Sometime earlier, we learned the simple technique of changing the Save AutoRecover information time limit in Word. AutoRecover feature, as you know, comes in handy when there are any unplanned ...

You might not have to start all over again.

It's an hour before your deadline, and you just completed the finishing touches to an Office document. You close out of your research screen only to realize you closed your document instead. The worst ...

When you run a Microsoft Office program such as Word after forgetting to save a document, the program automatically lists autosaved files in the Recovery pane. Once you close this pane, the list ...

Have you ever lost a Word document due to an unexpected PC crash? Just this week, I experienced this firsthand. Hours of work vanished when my document disappeared. I didn’t panic, though, because my ...

What is surprising here is that Windows File Recovery is a command-line tool, i.e., no user interface. As soon as you launch it, it will display a list of options that come with the tool. It expands ...

That 20-page report you've been writing for weeks suddenly disappear from your hard drive? Weblog Hack College lists 10 ways you may be able to recover an accidentally deleted Word document, including ...

Is there any way to recover a TextEdit document I deleted accidentally? Help! It can be a chilling moment when you realise that the important document you’ve been working on has suddenly disappeared.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Microsoft has released a new file recovery app that might ...