Retrieving a Deleted Spreadsheet

[Harriet]

Hi,
Is there any way that I can retrieve a deleted spreadsheet. I think by
accident I did a "saved as" and my mistatke erased the spreadsheet that
listed all of my income for 2008! HELP!

 

[Gord Dibben]

Saving as does not erase or delete the original.

If you just "saved as" a new name, the original workbook is still on your
computer, but without your latest changes.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Harriet]

Gordon,
I believe that I saved by accident spreadsheet "contributions" to "income"
and when I did that I said "yes" and now I have two spreadsheets for
"contributions" and my income spreadsheet was deleted. Is it possible to
retrive the deleted information?

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Hi,

Excel can do nothing to recover the data. You should get your backup copy
or contact IT and ask them to restore the original from a prior day.

If this helps, please click the Yes button

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire

 

[David Biddulph]

Use the backup copy. That is why you select "always create a backup copy"
under the options when you do a "Save As".
[If you didn't do so in the past, then hopefully you will do in the future.]