[dba-Tech] Just lost a Word file

[Rocky Smolin]

The ultimate backup and recovery plan. :o)

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On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:45 AM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> I couldn't recover it. That's a good idea. It would've saved me today. I'm
> just so dang... angry at myself for making such a silly mistake! The files
> don't even have the same name, so how I did it, I don't know. But let's
> chalk it up to my idiot folder and move on. I need to rewrite it from
> scratch, which is a pain, but will go by quickly. It's still in my head.
>
> Susan H.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+ssharkins=gmail.com at databaseadvisors.com>
> On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 1:42 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Just lost a Word file
>
> The best one for my money is drag and drop to an EHD.  Crude but effective.
>
> I got into the habit a long time ago, before the internets and cloud.  I
> was
> always afraid of losing a program file so whenever I finished working on
> any
> file, I dragged it to the desktop EHD shortcut. Then I started dragging to
> TWO EHDs so I had three copies. Now, even though any file I work on is also
> on my Google Drive, I still drag and drop to an external EHD. Plus on mdbs
> and word docs I append a version number which I bump every time I'm
> finished
> with a file.  IOW, I don't trust my computer as far as I can throw it.
>
> r
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:21 AM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > No, I don't have any of the Windows or Word features enabled for
> > recovery because I'm stupid.
> >
> > I'm running software right now but it's going to take forever, but
> > small price to pay if it works.
> >
> > At least I'll get an article out of it. I had no idea there were so
> > many backup and recovery features now available.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-Tech
> > <dba-tech-bounces+ssharkins=gmail.com at databaseadvisors.com>
> > On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 1:14 PM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Just lost a Word file
> >
> > Could it be in the recovery pane in Word? Did you try a search on part
> > of the file name? I use voidtools' Everything. It's very effective.
> >
> > r
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:05 AM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I just did the dumbest thing I think I've ever done while working.
> > > Someone, I overwrote my Word article file with my Word demo file.
> > > I've check the temp folder, OneDrive. no where in site. Any hope to
> > > recover it?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Susan Harkins
> > >
> > >
> > >
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