How to recover a not saved file?

[Guest]

When closing Word I accidentally clicked on "no" when it asked me if I wanted
to save my file. Is it possible to recover the file? I am desperate because
there's over a month of work in the file and I have no backup.

 

[Graham Mayor]

How can you have a month of work without ever saving the document? You
should still have the last saved version. As for the rest you will have to
re-type it. If you didn't save, there's nothing to recover!

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[Jezebel]

It was a bad month anyway: http://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/

 

[Guest]

It sure is a bad month now, but compared to what happens everyday to all of
the folks in Iraq(including ours) this is nothing.

 

[Guest]

I started using "hibernate" to shut down my computer about a month ago, and
didn't save my work. Then in a blinding flash of foolishness I hit the "no"
key when I actually wanted to save my file. Quite a few lessons for me here.
Thanks for your reply.

 

[Jezebel]

exactly. smile and retype.

It sure is a bad month now, but compared to what happens everyday to all
of
the folks in Iraq(including ours) this is nothing.

 

[Guest]

Retyping is not the problem. The research article was on alterity, the
philosophy of Levinas, and the essence of relationship.

 

[Jezebel]

With a philosophy so estimable, what's a month here or there? You've had
time to refine your thinking, and the re-typed piece will be all the better
for the delay.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You're a scholar, and have not yet trained your fingers to hit control-s
every time you pause to ponder?

And haven't learned to backup? Consistently and frantically? I have
academic friends who email CDs to different states to back up. These days,
emailing drafts to a Gmail account is a good method.

I feel bad for you, but take a lesson. I hope it's early in your career so
that you can benefit from it. Share the story so that others do as well.

Already, you've reminded me I haven't backed up for a while and do not live
up to my own strictures. I always save, though.