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You can look in the Word options to see if there was an interim backup made. Word does this, so take a look. <br />
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Otherwise, if deleted from the recycle bin, there is not much hope. I keep backups of important documents, so if you have a backup, that could work. You imply the file was not backed up however.
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You can look in the Word options to see if there was an interim backup made. Word does this, so take a look.

Otherwise, if deleted from the recycle bin, there is not much hope. I keep backups of important documents, so if you have a backup, that could work. You imply the file was not backed up however.

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You can try <a href="http://www.piriform.com/recuva" rel="ugc">Recuva</a>. If the file was not deleted a long time ago, there's still a chance you can recover it.<br />
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HTH,<br />
Dan
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You can try Recuva [http://www.piriform.com/recuva]. If the file was not deleted a long time ago, there's still a chance you can recover it.

HTH,
Dan

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User deleted word file by mistake and emptied recycle bin... <br />
Can this file be recovered without any special tools...?
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User deleted word file by mistake and emptied recycle bin... 
Can this file be recovered without any special tools...?

deleted files recovery Windows 7

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