How to recover a previous version of an excel spreadsheet after saving it

http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2011/05/31/recover-a-draft.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827099

     http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316951 Win7/Vista/XP  Word 2010/2007/2003/2002

http://word.herbtyson.com/?p=154

     http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Previous-versions-of-files-frequently-asked-questions

http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/rpv-win7s-least-known-data-protection-system/

     http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/recover-data-files-in-windows-7-with-previous-versions/4992?tag=nl.e064

https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/recover-earlier-versions-of-a-file-in-office-2010-HA010356735.aspx?queryid=106d513162e24557bd44a0316ed25223&respos=0#BM1

https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/my-office-program-did-not-open-a-recovered-file-HA010157885.aspx#BM14

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/howtorespondtoincidents/a/Diy-Forensic-Data-Recovery.htm?nl=1

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/recover-data-the-right-way-using-photorec/5587?tag=nl.e064

Although the article suggests a specific product, it also describes the best way to do deleted file recovery. The key point is that you should take some precautionary steps BEFORE the problem occurs. Or, have a second computer that you can use to do the preparation retroactively.

http://www.abstradrome.com/

I recently tried this tool (Office Regenerator). It claims to recover files from deleted file fragments. It seems to work. On my 100GB data partition it ran for about 1 hour and found 691 files, 450 MB, going back almost 7 months! I don’t remember if that was the last time I used a wipe freespace tool on my drive They definitely were not in my recycle bin.  Don’t do first auto run . The interface provides lots of Filter criteria such as: date created range, last saved range, last printed range, title, num pages, editing time, revision number, file type, author.

All of the recovered files I looked at were properly structured.

Site has a 30 day moneyback guarantee. I haven’t tried it, but that sounds encouraging.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15120/get-back-that-photo-picture-or-file-you-deleted-accidentally/

     http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7

http://www.pcworld.com/article/220355/musthave_tools_and_tricks.html#tk.nl_sbx_h_cbstories

https://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,73814/description.html

You can get a free download that will scan your disk for recoverable files. If you find file names that you want, then you can buy the registration code to activate the recovery feature. I played with the free part on my HD. It found a few Word ASD files, but not as many as I would have liked to see.

http://www.recovermyfiles.com/

Recover My Files data recovery software will recover deleted files emptied from the Windows Recycle Bin, or lost due to the format or corruption of a hard drive, virus or Trojan infection, unexpected system shutdown or software failure.

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It is designed specifically to allow home and business users to quickly and simply recover data.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/215852/downloads_to_recover_your_files_and_save_your_bacon.html

    http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/ (haven’t tried it myself

http://www.essentialdatatools.com/products/filerescuentfs/

You can get a 30day free trial. I haven’t tried it myself.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-data-recovery-apps-that-could-make-you-a-hero/1288

http://www.howtogeek.com/56891/use-windows-7s-previous-versions-to-go-back-in-time-and-save-your-files/

http://www.howtogeek.com/76212/how-to-mount-a-system-restore-point-to-restore-a-single-file/  

http://nicbedford.co.uk/software/systemrestoreexplorer/#comment-823

I gave it a try and it looks like a really handy tool!

<snip>System Restore Explorer is a tool which allows you to browse system restore points on your computer and select individual ones for deletion should you wish to free up some disk space. It also allows you to mount the contents of a restore point into a folder so that you can browse and copy individual files, without the need to perform a full system restore.

When you select a restore point and “mount” it the tool will create a shortcut to that particular restore point in the root folder of the drive, which will allow you to browse the contents and copy files. </snip>