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Parts of saved text documents missing.
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I have some big text documents, created over the last year or so, that I haven't actually looked at for a while until just now. There were four documents, which actually comprised two documents which I saved under their original names and then after renaming, under the new names. All in the same folder in Word 2010. I also backed up all these documents to a data stick. The documents were about 80,000 - 90,000 words long. I now find that they are only about 60,000 words - all of them. I have not deleted any part of them, and the same has happened on the data stick as on my computer. This is a disaster! Does anyone have any ideas what might have happened, how I can avoid it happening again (given that the next document I have created is even longer) and if there is any chance of me, with zero technical ability, of recovering the lost text?
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Weird. Normally I'd conclude that a file that is shorter than expected had suffered from the disk failing at some point and losing stuff; but to have happened to all your files, well that takes some explanation. Sure you didn't rename & saved after some awful fate had already occured to your files ? The fact that they are on different drives too doesn't make things more obvious.
Makes me wonder if whatever you are reading them with isn't the item with a problem. Have you tried viewing them with a number of different viewer applications ?
Makes me wonder if whatever you are reading them with isn't the item with a problem. Have you tried viewing them with a number of different viewer applications ?
Rather than click on the data file you want to open the application first and then choose 'open' from its menu. Notepad is ok as a text editor application. Probably in start/ programs / accessories.
Not used a disk reader for a while so unsure what to recommend there, but try Notepad for now and see if it shows more than Word did.
Not used a disk reader for a while so unsure what to recommend there, but try Notepad for now and see if it shows more than Word did.
Sorry if this is a silly question but after you saved them did you re-read to see that the docs were all intact ? I ask this because I have noticed lately that when I type something on my keyboard to Answerbank I always have to re-read the article before clicking Submit because there always seem to be letters or even words missing.
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http://www.textpad.com/download/
You can try Textpad for evaluation. This might be a good time.
You an do a search for a disk editor or reader http://
Failing that maybe someone else can suggest a better way to tackle this.
You can try Textpad for evaluation. This might be a good time.
You an do a search for a disk editor or reader http://
Failing that maybe someone else can suggest a better way to tackle this.
Wiskeryron - I know the files were intact when saved. They are books that I have loaded onto the Amazon Kindle site and the books that exist are entire. But some time since I downloaded them the last two thirds or so of each has disappeared. Foolishly I didn't make a hardcopy (which I have now of number 3, which is going on Amazon soon) so the only evidence exists on Kindle - and I don't even own one!
OG - I am trying your suggestions, but so far with no success. Thanks for your help.
OG - I am trying your suggestions, but so far with no success. Thanks for your help.
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