Hmmm...I dunno. I guess the first thing to try is to look for the last back-up copy of the file.
That's all I got, sorry.
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
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dcp - Nov 18, 2004 8:34:02 pm PST #53 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
dcp - Nov 18, 2004 8:51:34 pm PST #54 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I'm a little out of my depth here, but I found:
Excel backups have the original name and the suffix .xlk (with a displayed filetype of “Microsoft Excel Backup File”), and will appear in the same folder as the original.
DCJensen - Nov 18, 2004 8:53:33 pm PST #55 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Liese, you are likely screwed.
There. get that past then anything you might be able to salvage will be a step up.
I don't suppose there's an "undo save file"
Also, search your hard drive using Search for any documents, including hidden, created within the last day?
Check the software help for recovering/finding/using a backup file.
Otherwise? Give up immediately, and start from the backup file to re-do all the work you did, and be that much further ahead than spending time on fruitless efforts.
Basically unless your software is set to automatically backup, saving a file with the same name is a good way to obliterate an earlier file.
Liese S. - Nov 18, 2004 9:20:04 pm PST #56 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Liese, you are likely screwed.
Oh. I know. Own damn fault.
But thanks for the support.
And between your posts, it occurred to me to try...
Oh! Hallelujah! I am saved, saved!
The aforementioned mistake was made, mistakenly, in a folder other than the one where the aforementioned very important document was kept. Thereby overwriting not the actual very important document, but what turned out, in the end, to be the very important document's backup.
I have now backed up the original very important document, correctly saved the new document, deleted the offending overwritten document, and I am repenting of my backupless sins, and will do better in the future.
Hey, did you all techma me? 'Cause, yay Buffistas.
DCJensen - Nov 18, 2004 9:23:37 pm PST #57 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Huzzah Liese!
It might have been the extra sympathy~ma, because I've been in similar panics and found out that my mistake was in thinking I had made a mistake, when I was mistaken as to the magnitude of said mistake.
DXMachina - Nov 19, 2004 2:37:02 am PST #58 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The aforementioned mistake was made, mistakenly, in a folder other than the one where the aforementioned very important document was kept. Thereby overwriting not the actual very important document, but what turned out, in the end, to be the very important document's backup.
Don't ya love it when a plan comes together?
tommyrot - Nov 19, 2004 5:27:17 am PST #59 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think Google's Keyhole technology has already been discussed, but has anyone tried it? (There's a free 7-day trial.)
Also, it's a subscription service, but I can't find pricing for the subscription.
It's not something that I need, but it's just So. Fucking. Cool.
tommyrot - Nov 19, 2004 9:09:15 am PST #60 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
le nubian - Nov 20, 2004 5:39:39 pm PST #61 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have a TV (that's about 8 years old) that is spontaneously turning off. Does anyone know what the problem might be with the tv? It's a Philips. Do I need to change the remote batteries?
DCJensen - Nov 20, 2004 6:15:39 pm PST #62 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Do I need to change the remote batteries?
That'd be my first try.