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Title: Lost Computer Data.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 16 August 2014, 12:54:58
It simply vanished from the screen. Gone..........I suspect aliens. :-\

My Word .rtf document is just a blank page.

I have so far run a search on the computer for .asd , .wbk , .doc , and ~ files all to no avail. Does anyone have a way other than those already mentioned to retrieve a lost .rtf file?

Any help would be most welcome, chaps. :y
Title: Re: Lost Computer Data.
Post by: zirk on 16 August 2014, 13:07:58
Rich Text Format, why you saving files in this format?, not that it matters if it gone, have you tried *(DOT)rtf or 'name of file(DOT)* in search, or recent Documents etc
Title: Re: Lost Computer Data.
Post by: davieboy0312 on 16 August 2014, 16:15:13
I got a program called "recover my files" finds anything lost even deleted. Works for me :y
Title: Re: Lost Computer Data.
Post by: Jusme on 16 August 2014, 17:31:17
Most files that appear to be lost actually still exist; only the pathway to their locations on the hard drive have been lost.  :-\
Title: Re: Lost Computer Data.
Post by: Rog on 16 August 2014, 17:36:03

Have you lost the actual file, or what was in it ?

Just a thought, but if you have opened the file with the correct file name, but it looks blank, is the typeface colour white and therefore cannot be seen ? If so use Ctrl + A to select everything and then change the font colour.

Above is a bit of a long shot, probably not the problem as Dr Opti is a "Doctor" and therefore far too clever to do silly things  ;D







Title: Re: Lost Computer Data.
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 16 August 2014, 20:15:56
was the auto - save feature enabled ?
Title: Re: Lost Computer Data.
Post by: TheBoy on 17 August 2014, 17:49:11
Most files that appear to be lost actually still exist; only the pathway to their locations on the hard drive have been lost.  :-\
I'm guessing its an ntfs filesystem, and a small file (thus stored with filename in the mft). You may be lucky and the mft hasn't overwritten, but I wouldn't hold out hope