How do I open up a previously saved version of a Word 2000 file?

[MMisarski]

I deleted a bunch of information from a Word document and then saved the
changes -- thinking I had already pasted that needed data in another
document, only to find out I did not. I want to get back the information. I
saved this document nearly 400 times throughout the last two days, and I just
need to recover a previous version, ideally the one before the last save. I
tried going to "versions" under the File menu, but there was nothing in the
box. I don't know where to find a previous version, but know it must be
somewhere.
Please help!

 

[Graham Mayor]

When you save a document it replaces the previously saved version. It does
not add to it. If you have backup enabled, you will have the previously
saved version as the backup. The other 300+ saved versions are gone. You
only have versions available if you activated it first.
If you had pre-installed an application such as Undelete 2009 Professional
and you had the automatically save recovery data option set, then you would
have been able to recover the previously saved recovery files - but not
without it.
For the future you may like -
http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm

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