Word Xp!... Urgent!... Help!... Please!

Deleted a file from floppy thats *very* important. A 24 page assignment.
I recovered it using BadCopy Pro and now when I open it in word it does this:

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Please help! Every program that says it recovers documents says you need to pay hundreds of quid. Please help! ASAP!

 

Hi.

I tried file recover but it wud only let me use the C:\ and deleted it off a floppy. Also wasnt compatible with XP OS.

 

Word document recovery

This MAY be of help to you in recovering a word document. I've used the technique many times under word 97 and word 6. Should also work for word 2000.

What you need to do first is determine where your .tmp files are stored. Once you have the folder located, sort by date. Then start opening each temp until you find the one that you need. You should be able to tell by the file size, as a 24 page file should be fairly large. Open it and then do a save as and you should have your document back.

And do a BACKUP OF YOUR IMPORTANT FILES SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

 

The following link is for a free file restoration program that I've had some luck with;

Restoration

HTH

 

Thanx for the help you lot, but the assignment had to be in yesterday, so just had to do all again.

Annoying or what.

Thanx anyway.