I was typing up a document on Microsoft Word on this old Windows 95 computer. While the program was still open, I turned off the computer manually using the power button. When I turned the computer back on and attempted to open my file, a message came up saying that "The document name or path is not valid". I opened up the properties window for the file, and although the general information was the same as most working documents, the summary and statistics were blank. I turned off the computer, and re-started it, this time doing scan disc. Sure enough, an error message came up. I forgot to write down exactly what the error message said, but it was something along the lines of "The file (myfile).doc has an error. The first part is still working, but recent changes could prevent you from opening it. Fix this problem?" I clicked yes, and rather then fix it, it created a new file with the same name as my old one, except the first 2 letters were replaced with "~$". I tried to open it, and it said I needed to install some language decoder, and it appeared as a bunch of little rectangles instead of letters. I also saved the original file to a disc and tried it on a newer computer (the Windows XP I'm using right now), but the same "missing path" error message came up. Help!
