I had eleven pages of a novel I am working on. My cat jumped up on my tower this morning and he shut it off by accident. When I started my computer back up, I received the message saying that my document is locked by an unknown user. I get the # signs...eleven pages of # signs mocking me.
So, I have tried:
renaming the file
zipping the file
checking the backup
checking the temporary files
deleting my user profile
deleting the locked icon on my desktop
restoring the document to a previous version (there were none)
I am an avid saver. When I saw he jumped up there, I hit ctrl-S quick, knowing he has the tendency to shut off my computer. I have NEVER had this issue with Microsoft Word, wordpad or notebook, so I didn't even know something like this could even happen. How can I completely lose a file that I saved??
From now on I am going to save to a thumb drive as well obviously. Of course, if I had know this was possible, I would have done this in the beginning! Someone, anyone, please tell me there is SOMETHING I can do. I just can't accept the fact that I have to start all over.
Seriously?? There's nothing I can do...
Seriously?? There's nothing I can do...
OpenOffice 3.4, Windows 7
Re: Seriously?? There's nothing I can do...
Look in the OpenOffice temp directory and rename any files of about the correct time/size to type .odt and see if they open. A second writing will be better - it is all in your head, isn't it?
No dinner for pussy tonight?
No dinner for pussy tonight?
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: Seriously?? There's nothing I can do...
All I see in the temp folder is document_io_logring.txt. I changed that to odt, but as is says it is a log. Any other suggestions?
More anger towards OpenOffice than my cat at the moment.
More anger towards OpenOffice than my cat at the moment.
OpenOffice 3.4, Windows 7
Re: Seriously?? There's nothing I can do...
Your file is lost, sadly. See 22 pages term paper replaced with pound signs.
OpenOffice 4.1.11 on Ubuntu; LibreOffice 6.4 on Linux Mint, LibreOffice 7.6.2.1 on Ubuntu
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Re: Seriously?? There's nothing I can do...
Yeah, I've read that post already. Was hoping for something that could actually recover my document. Uninstalling OpenOffice as we speak. Two days of writing down the drain.
OpenOffice 3.4, Windows 7
Re: Seriously?? There's nothing I can do...
It is possible (just) that an Undelete utility will recover a partial file, depending on how much use you have made of your computer in the interim.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS