How do I revert to a file version from earlier this morning?

P

Paula

I changed my file and now would love to have it back in its original
state.System restore doesn't do it. Is there a way to get my old file back?
Paula Manuel
 
J

John Inzer

Paula said:
I changed my file and now would love to have it back in
its original state.System restore doesn't do it. Is
there a way to get my old file back? Paula Manuel
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My experience has been that if you go to
Save As and create a new name for an
edited file you would then have the new
file and the original. However...if you simply
choose "Save"...the original file is overwritten
(replaced) by the new version.

If you had a program like Norton GoBack
installed...you could revert the drive to a time
before the file was overwritten but as you
discovered...WinXP System Restore doesn't
work for user files.
 

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