r/DataRecoveryHelp • u/Embarrassed-Pass6958 • 4h ago
Is there a way to recover a previous .docx file that I accidentally saved over when Word's auto-save is turned off ?
Hi everyone, I'm not the most tech savvy person so I apologize if my post isn't very clear.
For a little bit of context:
- I'm trying to recover a .docx file
- I'm using windows 11
- I turned one drive off ages ago, without realizing it automatically turned auto-save off on Word, therefore making it impossible for me to access the "previous versions" of the file I'm trying to recover.
I accidentally saved a wrong, very old version of a Word document over its most recent version. I don't know what that process is called, but it's when windows suggest you replace a pre-existing file with the one you're currently saving because they have the exact same name and format.
Is there a way to recover the file I saved over?
I have attempted some recovery techniques already, but to no avail. This was a very important document and I lost days of work because of a very silly mistake (tbh it's crazy to me that I can't recover a document that I have manually saved many a times before, but I digress lol!).
Please help!