open office file not saved correctly
Posted: 22 May 2018, 01:25
I had a file on my desktop and also a backup of the same file in another folder.
i was saving the file on desktop and also saving the copy of the file to filebackup.
while saving the file and backup file, somehow most of the file was deleted and i am left with 1/5 of what it was.
also, the file was corrupted then and i had to re-open the file with work, and microsoft office,
I have explored openoffice possibilitys for a saved temp file, etc, and didnt find one.
i got a copy of photorec and ran it. it produced many recup_dir.xxx folders. each one having alot of files in it.
i sorted the files by name, looked at those that were rich text .rtf and some where of the lost file.
Great ! but none show any of the part of the file that was lost. several shown the part of the file that i recovered using Word to reopen it.
can i search my hole hard drive for just .rtf extensions. and perhaps find it that way ?
or perhaps just give up and start recreating the file again manually ?
thanks,
i was saving the file on desktop and also saving the copy of the file to filebackup.
while saving the file and backup file, somehow most of the file was deleted and i am left with 1/5 of what it was.
also, the file was corrupted then and i had to re-open the file with work, and microsoft office,
I have explored openoffice possibilitys for a saved temp file, etc, and didnt find one.
i got a copy of photorec and ran it. it produced many recup_dir.xxx folders. each one having alot of files in it.
i sorted the files by name, looked at those that were rich text .rtf and some where of the lost file.
Great ! but none show any of the part of the file that was lost. several shown the part of the file that i recovered using Word to reopen it.
can i search my hole hard drive for just .rtf extensions. and perhaps find it that way ?
or perhaps just give up and start recreating the file again manually ?
thanks,