unx20397@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu (Sean Brannon) (04/03/91)
I have a co-worker with a severe problem. He opened up a 250k file and deleted all but a small amount, to save having to change the formatting for a new document. He then decided he didn't want to do this and quit word. Now here is where it gets fuzzy. When Word asked if he wanted to save changes, he says he told it NO. But in actuallity it seems he said YES, and the file was overwritten. Paring it down from 250k to 2k. Major foul up on his part because he now has lost several hours of work (no backup). Or has he? Word has an option called 'Fast Save' and this feature appends changes to the end of the file, not really completely overwritting your file until certain conditions are met. So what I now have is a 250k file that Word only looks at the last 2k of. I've gone in and looked at the file with a file editor, and yep, the data is there. But I can't get Word to recover the file, or rather look at ALL the data that is in the file. Does anyone out there have any info on how Word formats it's file header? All I've successfully found is the character count and what I think is the begging of file marker. And, of course, Microsoft has been oh so helpful. Any help will be MUCH appreciated! 250k