Lost information

[stephen]

I was working on an Excel Spreadsheet this morning and
accidentally deleted valuable information from the file
and then proceeded to save the file and exit Excel. When
I reopened, I pulled up the file and realized my
mistake. Is there any way to retrieve the document pre-
mistake?

[Gord Dibben]

Stephen

You get your original data back only if you have a backup of the original
file.

You may have a backup if you are on a server and mass backups are regularly
made.

Look for any *.XLK files. If you have set options to always create a backup,
there could be a copy of the original saved as an *.XLK.

Are you running Norton Utilities Protected Recycle Bin? Easy to get an
earlier copy using Norton Unerase feature.

Otherwise...........out of luck, but much wiser......right?

Gord Dibben Excel MVP XL2002

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:27:22 -0700, "stephen" > wrote:

>I was working on an Excel Spreadsheet this morning and
>accidentally deleted valuable information from the file
>and then proceeded to save the file and exit Excel. When
>I reopened, I pulled up the file and realized my
>mistake. Is there any way to retrieve the document pre-
>mistake?

[Rifleman]

In article >,
quoth
> I was working on an Excel Spreadsheet this morning and
> accidentally deleted valuable information from the file
> and then proceeded to save the file and exit Excel. When
> I reopened, I pulled up the file and realized my
> mistake. Is there any way to retrieve the document pre-
> mistake?
>
No.