I accidently saved over my spread sheet

[Joy]

I accidently saved over my spread sheet and did not notice it till 3 weeks
later. Is there any way to get the info back that I lost?

 

[Toppers]

Unless you keep regular back-ups ( a neccessity for "mission-critical" work)
then I am afraid not.

If you are changing data, it's worth creating a new version of the file
BEFORE updating so that if you have any problems you have the chance to
recover.

 

[Bill Ridgeway]

There is a (very) feint chance that your original file has not been
overwritten which depends on luck and how much the computer has been
used -especially as three weeks has elapsed.

You could get a data recovery program (like GetDataBack). This should be
installed to and run from another hard disk to reduce the risk of
overwriting the target file. You could also get a professional data
recovery expert. Nothing is guaranteed but it depends on how desperate you
are as to what you need to do.

You seriously need a back up. It doesn't have to be too expensive -
compared with the expense in money, time and stress of not having a
backing-up regime. Have a look at www.1001solutions/backing-up.pdf for more
information.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joy" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.excel.misc
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:13 AM
Subject: I accidently saved over my spread sheet