How can you restore a file that was deleted by a save as override.

[Guest]

My son was working on a project in Microsoft word and accidentally hit save
as instead of save and chose to override his earlier version with a blank
page. Is there a way to retrieve the old project? I've tried the versions
link under the file menu, but I don't get previous versions? Any ideas.

 

[Wayne Morgan]

Unless you have some sort of delete protection software running, such as the
Undelete software by Norton or Executive Software, you're only other option
at this point would be a backup of the file. You'll need to restore from
your backup that you created using your backup software or from a copy that
you may have had somewhere else, such as on a floppy.

This group is for the Access Database program. For more help with Word, try
one of the Word newsgroups.

 

[Tony Toews]

My son was working on a project in Microsoft word and accidentally hit save
as instead of save and chose to override his earlier version with a blank
page. Is there a way to retrieve the old project? I've tried the versions
link under the file menu, but I don't get previous versions? Any ideas.

It's too late now but I always do my save with an override as soon as
I open files. I never ever depend on remembering later to do this.

Tony
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