I've saved over a file, can I get it back?

March 2, 2006 2:07 AM

Help, I've just saved over a massive PowerPoint file!

Please help, I was just extracting single slides from a big Powerpoint Deck and hit CTRL +S without changing the filename - now I only have one slide! I have a previous version, but I've lost all the changes I made over the last two days. I've tried looking for .tmp files, but can't find anything.

Help!

posted by Happy Dave to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

I've done the same thing before just minutes before giving the presentation.

Saving it probably wiped out any temporary or autosave versions.

I think you're screwed.
posted by birdherder at 2:17 AM on March 2, 2006

Response by poster: I just found all the text in Google Desktop Cache - it's wiped the formatting, but I can bodge it from the old version by copying and pasting - gonna take me a while though.

Jeez, always back up, always back up *smacks head*
posted by Happy Dave at 2:23 AM on March 2, 2006

Happy Dave isn't so happy. :(
posted by abbyladybug at 3:10 AM on March 2, 2006

Response by poster: Fixed it, only took another two hours. Happy again now!
posted by Happy Dave at 5:01 AM on March 2, 2006

Oh, man, Dave. I was sweating in sympathy here, but I'm glad to hear that Google app was some help. *runs off to Google to investigate*
posted by rosemere at 8:19 AM on March 2, 2006

Versioning (renaming the file every day/every major addition) is how I avoid this problem.
posted by PurplePorpoise at 12:20 PM on March 2, 2006

Oh, I also mail a copy to myself in gmail at the end of every day so if my HD gets borked, I'll still have that backup.
posted by PurplePorpoise at 12:21 PM on March 2, 2006