I deleted something then hit save

[nfarley]

I had deleted something in excel xp and saved my file. I immediately
realized what I had done and need that stuff back.

is there any way to retrieve information after you've deleted it and
then saved it?

sincerely,
nate

 

[Myrna Larson]

If you don't have a backup, no, there probably isn't.

If you have an Undelete program that catches files deleted from within a
program (as opposed to you manually deleting them from Windows' Explorer),
that would be the thing to try.

The program I use, Undelete, does NOT trap that kind of deletion.

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

It doesn't sound as if Nate deleted a file. I think the file saved after
deleting cells was likely saved over the old file (same part of disk). I'm
afraid if my assumption is correct, that there is no way at all to retrieve
the data.

I often use -1, -2, etc on versions of a file as I work on it. Sometimes
the numbers get large, but I keep the last several. It gives me something
to fall back on.

 

[Myrna Larson]

When he saves the revised XLS file,
(a) It is first saved under a temporary name.
(b) If there are no errors, Excel will then delete the original file.
(c) Then it will rename the temporary file.

Some 3rd party "undelete" software is able to trap the deletion that occurs in
step (b) and move the file to the recycle bin.

The program I use, Undelete from Executive Software, can't. It can recycle a
file that I delete from PowerDesk (a replacement for Windows' Explorer). It
can also recycle the deleted files, when, from PowerDesk, I move them into a
ZIP file.

But it can't see the deletion that occurs in step (b) above. I don't know what
the underlying difference is between the methods that those two programs use
to delete files.

I do the same as you WRT to renaming with a sort of "version number" when
making extensive changes to an important file.