Where's my docx file?

I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
re-entering the information.

I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.

Comments?

On 14 May 2012, "W. eWatson" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> Comments?

You deleted it.

Do you have a question?

On Mon, 14 May 2012 11:45:44 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

> I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
> are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
> recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
> old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
> from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
> re-entering the information.
>
> I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
> back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.
>
> Comments?

What did you search with? It matters...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Mon, 14 May 2012 11:45:44 -0700, "W. eWatson"
<> wrote:

> I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
> are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
> recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
> old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
> from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
> re-entering the information.


Two points:

1. Look in the recycle bin.

2. If it's not there, do a search of your hard drive with a better
program than what comes with Windows. Try the free, downloadable Agent
Ransack, at
http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?...sack&page=home

On Mon, 14 May 2012 12:44:35 -0700 "Ken Blake" <> wrote
in article <>
>

>
>
> Two points:
>
> 1. Look in the recycle bin.
>
> 2. If it's not there, do a search of your hard drive with a better
> program than what comes with Windows. Try the free, downloadable Agent
> Ransack, at
> http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?...sack&page=home

Another free one I like is FileLocator. The free version is adequate.

Jason

On 14/05/2012 19:45, W. eWatson wrote:
> I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
> are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
> recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
> old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
> from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
> re-entering the information.
>
> I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
> back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.
>
> Comments?

1) Search for all *.docx files. Go through the list looking for
anything with a name similar to the one you /think/ you used.

2) Use the Restore Files wizard to find the file and restore it from
your backup.

3) If all else fails, use a scanner and ocr to generate the table from
the printed version you have.

--

Jeff

Jason wrote:

> Ken Blake wrote:
>
>> Try the free, downloadable Agent Ransack
>
> Another free one I like is FileLocator. The free version is adequate.

You do realise FileLocator Lite is merely another name for Agent Ransack?

On Mon, 14 May 2012 21:49:56 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

> Jason wrote:
>
>> Ken Blake wrote:
>>
>>> Try the free, downloadable Agent Ransack
>>
>> Another free one I like is FileLocator. The free version is adequate.
>
> You do realise FileLocator Lite is merely another name for Agent Ransack?

I was going to +1 Jason's post until you reminded me of that little fact
:-)

So I'll just go ahead and +1 everybody here...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

In message <>, Ken Blake
<> writes:
>On Mon, 14 May 2012 11:45:44 -0700, "W. eWatson"
><> wrote:
>
>> I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
>> are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
^^^^^^^^^^^
>> recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
^^^^^^^
>> old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
>> from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
>> re-entering the information.
>
>
>Two points:
>
>1. Look in the recycle bin.
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
>
>2. If it's not there, do a search of your hard drive with a better
>program than what comes with Windows. Try the free, downloadable Agent
>Ransack, at
>http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?...sack&page=home
>
docx suggests it comes from Office 2007 or 2010. I don't know about
2007, but 2010 has its own backup system, such that you can retrieve
even things you deleted. To some extent. I don't know the details of how
to use it, though.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Rugby is a game played by gentlemen with odd-shaped balls.

On Mon, 14 May 2012 11:45:44 -0700, "W. eWatson"
<> wrote:

>I've lost a file with the word pressure in the name. It and a wbk file
>are not found in a search. I had them Friday the 11th. I looked in
>recycle, used a file name search, and a content search. I come with some
>old files that are way out of date. I do have a print out of the data
>from the 11th, two pages of tables, which I'm not excited about
>re-entering the information.

In addition to the other tips, you might try opening the program you
used to create the missing file, then look under its File menu for the
list of recent documents. If your document still exists and is simply
in a strange location, you may be able to transparently open it. If
it's in the recent files list but you can't open it, then you've
probably moved or deleted it.

>I do back up files with Win7 Backup, but am not familiar with finding
>back ups there. My PC has been working just fine for more than a week.

I've never tried Windows Backup, but I assume someone will know how to
explore a recent backup and extract the missing file, if the
capability exists.

--

Char Jackson