[dba-Tech] Just lost a Word file

John Bartow jbartow at winhaven.net
Sat Apr 16 02:30:45 CDT 2022


When did you have to do that? I haven't seen that issue for years. It was a feature not a bug 😉

I had a script that cleared the logs if needed, one of many scripts that made up for someone else's lack of programming skills, lol.

John B

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+jbartow=winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 5:44 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Just lost a Word file

If you're using OneDrive (or even just have it installed), check your %TEMT% directory and make sure it isn't full of files named aria-debug-nnnn.log with a new one being create every 10 minutes :( I tried everything I could find on the intertubes to stop them and the only way I succeeded was to completely un-instal OneDrive!


On 15 Apr 2022 at 21:09, John Bartow wrote:

> I no longer have any clients using Dropbox. But thanks, that's good to 
> know.
> 
> OneDrive is fully integrated with Windows and getting more so with 
> every release of Windows 11 (about time). So the vast majority of my 
> clients use OneDrive, either personal or business versions of it.
> 
> I have a few one person businesses that use Macs and iCloud fits the 
> same bill with those.
> 
> I have a few that that are Google shops and for that we use everything 
> Google.
> 
> John B
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-Tech
> <dba-tech-bounces+jbartow=winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf 
> Of Kathryn Bassett Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 1:54 PM To:
> 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Just lost a 
> Word file
> 
> I think John's describing what happens with Dropbox. I can go into 
> Dropbox and turn on the "previous versions" setting and find backups 
> that way. Kathryn
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-
> > bounces+kathryn=bassett.net at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of John
> > Bartow Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 11:24 AM To: Discussion of 
> > Hardware and Software issues <dba- tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Just lost a Word file
> > 
> > If you have a Microsoft account and have OneDrive cloud sync and 
> > backup turned on you're covered for anything you save to your 
> > desktop or account folders. The backup probably wouldn't catch a 
> > file that was actively being created and worked on. But if it had 
> > been created yesterday and screwed up today, then it would have the 
> > backed up copy available. Just go to your Microsoft.com account - 
> > OneDrive - Backups. So yes, OneDrive is no longer just a cloud sync 
> > tool, it does backups too. Has for a few years now.
> > 
> > I still do full backups with a separate backup tool though. Trusting
> Microsoft
> > or Google is like feeding a rabid dog and expecting it to love you 
> > in
> return.
> > 
> > John B
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-
> > bounces+jbartow=winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of
> > Rocky Smolin Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 12:42 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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