Recover unsaved Word file?

[TesTeeCuL]

I have a friend who just called me asking if there is any way to recover a word file that was not saved to the hard drive. When she went to close it out instead of clicking yes to save she clicked on no. Perhaps there is some kind of temp file that is recoverable? What a way to start my birthday morning.

 

[compslckr]

first: happy b-day

second: this probably won't help you much, but might get you started. if your computer locks up while you have word xp running and you restart the comp then start word up it asks you if you want to recover the document from one of its "save checkpoints" or something like that. it might not have every word that you typed, but it is usually pretty close.

 

[TesTeeCuL]

First off- Thanks for the well wishes!

I wonder if these "checkpoints" you mentioned are still made or saved if the program does not end via a crash. I mean if it's closed properly.