

While these quick fixes work most of the time, it is still highly recommended for you to always save your files from time to time, and also enable the auto-save and auto-recover features of Microsoft Word. If you locate your document here, then your problem is fixed. This last step will display all the temporary files in your hard drive. Note that if in this step, you were able to locate your document, you have to save it as a different type of file to make sure that it opens and the data in it is displayed correctly.

The dialog box will display the backup versions of your documents and you can search for the correct file from here. Note that this works when the auto-recover feature is enabled. This will display backup and original documents and you can look for your file here.

You can recover lost Word files from this screen. AutoRecover: Pros: Lets you recover unsaved changes to a file if Word crashes, in which case Word will offer to recover the file after reopening.Cons: (1) If the file was never saved, there will be nothing to fall back on, because AutoRecover is only triggered for documents already stored on disk.
