Cannot Recover Word Document

Question

Hi.

I had a Word document with 1700 words that said it was Autosaved. My brother came in and turned off the power. And when I went back, the nearest Autosave was at 700 words. How do I fix this? Please help. I worked so hard on that document.

Keep in mind that it said it autosaved.

Answer 1

AutoRecover files have the asd extension. You can search for files with that****extension in File Explorer.

Answer 2

Hi Malik,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Office Community.

We understand how you feel about this issue, let me assist you further.

You may refer to the suggestions from the below Microsoft article and check if it helps.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Recover-an-Office-file-4bddecb7-bf4f-4aad-b1b3-dab1633b5bbf?CorrelationId=984ef8a3-fe75-4341-872e-0560fca90e5c&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Note: Steps in the above article applies to Office 2016 also.

Hope it helps. Try the suggestions and let us know the result at your earliest convenience.

Thank you.