File Retrieval

[Gulf South]

Was having problems with Excel opening the same document on two computers.
Went to save as to see where it was going and inadvertently saves as over a
very large important file that had not been backed in in a while. If there
anyway to get this back after doing the save as. I have searched the tmep
folders and can not find anything there. Is thereanother hiding place that
Microsoft might have put a backup?

 

[Bob I]

Did you e-mail it to someone? If yes you have a chance.

 

[Jim Cone]

Also...
Did you check both computers for the file?
Save As does not replace the old file with the new one, it creates a new file.
Save replaces the old file with the current version.
Vista has some sort of file backup built-in.
Some Network systems create automatic backups - see the system administrator.
If it is an important file, maybe your boss has a copy.
--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)



"Gulf South"
<Gulf (e-mail address removed)>
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Was having problems with Excel opening the same document on two computers.
Went to save as to see where it was going and inadvertently saves as over a
very large important file that had not been backed in in a while. If there
anyway to get this back after doing the save as. I have searched the tmep
folders and can not find anything there. Is thereanother hiding place that
Microsoft might have put a backup?

 

[Gulf South]

Also...
Did you check both computers for the file?
Save As does not replace the old file with the new one, it creates a new file.
Save replaces the old file with the current version.
Vista has some sort of file backup built-in.
Some Network systems create automatic backups - see the system administrator.
If it is an important file, maybe your boss has a copy.
--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)



"Gulf South"
<Gulf (e-mail address removed)>
wrote in message
Was having problems with Excel opening the same document on two computers.
Went to save as to see where it was going and inadvertently saves as over a
very large important file that had not been backed in in a while. If there
anyway to get this back after doing the save as. I have searched the tmep
folders and can not find anything there. Is thereanother hiding place that
Microsoft might have put a backup?

This is excel 2005 I think and I have looked every where for backup and I am
the IDIOT boss...lol . I will look on another computer to see if he may have
saved it.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Where is the original?

It will not have been saved over.

Save As just creates a new file with a different name.

The original is not over-written.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 6 May 2008 13:16:12 -0700, Gulf South <Gulf

 

[Bob I]

They did a Save As and wrote over a "different" "important" file.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Now the light comes on<g>

Thanks Bob

They did a Save As and wrote over a "different" "important" file.