Help! I have deleted a spreadsheet!

[Kilala]

Hi all knowledgeable IT people,

I have just deleted the wrong Excel spreadsheet, and it isn't in the recycle bin- is there any way I can restore it? I even clicked 'yes' to say I was sure I wanted to delete it. What a damn fool.

All help most gratefully received.

[camioneur]

If you haven't used Excel since you're in with a chance.

Try opening Excel from your "Start" "Programs" menu and it will load a blank worksheet. You may see straight away a list of recoverable files on your left or you may have to click "File" first.

Hope this helps

[Kerplunk]

If it didn't go to the recycle bin then either it was too large or it was deleted from a network drive. If it was a network drive do you have IT people that take backups?

[Kilala]

It was a Network Drive. Our IT people do not respond to emails and the phone line to them is constantly engaged...
I have a feeling I will be redoing all 400 entries and associated formulae...
What a fool.

[puzzlesRus]

You can download a free undelete program from here :-

http://www.recuva.com/

Provided that the disk where your file was stored has not been overwritten, then there is a good chance that you can recover it. I have used the program and it is quick and effective

[rowan1990]

all you have to do is click start then click search then type in the name of it etc then search then it should appear if not try downloading a undlete programme

[Kilala]

Hi all,
I tried to search for the file, all it found was a shortcut. I'm going to give the undelete link above a go. Thanks for all the suggestions!