Restoring unsaved data from Notepad?

[Software Butcher]

Hi: I saved a Notepad file ABC.txt at about 01:25pm, but entered about 6
hours of data and then accidentally closed the file without saving it. My
understanding is that Notepad does not have an autosave option, so I can't
find the .tmp file.

Is there any way I can recover the data since I last saved the file? Any
help for my slipery fingers would be appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Doug

 

[Richard in AZ]

| Hi: I saved a Notepad file ABC.txt at about 01:25pm, but entered about 6
| hours of data and then accidentally closed the file without saving it. My
| understanding is that Notepad does not have an autosave option, so I can't
| find the .tmp file.
|
| Is there any way I can recover the data since I last saved the file? Any
| help for my slipery fingers would be appreciated.
|
| Kind Regards,
| Doug

Sorry, Notepad is a very simple ASCII text editor and you are most likely SOL.
Question: Why would you put so much effort (6 plus hours) in to a Notepad file?
Even if you needed to stay with an ASCII file (write the data in a better word processor) and then
copy and paste into Notepad when you are done. MS Word, MS Works, WordPerfect and even OpenOffice
Writer (free) will autosave at selected intervals.

 

[Software Butcher]

Thanks Richard,

Yeah, I know better and I am always "Ctrl-S" ing, but this time I must have
had temporary amnesia. Actually, I thought I hit the "Ctrl-S", but must have
done something else. Then when I saw the popup window, I hit "Cancel" before
even reading what it said and that's when the screen went blank. Guess I
have to re-learn my lesson again from time to time. :-(