subject: Word Recovery - Recover Deleted, Formatted, And Lost Word Documents [print this page] Word Recovery software - Wondershare Data Recovery can recover deleted, formatted and lost Word 2007/2003/ XP /2000 / 97 /95 / with .doc or .docx extension.
Why Lose and How to Recover Word?
Microsoft Word documents can be lost in certain situations.
>> An error forces Word to close
>> Power interruption while you are editing
>> Close the document without saving changes
For the above mentioned loss situations, you can find your Word documents with the following methods in the order in which they are presented, as appropriate for your situation.
>> Search for the original document
>>Search for word backup files
>> Force Word to try to recover a file
>> Manually recover AutoRecover files
>> Search for temporary files
>> Search for ~ files
More detailed information is at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827099
Note: Microsoft currently does not provide any utilities to recover documents that have been deleted, or emptied from the Recycle Bin, and formatted. However, some third-party utilities available on the Internet can recover deleted and formatted Word documents.