is it possible to recover an unsaved excel file that was x'd out

I exited an excel file prior to saving it. Is it possible to recover the
file in its entirety?

Afraid not

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"marmac520" <marmac520@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I exited an excel file prior to saving it. Is it possible to recover the
> file in its entirety?

You might be able to with a product from www.symantec.com, like Norton Goback
The more files you've saved since then, the less your chances of being able
to recover the file, because it might be overwritten by other files by now.

"marmac520" wrote:

> I exited an excel file prior to saving it. Is it possible to recover the
> file in its entirety?

There is no way what so ever to recover a file that was not saved before
exiting it.

When a file is first created before saving, it is in volatile ram and
nothing can be recovered from there.

Saruman
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"Patricia Shannon" <PatriciaShannon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:3DB72CA2-FC7C-4346-A31A-A0634946524B@microsoft.com...
> You might be able to with a product from www.symantec.com, like Norton
Goback
> The more files you've saved since then, the less your chances of being
able
> to recover the file, because it might be overwritten by other files by
now.
>
> "marmac520" wrote:
>
> > I exited an excel file prior to saving it. Is it possible to recover
the
> > file in its entirety?

Besides things like Norton GoBack and system restore does not restore any
document files like Office files, only system files

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"Saruman" <saruman@mordor.com> wrote in message
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> There is no way what so ever to recover a file that was not saved before
> exiting it.
>
> When a file is first created before saving, it is in volatile ram and
> nothing can be recovered from there.
>
> Saruman
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> "Patricia Shannon" <PatriciaShannon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:3DB72CA2-FC7C-4346-A31A-A0634946524B@microsoft.com...
>> You might be able to with a product from www.symantec.com, like Norton
> Goback
>> The more files you've saved since then, the less your chances of being
> able
>> to recover the file, because it might be overwritten by other files by
> now.
>>
>> "marmac520" wrote:
>>
>> > I exited an excel file prior to saving it. Is it possible to recover
> the
>> > file in its entirety?
>
>

Also, for future references:
Check AutoSafe and AutoSafeVBE - http://www.oaltd.co.uk/MVP/Default.htm

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AutoSafeVBE.zip v1.0 (9 May 2003, 220k, 7740 downloads)
This utility makes backup copies of VBA components to a user-defined directory. It keeps a user selectable number of copies of each component. It thus keeps a number of generations of your code as your work progresses, enabling you to return to a previous copy when things go wrong. Because it just exports the VBA components, it is unobtrusive because this process is relatively fast compared to saving your workbook or document. Excel and Word version included!!
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AutoSafe.zip (13 January 2003, 228k, 20754 downloads) - Updated to v.3.3 with a fix for a serious bug regarding userforms in XL2000
The standard Autosave (note the spelling) utility that ships with Excel just saves workbooks at a set interval, overwriting the file on disk. This is not very convenient if you planned to leave the master file intact and save the changed workbook using a different filename. It also does nothing to simplify recovery of unsaved/changed documents after a system crash. This Autosafe utility creates copies of open workbooks at regular intervals in a separate (user-selectable) directory. It does not overwrite the master file(s), that is up to the user to do, using normal methods. As soon as a workbook is closed the backup copy is deleted from the backup directory. If an abnormal termination of Excel occurs, the backup copies remain on disk, and Autosafe finds them the next time Excel is started and presents recovery options to the user. This utility is freeware only for individual (private) users. Companies and Network Administrators are invited to contact the author for a commercial (network enabled) version. Includes the following languages: English, Dansk, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Norsk.
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