Cancel a save and revert to previous saved version?

[Guest]

I accidently saved an old file over the name of a newer version. By some
miracle is there a way to undo this? I have just lost myself about 1/2 day
of work? Help!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you have "Automatically create backup copy" checked on the Save tab of
Tools | Options, you can find the next-most-recent version of the document
as "Backup of <filename>.wbk" in the same folder with the document (you'll
have to select All Files to see it). If you saved frequently while working,
this may be very close to the final version that you inadvertently
overwrote.

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[Graham Mayor]

But if you used save as and ignored the warning then it is gone.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I don't see why it should be. The .wbk file is not affected by saving over a
current version.

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[Graham Mayor]

If you save as over an existing filename, you don't get a backup of the
original. However, I missed your point about older backups from saving
frequently.

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Another option exists if the user has Vista Business, Enterprise, or
Ultimate. When you right-click a file and open its properties, there is now
a Previous Versions tab. Vista makes "shadow" copies of files when you
edit/change them. For some files, for example, I see as many as three or
more prior versions this way. WikiPedia describes it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Copy.

I really wish Microsoft had put this feature into Home Premium. However, it
does provide us with an additional potential solution when people ask this
sort of question.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Sounds good, but I wonder how open it is to manipulation.Historically file
dates have never stood up to legal scrutiny without corroboration.

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[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

No clue... but for non-legalistic purposes, it seems accurate here at least.
Then again, I don't get up in the middle of the night and try to trick
myself into thinking the timeline for my work is something that it's not. At
least, I don't *think* I do. ;-)