Unsaved worddocument and my pc froze. What to do?
Is there anyway to recover unsaved text in a word document thats been closed?
(Pc has been restarted after the loss). I only know how to recover
erased files,but this is different since its not a saved document.
Anyone know?

Here's a Sponsored Link that claims it can help ...

http://www.software-recovery.com/

I dunno ... but might be worth pursuing.

Good Luck!

Might want to look in the C:\Windows\Temp directory.  It will probably
be a file with a tilde (~) character at the begining.  If your
computer cleans out the temp directory whenever it reboots or shuts
down, then there may be nothing there.

good luck

I doubt I can help, but here's some help for next time:

If Word locks up or you cannot save due to some error, try closing all
other programs; see if you can at least copy the text to some other
file. DO NOT HIT CTRL+ALT+DELETE to end the task!! This abrupts any
autosave feature! Instead, try closing all the other programs, leaving
Word open, then hit the Power button to restart. This makes Word think
there was a crash, which IS the way to ensure that your file is saved.

Hit Start-Search for Files or folders, and type:
*.tmp,~*.*,*.asd

When searching for these files, you must be viewing "hidden and system
files" (see Windows Explorer: Tools-Folder options, View tab for these
settings) or you will not be able to see them.

If you find any, try renaming their file extension to DOC, then
double-click to open. If the time shown on the file convinces you that
it's your file, and if it is larger than a few KB (a blank Word doc is
about 19KB), and changing the extension doesn't work, then try
File-Open from Word, and change the Files of Type to "recover text
from any document".

If you shutdown with the power button and did NOT first end task on
Word, then when you opened Word again, it should have recovered your
file. I suspect you ended the task...?

Anyway...hope this helps.

PS: Quick way to your temp folder is Start--Run and type %temp% and
hit enter. That way, if IT people have changed its location from
C:\windows\temp, you'll still be taken to it, and this method works in
all Windows OS versions.

If it crashed it usually doesn't clean it. The file can also be a
funky version of the original in the same folder.

No you can not get it back. If it is unsaved then it was using ram
"volitale memory" which means if you quit a task or shut down a task
with out saving then it is gone.

Actually microsoft word and some other word processors creates a
little temp file that stays there until you close.

Thanks all!
The only right answer came from: 
  david1977-ga on 05 Mar 2005 16:31 PST     
No you can not get it back. If it is unsaved then it was using ram
"volitale memory" which means if you quit a task or shut down a task
with out saving then it is gone.

So for me its back to beginning.
KG

If you open Word, then go to TOOLS | OPTIONS, you will find a tab
where you ca set file saving options. Amongst them will be a setting
to tell WORD where to save TEMP files. By default it is under
APPICATION DATA in your user settings. By looking at the default on
your system you can determine which folder to look in for auto-saved
files. Navigate to that directory with Windows explorer and sort your
right side screen by DATE MODIFIED/ACCESSED and look for one of the
strangely named temp files closest to the time/date of your crash.
DOuble click that file and it will come up in Word where you can save
it as you like.

Hope this helps
Paul
www.tactical-graphic-design.com

I guess that it may depend on whether or not you have set up the Word
Autorecovery option in Tools > Options > Save.

I see that I set mine for every 10 minutes and that the File Recovery
location is specified as C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Word

Certainly, after I've had a crash, I always have a Recovered File that I can use.

Worth knowing for future reference.