On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 09:18:29 +0000 Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:15:31 -0800 > John Suter <john-su...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > I need help in recovering a text file, a book, I have been writing and > > saving every 15 minutes or so. > > > > My laptop running Windows 10 version 1511, IE 11.20.10586.0 and using > > Apache Open Office 4.1.2 had a abrupt browser blank-out. Before > > restarting my system to clear the problem, I saved the Open Office file. > > After restarting my system, Open Office didn’t have any files I have been > > working on in the platform que. I went to “documents” and opened the file > > I was wanting to return to and it said it was restricted and could only be > > seen in a read-only mode. However, when I said I wanted to see a copy, all > > that was displayed were screens of “X”s. Can you advise me how to recover? > > > > > > Thanks, John > > You should look in the backup and temporary directories pointed to by /Tools > /Options /OpenOffice : Paths. Rename any files in those to the file type you > were using and see if they contain your data. > > No matter what format you were working to, run an undelete utlity such as > Recuva or PhotoRec and see if it will find some deleted temporary file > holding some or all of your data. I'd start with Recuva or PhotoRec (you only > need one of these, and the sooner the better, as c0ontinued use of the > computer might overwrite any deleted image of your file). > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> My reply to this user bounced. > The following message to <john-su...@sbcglobal.net> was undeliverable. > The reason for the problem: > 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 553-'5.3.0 nlpi184 DNSBL:ATTRBL 521< > 213.233.128.43 > _is_blocked.__For_information_see_http://att.net/blocks' -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
