Vista - Notepad and Lost File

12-28-2007

Recently I was typing and the file "shut" down, the screen went gray and I
lost the entire file. I was editing an already started file on my flash disk
thus it was was not on the computer hard drive. When asked to recover it
receovered in Notepad, but only a small fraction of the actual content opened
up and the rest was question marks, numbers and other jibberish. Is there a
way to recover this file?

12-28-2007

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:20:02 -0800, BSS
<BSS@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

> Recently I was typing and the file "shut" down, the screen went gray and I
> lost the entire file. I was editing an already started file on my flash disk
> thus it was was not on the computer hard drive. When asked to recover it
> receovered in Notepad, but only a small fraction of the actual content opened
> up and the rest was question marks, numbers and other jibberish. Is there a
> way to recover this file?

No. That's why whenever you do such editing, you should save it
frequently.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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12-28-2007

It's also a really good idea, to copy the file off the flash disk, edit it
on the computer, and then copy it back to the flash disk.

It only takes a second, and is far more bullet proof.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:fmman35n9veecq5l5j6mbbtji93tsqn45c@xxxxxx

Quote:

> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:20:02 -0800, BSS
> <BSS@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

Quote:

>> Recently I was typing and the file "shut" down, the screen went gray and
>> I
>> lost the entire file. I was editing an already started file on my flash
>> disk
>> thus it was was not on the computer hard drive. When asked to recover it
>> receovered in Notepad, but only a small fraction of the actual content
>> opened
>> up and the rest was question marks, numbers and other jibberish. Is there
>> a
>> way to recover this file?

>
>
> No. That's why whenever you do such editing, you should save it
> frequently.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

12-28-2007	#1 (permalink)
BSS n/a posts	Notepad and Lost File Recently I was typing and the file "shut" down, the screen went gray and I lost the entire file. I was editing an already started file on my flash disk thus it was was not on the computer hard drive. When asked to recover it receovered in Notepad, but only a small fraction of the actual content opened up and the rest was question marks, numbers and other jibberish. Is there a way to recover this file?
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12-28-2007	#2 (permalink)
Ken Blake, MVP n/a posts	Re: Notepad and Lost File On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:20:02 -0800, BSS <BSS@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Recently I was typing and the file "shut" down, the screen went gray and I > lost the entire file. I was editing an already started file on my flash disk > thus it was was not on the computer hard drive. When asked to recover it > receovered in Notepad, but only a small fraction of the actual content opened > up and the rest was question marks, numbers and other jibberish. Is there a > way to recover this file? No. That's why whenever you do such editing, you should save it frequently. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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12-28-2007	#3 (permalink)
Wandering n/a posts	Re: Notepad and Lost File It's also a really good idea, to copy the file off the flash disk, edit it on the computer, and then copy it back to the flash disk. It only takes a second, and is far more bullet proof. "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:fmman35n9veecq5l5j6mbbtji93tsqn45c@xxxxxx Quote: > On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:20:02 -0800, BSS > <BSS@xxxxxx> wrote: > Quote: >> Recently I was typing and the file "shut" down, the screen went gray and >> I >> lost the entire file. I was editing an already started file on my flash >> disk >> thus it was was not on the computer hard drive. When asked to recover it >> receovered in Notepad, but only a small fraction of the actual content >> opened >> up and the rest was question marks, numbers and other jibberish. Is there >> a >> way to recover this file? > > > No. That's why whenever you do such editing, you should save it > frequently. > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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