I have a windows ME operating system.  I deleted some text from a file
and then saved it.  I need to recover the file to a point prior to
when I saved it.  I'm unable to use system restore because there was
not a restore point after the file had been originally created.  I
checked the back-up directory and there is not a version of the file
in there.  Unfortunately, I have rebooted the computer (when checking
out the system restore option.)

Can you please help me recover the version of the file prior to the
last save.  It represents many hours of work.

Thanks,

Here is Active Undelete. I use it and it is worth every penny (29.99 i think.)

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even on deleted/damaged partitions.

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Using Advanced Search 
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The file itself has not been deleted - just text within the file. 
What we want to recover is a previous version of the file!  Will your
Active Undelete recover previous versions of a file that has not been
deleted?