basically i was writing my essay. then my computer had to be restarted. when i tried opening the file again word asked me what conversion i would like to apply, and i have tried them ALL, (including opening with notepad or wordpad) and everytime it just brings 10 pages of code up!!
please help has anyone had this happen to them before???
thanks!!
2007-05-23 10:33:44 · 6 answers · asked by carpe_diem 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
and system restore is turned off :( :(
2007-05-23 10:44:25 · update #1
Check the directory where the file was saved and see if there's a file with the same name but an extension of .wbk. If so, this file is the way the document looked when you last started editing it. Change the extension to.doc and you have a leg up on recovery.
Good luck.
2007-05-23 17:04:38 · answer #1 · answered by The Phlebob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It hasn't happened to me, but if the document you were working on has been savd then my advice would have been to do a system restore, however you say you have it turned off so I don't know if it will be possible but give it a try.. if you can then go back to before whatever change was made the necessated the restarting of your p.c.
2007-05-23 10:50:53 · answer #2 · answered by welshlion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make a saved copy of the mangled file, then start word and open the file using the file - open dialog. In the file type box scroll down to "recover text from any file" and select this. You should get something back, but you will need to check it for formatting, missing bits &c. If this doesn't get most of the file back then you've got a bit of typing to do. TIP set word to autosave every few minutes, it means you will always have most of your work protected
2007-05-23 22:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by The original Peter G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't listen to the idiot that advised you to do a system restore they obviousley don't know what the system restore point is for. I will tell you it's not for programes it's simply to put your computer back to a time where it was running perfect and thats all it's for...you will just have to re-do your essay. Sorry
2007-05-26 16:15:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
system restore will not recover word docs
try this .
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211632
2007-05-23 10:48:15 · answer #5 · answered by Oliver Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
system restore.......NEXT
2007-05-23 10:37:06 · answer #6 · answered by foxy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋