When using office software such as word, many users will have such a bad habit of not saving data in time. Therefore, it is often seen that some users have lost word data due to some unexpected reasons, and they do not know how to restore the data. As a result, everyone should also know that they can only start from scratch. So, how to recover the lost word document data? Let’s take a look at the word document recovery tutorial with Xiaobian!
Method 1: System backup file renaming method
1. The default operation of word design is relatively intelligent. When you perform word operation, a copy file is generally saved by default. Therefore, if you lose the word file, you can restore it through this file. Take the following word2013 document as an example, the operations of other versions of the document are completely similar.
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2. Common problems, such as after editing the document, directly click the "x" in the upper right corner, and then habitually click "do not save", this is a problem that many people have in the initial operation of the word document, and the computer suddenly shuts down, etc. The word file being edited is missing.
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3. The first method here is to rename the backup file to restore it. Open Word software, click "File" in the upper left corner to enter the File tab.
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4. In the pop-up tab, click "Options" to find the location of the backup file in the system save. Generally speaking, the backup location is relatively fixed, you can find it according to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\, but it may be difficult to find it according to this path. So here is a simple way to find the path. Click on "Options"
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5. In the word tab, click "Save" on the left, under the "Save Document" column, there is an automatic recovery document location, copy this location "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\ , and then click OK.
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6. Return to the computer desktop, click "Computer", the desktop may be "My Computer", click it. Open the root directory of the computer.
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7. Right-click in the address bar at the top, and then copy the "C:\Users\Administrator\
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\” location information into it. Then hit enter.
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8. At this time, find the location of the backup file, open the file you want to restore, here is "TOEFL Vocabulary", so open it.
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9. Find the first ASD file and copy it. Attention! This is the only backup file, so it is safer to copy it out.
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10. Here, take paste to the desktop as an example, then right-click, change its name to "Rename", change its suffix to ".doc", and then click "Yes" in the prompt window that appears. At this time, click to open the file again, and the file is successfully restored. If an error message appears, please refer to Method 2.
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Method 2: File Direct Open Recovery Method
1. This method is more direct than the previous operation, but there is a little risk, that is, the backup file is opened directly. If the operation fails, the file may be lost and cannot be recovered, but this method is generally successful, for the sake of safety , it is recommended to use the first method to copy the ASD file to the backup file and save it. Open Word and click File.
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2. In the file window that appears, click "Open", and in the location column selection, click "Computer".
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3. Paste the location of the backup file in the top address bar "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming
\Microsoft\Word\" (this is my location, yours is subject to your copy). Then hit "enter".
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4. Open the relevant folder you want to restore, here is the "TOEFL" folder.
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5. Click on the first ASD file "TOEFL Vocabulary", then click "Open" below.
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6. The file is successfully opened, and it is as complete as when it was last edited but not saved. Click "Restore" above.
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7. In the prompt window that appears, click "OK".
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8. A complete file is restored like this. You can continue to work on other editing operations on the document.
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