How do I retrieve data that I've lost? Re-opened the document was working on

**mscott91** · 05-26-2014, 02:54 AM

Hi,
I was working on a document that I do monthly. I went to go reopen last months to compare and accidently opened that same document. Not reading this following message I clicked 'yes' and lost the data I had been working on "Document ___ is already open. Reopening will cause any changes you made to be discarded. Do you want to reopen Document __?" Very foolish mistake.
Is there anyway I can retrieve this data? I went into File>Recent>Recent workbooks and it brought up the document without the information I've been inputting for the last hour.

Is there any other way I can get this data? Is it stored on some backup software on the computer at all? !hopeful!
Thanks!

**Glenn Kennedy** · 05-26-2014, 02:58 AM

So far as i know - that's it gone. We've all done it, many times.... Welcome to the forum, BtW.

**mscott91** · 05-26-2014, 03:03 AM

Buggar...
Thanks for the help anyway. I'll keep on this forum for my future stuff-ups

**AliGW** · 05-26-2014, 03:56 AM

Backing up files only happens if you set it up yourself, but it's an essential process and you can automate it. I am somewhat of a back-up zealot, and run a back-up procedure every day. I have local (external hard drive) and cloud back-ups. You can't be too careful.