Text deleted by file converter

S

Shamus

Ok, I went to open a document I worked very hard on last night, in Microsoft
Word 2003, and it said it needed to convert the file, so I just clicked ok
like I usually do when something pops up like that. I admit I didn't really
read it because I was eager to start work on it again and thought no matter
what I clicked I would have a problem. Now I open the document and there is
no text. Everything I did is gone. Is there any way to get this back?
Please help soon, this made a bad day worse...
 
T

Terry Farrell

Oh dear! Word files - even empty files are never 0 bytes, so it looks like
you have lost all your data somehow. Unless you have a backup saved to
another location you have almost certainly lost it completely.

Terry
 
S

Shamus

Man that sucks. I was having a MAJOR writing block that lasted almost a
couple of months, and then I FINALLY got inspiration and chucked out 20 pages
in a few hours. This is very sad, but I must go on. I'll take it as a sign
that the first draft wasn't good enough, so I shall start anew. Thank you
very much for the help, even to have any kind of answer is relief!
 

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