Lost File

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Judy

My PC (XP) froze while I was working on a PPT
presentation (PPT 2000). It had been previously saved
many times over the past 3 weeks. Upon rebooting, the
file is no longer there. It is in the recently viewed
files list, but upon clicking it says there's no file.
I've search my hard drive and there's no file. I rebooted
again and there's no file.

Can it be recovered? I've already put about 80 hours of
work into it!

Thanks in advance,
Judy
 
Judy; I am assuming that you were saving your file to your Hard Drive, and not
some removable media like a floppy disk. It seem rather strange, that the
original file would no longer be there, when your system froze.

You might get lucky, and find a .tmp file in the temp folder that is your
presentation. Look for something that is around the filesize of your
presentation, and see if you can't rename it to .ppt and open it with PowerPoint

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My PC (XP) froze while I was working on a PPT
presentation (PPT 2000). It had been previously saved
many times over the past 3 weeks. Upon rebooting, the
file is no longer there. It is in the recently viewed
files list, but upon clicking it says there's no file.
I've search my hard drive and there's no file. I rebooted
again and there's no file.

Can it be recovered? I've already put about 80 hours of
work into it!

Thanks in advance,
Judy
 
Sorry about your lost.

Valuable lesson is always same backup versions as you
work (my_file.ppt, my_file_ver1.ppt etc)

First, with explorer look in the folder where the last
file resided. Make sure that you have the options set
in "tools>folder options>view" boxes for - display full
path & show hidden files checked. Sometimes if you are
lucky there will be a file named ~ xxxxx.tmp which "may"
help. Also check your temp folders. I have recovered
files before that way. Also make sure that in your
PowerPoint program that you have unchecked "fast save"
option. It will be under the tools section.

Good luck !! There are plenty of experts here so if they
think of something else they will chime in.

Mike
 
By trial and error, I believe that Fast Save cause more
problems with file corruption and I know it tends to make
file size larger when resaving files over and over. I am
no expert, just my personal observation. I'm sure the
experts will correct me... :-)

Mike
 
Why uncheck it? Let me count the reasons...
1) File bloat
2) Reputation for causing file corruption
3) More file bloat
4) Changes to how the presentation is saved (instead of putting in just the
content, each change you make is appended to the end of the file so that the
file saves faster)
5) More file bloat
6) Fast saves = Slow opens

If you have problems remembering to make a backup copy of your presentation,
you might want to look into Shyam's Sequential Save add-in. Links to it and
many other of the tools to make your life easier can be found on my site at:
http://www.powerpointanswers.com/tools.html

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By trial and error, I believe that Fast Save cause more
problems with file corruption and I know it tends to make
file size larger when resaving files over and over. I am
no expert, just my personal observation. I'm sure the
experts will correct me... :-)
Click to expand...

No correction, Mike. You're exactly right.
 
By trial and error, I believe that Fast Save cause more
problems with file corruption and I know it tends to make
file size larger when resaving files over and over. I am
no expert, just my personal observation. I'm sure the
experts will correct me... :-)
Click to expand...

Not a chance! You're bang on target.

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