy and take it with you when you leave the house . A precaution against fire or theft .	Heather P (163)
68470	2002-08-06 13:00:00	Ouch! I only ever did that once - I learnt the hard way too. Similar story with a school project back in third or fourth form (year 9/10???). It hurts. G P	Graham Petrie (449)
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