Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: freaked out
  • Music: Nothing at the moment.

Error error error.

Did you know that a Microsoft Word error can not only crash your file, it can delete it?

The whole file?

The whole four hundred page novel file?

The whole four hundred page, no backups from this week file?

Pardon me while I go non-linear.
Tags: cranky blonde is cranky, hysteria, state of the blonde
  • Post a new comment

    Error

    Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal

    switch
    default userpic

    Your reply will be screened

    Your IP address will be recorded 

    Help
  • 47 comments

hiddenriver

March 10 2009, 23:06:53 UTC 8 years ago

Yikes! Before you do anything else - assuming this is Windows - be sure to check in that directory/folder for a hidden file named something like "~$My-Precious-Lost-four-hundred-page-novel.doc". You may need to turn on the ability to view hidden files in Explorer (tools/folder options-->view tab-->check "show hidden files and folders").

Normally Word will display these lost files after a crash, but just in case it's completely fubar'd, it's worth checking...

archangelbeth

March 10 2009, 23:09:59 UTC 8 years ago

Yes, this. If you can search on the file-name, even for invisible files, you may be able to find something you can force to open and recover much of the data.

Dear stars... Good luck.

popfiend

March 11 2009, 01:26:00 UTC 8 years ago

What everyone else said.

archangelsmom

March 11 2009, 04:07:00 UTC 8 years ago

I remember a spectacular save of a cat - skeleton by a brilliant computer wizard . . .

archangelbeth

March 11 2009, 14:14:14 UTC 8 years ago

(Not to mention probably saving me from patricide at the same time, considering how it got lost in the first place...)