word document recovery

[pissedoffteen]

When closing an important word document (what was once 47 pages is now only 39) i accidently clicked the 'no' option on doy uowant to save?
when i did that, apparently word also deleted all the backup copies of my file as well. For some stupid reason i hadnt saved since three oclock. How do i get back a version of my file autosaved (it does it after every ten minutes and creates a file, and its now deleted the file, so presumably i must be able to get it back somehow) as recently as possible?

And also, why didn't microsoft plan for this? why make it so that if you ACCIDENTALLY click the worng option, it destroys all your work completely, instead of keeping the auto-saved file until it's sure you didnt want it? What kind of morons do they employ??

i am very much upset by this. ive been crying. Please help urgently! it had to be finished for tomorrow!! i cant write it all again! There were diagrams!! HELP!!

[contrex]

Sorry. No sympathy. You "accidentally" clicked "no". What you seem to be asking is "Why don't Microsoft write software that reads your mind and does what you really meant to do instead of what you actually told it to do?"

And also, why didn't microsoft plan for this? why make it so that if you ACCIDENTALLY click the worng option, it destroys all your work completely, instead of keeping the auto-saved file until it's sure you didnt want it? What kind of morons do they employ??

When Word asks if you want to save the file, it is asking if you really want it. I don't think the morons are at Microsoft...

I suppose they could have a "blonde" setting where the save dialog asks, "Are you sure", and "Are you really sure?", and "Are your really really sure?" etc but then you'd still get ditzoids saying "I accidentally clicked "no" six times! Those morons at Microsoft!"

i am very much upset by this. ive been crying.

Makes a change from "HELP PLZZZ!" 

[Calum]

This post made me chortle, so I'll respond.
contrex, do you have to be so negative?
pissedoffteen - Are you sure the backup ones are gone?
Go to Tools --> Folder options in Windows Explorer, and select "Show hidden Files".
Go to the folder the word document was in, and see if anything else shows up.
If not, try Recuva and see if that can recover the files.
In the meantime, try to limit writing to the HDD, as in doing anything with the PC, to maximize the chances of recovering it.

[pissedoffteen]

absolutely sure. Hidden files are always shown anyway. It made a new backup file about five seconds after i reopened the file, but it didn't have anything new in it. i suppose its a mercy i didnt lose the whole thing.
i'll try recuva, thanks.
As to the other guy, what i meant was that it is perfectly possible to press the wrong button. I'll admit that in my entire life this is the first time its happened to me, but still: it keeps backup files if you exit without saving in other ways, why not assume that sooner or later people will accidentally click the worng button? it kind of defeats the point of backup files if you delete them doesnt it?
And im a little worn down...lots of coffee and three days of solid revision and courseowkr, stopping only to sleep (not even stopping while eating) takes it out of you. i was at the end of my tether. then it snapped.ow. elastic bandy tether.

[Calum]

Give it a go, it may not help but it's worth a shot.
pissedoffteen, I'm in the same situation, exams coming up etc, really takes it out of you.
Get some sleep, it's worth it in the long run even if you feel it wastes too much time.
Otherwise you just end up wasting time trying to revise because you can't concentrate.

[pissedoffteen]

Recuva didnt really help...but thanks anyway. it'll help next time i thoughtlessly delete something. just not when microsoft does it for me, apparently.

it seems to have overwritten it rather than deleted it. hmm.

[Calum]

Well, it was worth a shot.
Just think twice before clicking anything, and save every 5 minutes, especially when working on something important.
I've had the same thing happen to me before and it is annoying, but it just made me resolve to double check before clicking anything and to be certain I saved often.

[CBMatt]

For future essays/papers, you may want to consider using something like KeyNote.  It's a tabbed program that saves your work as you type.  It's not the prettiest program, but it sure is handy.