Unsaved documents surviving computer shut down

[Larry]

Here's an oddity that happened with my Word 97, on Windows 98.

Last night I turned off my computer in the usual way.

This morning I turned it on, and Word already had four unsaved documents
open. One of them said "Document 1 Recovered." The others just said
Document 2, Document 3, Document 4. Thes were documents with text in
them, but which had not been saved.

Now I suppose if I shut down Word incorrectly (which I don't think I
did), that the one called "Document 1 recovered." was recovered from the
timed backup file. But what about 2, 3, and 4? They didn't say
"recovered." They had simply survived intact a a complete shut down of
the computer and a turning on of the computer eight hours later. Which
seems impossible.

Any explanations?

Larry

 

[&:-jesse\)]

Larry,

see...

http://www.gmayor.dsl.pipex.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashe
s.htm

note: be sure to paste the entire link in your browser if
it gets broken in transition.

jesse

 

[Larry]

The article you linked is an entire tutorial on all the things to do
when Word crashes in order to get Word working again. That's not what I
was asking for. In any case, as I mentioned, Word did not crash as far
as I remember. I shut everything down normally.

Larry