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FILE HAS DISAPPEARED!!

  1. #1
    boyshanks
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    FILE HAS DISAPPEARED!!

    I need help desparately. Last night I spent several hours working on an
    Excel 2002 spreadsheet and it has disappeared.

    I saved it routinely as I was making many changes updates etc. I opened
    original file --stuff.xls --- made changes and saved it as again as
    stuff.xls. I have done this several times before.

    Today, when I go to open stuff.xls, it is nowhere to be found!!!!! I have
    done a search, for any file modified since Thurs and nothing has appeared. I
    have checked the recycle bin, this did not go into auto recover nothing of
    the like. I am just traumatized, because I have NEVER had anything like this
    happen before.

    I even thought perhaps I didn't save it as often as I thought, (I know that
    I did) but I remembered that I saved it at least once and I can't even find
    an Excel file that has been modified since Thurs!!!

    Does anyone have any idea what could have happened to this file?? BTW, I
    have prayed, rebooted, run spybot, called witch doctor, all with no success.

    I have never had a file to just disappear with no trace. Any help would be
    greatly appreciated.

    Thanks in advance---

  2. #2
    JulieD
    Guest

    Re: FILE HAS DISAPPEARED!!

    Hi

    very unusual ... what drive did you save to, was it a local hard drive (C
    or a network drive or???

    i have seen a network "loose" a file but never a local hard drive.

    apart from a virus scan (you didn't meantion that you had done one of these)
    and checking your MRU list in excel (open excel, choose file .. check the
    1 - 4 files listed at the bottom of the drop down menu ) i've got no other
    ideas.

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    Cheers
    JulieD
    check out www.hcts.net.au/tipsandtricks.htm
    ....well i'm working on it anyway
    "boyshanks" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >I need help desparately. Last night I spent several hours working on an
    > Excel 2002 spreadsheet and it has disappeared.
    >
    > I saved it routinely as I was making many changes updates etc. I opened
    > original file --stuff.xls --- made changes and saved it as again as
    > stuff.xls. I have done this several times before.
    >
    > Today, when I go to open stuff.xls, it is nowhere to be found!!!!! I have
    > done a search, for any file modified since Thurs and nothing has appeared.
    > I
    > have checked the recycle bin, this did not go into auto recover nothing of
    > the like. I am just traumatized, because I have NEVER had anything like
    > this
    > happen before.
    >
    > I even thought perhaps I didn't save it as often as I thought, (I know
    > that
    > I did) but I remembered that I saved it at least once and I can't even
    > find
    > an Excel file that has been modified since Thurs!!!
    >
    > Does anyone have any idea what could have happened to this file?? BTW, I
    > have prayed, rebooted, run spybot, called witch doctor, all with no
    > success.
    >
    > I have never had a file to just disappear with no trace. Any help would
    > be
    > greatly appreciated.
    >
    > Thanks in advance---




  3. #3
    Dave Peterson
    Guest

    Re: FILE HAS DISAPPEARED!!

    Use windows start button|search
    to look for all *.xls
    then sort by last modified date.

    Or look for *stuff*
    to see if you didn't name the file correctly.

    Heck, you could use the advanced search options to look for files that were
    updated "last night".

    remember to look through hidden folders for hidden files, too.

    boyshanks wrote:
    >
    > I need help desparately. Last night I spent several hours working on an
    > Excel 2002 spreadsheet and it has disappeared.
    >
    > I saved it routinely as I was making many changes updates etc. I opened
    > original file --stuff.xls --- made changes and saved it as again as
    > stuff.xls. I have done this several times before.
    >
    > Today, when I go to open stuff.xls, it is nowhere to be found!!!!! I have
    > done a search, for any file modified since Thurs and nothing has appeared. I
    > have checked the recycle bin, this did not go into auto recover nothing of
    > the like. I am just traumatized, because I have NEVER had anything like this
    > happen before.
    >
    > I even thought perhaps I didn't save it as often as I thought, (I know that
    > I did) but I remembered that I saved it at least once and I can't even find
    > an Excel file that has been modified since Thurs!!!
    >
    > Does anyone have any idea what could have happened to this file?? BTW, I
    > have prayed, rebooted, run spybot, called witch doctor, all with no success.
    >
    > I have never had a file to just disappear with no trace. Any help would be
    > greatly appreciated.
    >
    > Thanks in advance---


    --

    Dave Peterson

  4. #4
    boyshanks
    Guest

    Re: FILE HAS DISAPPEARED!!

    Julie and Dave---

    Thanks so much for your suggestions. Before I posted I had run virus scan,
    and also searched every folder for items modified since ____ and words
    contained in the file. Since the file has names in it, I picked an odd name
    and searched on that--nothing.

    I am not on a network and what is even more bizzarre, is the file does not
    even exist in it's original form; it is like the file never ever existed.

    Thanks again, I just went ahead and redid the work--- AAArrrggghhh!


    "Dave Peterson" wrote:

    > Use windows start button|search
    > to look for all *.xls
    > then sort by last modified date.
    >
    > Or look for *stuff*
    > to see if you didn't name the file correctly.
    >
    > Heck, you could use the advanced search options to look for files that were
    > updated "last night".
    >
    > remember to look through hidden folders for hidden files, too.
    >
    > boyshanks wrote:
    > >
    > > I need help desparately. Last night I spent several hours working on an
    > > Excel 2002 spreadsheet and it has disappeared.
    > >
    > > I saved it routinely as I was making many changes updates etc. I opened
    > > original file --stuff.xls --- made changes and saved it as again as
    > > stuff.xls. I have done this several times before.
    > >
    > > Today, when I go to open stuff.xls, it is nowhere to be found!!!!! I have
    > > done a search, for any file modified since Thurs and nothing has appeared. I
    > > have checked the recycle bin, this did not go into auto recover nothing of
    > > the like. I am just traumatized, because I have NEVER had anything like this
    > > happen before.
    > >
    > > I even thought perhaps I didn't save it as often as I thought, (I know that
    > > I did) but I remembered that I saved it at least once and I can't even find
    > > an Excel file that has been modified since Thurs!!!
    > >
    > > Does anyone have any idea what could have happened to this file?? BTW, I
    > > have prayed, rebooted, run spybot, called witch doctor, all with no success.
    > >
    > > I have never had a file to just disappear with no trace. Any help would be
    > > greatly appreciated.
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance---

    >
    > --
    >
    > Dave Peterson
    >


  5. #5
    keepITcool
    Guest

    Re: FILE HAS DISAPPEARED!!



    if you open a xls file directly from outlook or IE..
    it is stored in internet temp directory...


    if you clean up the internet files ..
    (maybe a privacy tool you use..)

    oops... your xls is gone!




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    keepITcool
    | www.XLsupport.com | keepITcool chello nl | amsterdam


    boyshanks wrote :

    > Julie and Dave---
    >
    > Thanks so much for your suggestions. Before I posted I had run virus
    > scan, and also searched every folder for items modified since ____
    > and words contained in the file. Since the file has names in it, I
    > picked an odd name and searched on that--nothing.
    >
    > I am not on a network and what is even more bizzarre, is the file
    > does not even exist in it's original form; it is like the file never
    > ever existed.
    >
    > Thanks again, I just went ahead and redid the work--- AAArrrggghhh!
    >
    >
    > "Dave Peterson" wrote:
    >
    > > Use windows start button|search
    > > to look for all *.xls
    > > then sort by last modified date.
    > >
    > > Or look for stuff
    > > to see if you didn't name the file correctly.
    > >
    > > Heck, you could use the advanced search options to look for files
    > > that were updated "last night".
    > >
    > > remember to look through hidden folders for hidden files, too.
    > >
    > > boyshanks wrote:
    > > >
    > > > I need help desparately. Last night I spent several hours
    > > > working on an Excel 2002 spreadsheet and it has disappeared.
    > > >
    > > > I saved it routinely as I was making many changes updates etc. I
    > > > opened original file --stuff.xls --- made changes and saved it as
    > > > again as stuff.xls. I have done this several times before.
    > > >
    > > > Today, when I go to open stuff.xls, it is nowhere to be
    > > > found!!!!! I have done a search, for any file modified since
    > > > Thurs and nothing has appeared. I have checked the recycle bin,
    > > > this did not go into auto recover nothing of the like. I am just
    > > > traumatized, because I have NEVER had anything like this happen
    > > > before.
    > > >
    > > > I even thought perhaps I didn't save it as often as I thought, (I
    > > > know that I did) but I remembered that I saved it at least once
    > > > and I can't even find an Excel file that has been modified since
    > > > Thurs!!!
    > > >
    > > > Does anyone have any idea what could have happened to this file??
    > > > BTW, I have prayed, rebooted, run spybot, called witch doctor,
    > > > all with no success.
    > > >
    > > > I have never had a file to just disappear with no trace. Any
    > > > help would be greatly appreciated.
    > > >
    > > > Thanks in advance---

    > >
    > > --
    > >
    > > Dave Peterson
    > >


  6. #6
    boyshanks
    Guest

    Re: FILE HAS DISAPPEARED!! I FOUND IT!!

    Thanks keep it cool, I stumbled on this just before I saw your post.

    This is bizzarre!!!

    I just opened an email with an attachement. I dbl cliked on the
    attachement, opened the file, made some changes and got ready to save. When
    I saved it, it was in a folder named OLK22.

    When the window opened I saw my file!!! Yipee Yahoo!! I won't have to redo
    everything.

    I knew that this folder existed and that I might possibly have saved the
    file there. But yesterday when I was frantically searching, I thought that
    when I did the search it would search this folder too.

    Does anyone know how this folder may have gotten missed in the search?

    Thanks again.

    "keepITcool" wrote:

    >
    >
    > if you open a xls file directly from outlook or IE..
    > it is stored in internet temp directory...
    >
    >
    > if you clean up the internet files ..
    > (maybe a privacy tool you use..)
    >
    > oops... your xls is gone!
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > --
    > keepITcool
    > | www.XLsupport.com | keepITcool chello nl | amsterdam
    >
    >
    > boyshanks wrote :
    >
    > > Julie and Dave---
    > >
    > > Thanks so much for your suggestions. Before I posted I had run virus
    > > scan, and also searched every folder for items modified since ____
    > > and words contained in the file. Since the file has names in it, I
    > > picked an odd name and searched on that--nothing.
    > >
    > > I am not on a network and what is even more bizzarre, is the file
    > > does not even exist in it's original form; it is like the file never
    > > ever existed.
    > >
    > > Thanks again, I just went ahead and redid the work--- AAArrrggghhh!
    > >
    > >
    > > "Dave Peterson" wrote:
    > >
    > > > Use windows start button|search
    > > > to look for all *.xls
    > > > then sort by last modified date.
    > > >
    > > > Or look for stuff
    > > > to see if you didn't name the file correctly.
    > > >
    > > > Heck, you could use the advanced search options to look for files
    > > > that were updated "last night".
    > > >
    > > > remember to look through hidden folders for hidden files, too.
    > > >
    > > > boyshanks wrote:
    > > > >
    > > > > I need help desparately. Last night I spent several hours
    > > > > working on an Excel 2002 spreadsheet and it has disappeared.
    > > > >
    > > > > I saved it routinely as I was making many changes updates etc. I
    > > > > opened original file --stuff.xls --- made changes and saved it as
    > > > > again as stuff.xls. I have done this several times before.
    > > > >
    > > > > Today, when I go to open stuff.xls, it is nowhere to be
    > > > > found!!!!! I have done a search, for any file modified since
    > > > > Thurs and nothing has appeared. I have checked the recycle bin,
    > > > > this did not go into auto recover nothing of the like. I am just
    > > > > traumatized, because I have NEVER had anything like this happen
    > > > > before.
    > > > >
    > > > > I even thought perhaps I didn't save it as often as I thought, (I
    > > > > know that I did) but I remembered that I saved it at least once
    > > > > and I can't even find an Excel file that has been modified since
    > > > > Thurs!!!
    > > > >
    > > > > Does anyone have any idea what could have happened to this file??
    > > > > BTW, I have prayed, rebooted, run spybot, called witch doctor,
    > > > > all with no success.
    > > > >
    > > > > I have never had a file to just disappear with no trace. Any
    > > > > help would be greatly appreciated.
    > > > >
    > > > > Thanks in advance---
    > > >
    > > > --
    > > >
    > > > Dave Peterson
    > > >

    >


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