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Old July 27th, 2007, 11:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Gandor
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Default Disk failure, need to recover lost doc

I was writing in a word document that I had saved in a USB memory. I had
nothing saved at the hard drive, stupidly me. Suddenly it crashed and the
document weren't to be found on the USB memory stick. Later on I found a
rescue saved txt.file on my harddrive. I tried to read it both in Word,
notepad and wordpad, but I could just read some parts of the text.

It looks like this "????????????????????????????? small text
part????????????e???????
################################################## ###
text part????????????????????????????????? longer text part?????????????
me???????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????? and so on
################################################## ###
Pleace,help
me???????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????"

Can I somehow read/translate the ?-marks in the between.

  #2  
Old July 28th, 2007, 06:50 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Graham Mayor
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Default Disk failure, need to recover lost doc

The document is corrupt. You cannot somehow magic the missing data back into
existence.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Gandor wrote:
I was writing in a word document that I had saved in a USB memory. I
had
nothing saved at the hard drive, stupidly me. Suddenly it crashed and
the
document weren't to be found on the USB memory stick. Later on I
found a
rescue saved txt.file on my harddrive. I tried to read it both in
Word,
notepad and wordpad, but I could just read some parts of the text.

It looks like this "????????????????????????????? small text
part????????????e???????
################################################## ###
text part????????????????????????????????? longer text
part?????????????
me???????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????
and so on ################################################## ###
Pleace,help
me???????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????"

Can I somehow read/translate the ?-marks in the between.



  #3  
Old July 29th, 2007, 10:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Gandor
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Default Disk failure, need to recover lost doc

Hi!

I thought so. I just hoped for some magic. Thanks for answering.

Gandor

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The document is corrupt. You cannot somehow magic the missing data back into
existence.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Gandor wrote:
I was writing in a word document that I had saved in a USB memory. I
had
nothing saved at the hard drive, stupidly me. Suddenly it crashed and
the
document weren't to be found on the USB memory stick. Later on I
found a
rescue saved txt.file on my harddrive. I tried to read it both in
Word,
notepad and wordpad, but I could just read some parts of the text.

It looks like this "????????????????????????????? small text
part????????????e???????
################################################## ###
text part????????????????????????????????? longer text
part?????????????
me???????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????
and so on ################################################## ###
Pleace,help
me???????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????"

Can I somehow read/translate the ?-marks in the between.




  #4  
Old July 29th, 2007, 07:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
JoAnn Paules
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Default Disk failure, need to recover lost doc

There's rarely anything magic about computers. That's because they give off
a lot of EMI. It prevents the magic from being able to have an effect on
your documents. You should see the effect it has on my crystal ball.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Gandor" wrote in message
...
Hi!

I thought so. I just hoped for some magic. Thanks for answering.

Gandor

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The document is corrupt. You cannot somehow magic the missing data back
into
existence.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Gandor wrote:
I was writing in a word document that I had saved in a USB memory. I
had
nothing saved at the hard drive, stupidly me. Suddenly it crashed and
the
document weren't to be found on the USB memory stick. Later on I
found a
rescue saved txt.file on my harddrive. I tried to read it both in
Word,
notepad and wordpad, but I could just read some parts of the text.

It looks like this "????????????????????????????? small text
part????????????e???????
################################################## ###
text part????????????????????????????????? longer text
part?????????????
me???????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????
and so on ################################################## ###
Pleace,help
me???????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????"

Can I somehow read/translate the ?-marks in the between.





  #5  
Old July 29th, 2007, 11:42 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
CyberTaz
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Default Disk failure, need to recover lost doc

EMI - is that ElectroMagic Impenetrability?

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 7/29/07 2:05 PM, in article
, "JoAnn Paules"
wrote:

There's rarely anything magic about computers. That's because they give off
a lot of EMI. It prevents the magic from being able to have an effect on
your documents. You should see the effect it has on my crystal ball.


  #6  
Old July 30th, 2007, 02:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
JoAnn Paules
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Posts: 10,630
Default Disk failure, need to recover lost doc

rimshot!


:-)

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"CyberTaz" wrote in message
.. .
EMI - is that ElectroMagic Impenetrability?

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 7/29/07 2:05 PM, in article
, "JoAnn Paules"
wrote:

There's rarely anything magic about computers. That's because they give
off
a lot of EMI. It prevents the magic from being able to have an effect on
your documents. You should see the effect it has on my crystal ball.



  #7  
Old July 30th, 2007, 05:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Paul Ballou
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Default Disk failure, need to recover lost doc

To prevent future mistake in saving documents . You might want to try
Keepsafe from Stardock it saves your documents in real time as intermediate
step
http://www.stardock.com/products/keepsafe/
--
Paul Ballou
MVP Office
http://office.microsoft.com/home
http://homepage.mac.com/paulballou/
http://www.ballousgiftshop.com


"Gandor" wrote in message
...
Hi!

I thought so. I just hoped for some magic. Thanks for answering.

Gandor

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The document is corrupt. You cannot somehow magic the missing data back
into
existence.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Gandor wrote:
I was writing in a word document that I had saved in a USB memory. I
had
nothing saved at the hard drive, stupidly me. Suddenly it crashed and
the
document weren't to be found on the USB memory stick. Later on I
found a
rescue saved txt.file on my harddrive. I tried to read it both in
Word,
notepad and wordpad, but I could just read some parts of the text.

It looks like this "????????????????????????????? small text
part????????????e???????
################################################## ###
text part????????????????????????????????? longer text
part?????????????
me???????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????
and so on ################################################## ###
Pleace,help
me???????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????"

Can I somehow read/translate the ?-marks in the between.




  #8  
Old July 31st, 2007, 03:25 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
advisor
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Default Disk failure, need to recover lost doc

On Jul 29, 10:46 am, Gandor wrote:
Hi!

I thought so. I just hoped for some magic. Thanks for answering.


It might not have been corrupt. I don't know why a Word doc would have
been saved as a text file, but Word documents are not usually readable
in Notepad anyway, even perfectly good ones.

For future reference, here's a site with some information on Word
document recovery: www.word-recovery.info .

 




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