10/26/2018 How to Recover Overwritten/Replaced Excel/Word Document?

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Recover Overwritten or Replaced Excel/Word

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Updated on Sep 25, 2018 by Tracy King to File Recovery

Summary

Did you accidentally save over a Word document? In this post, you
can learn how to recover overwritten Word document from the
previous version and the Temporary folder. In the end, do not forget
to try EaseUS Todo Backup to back up your Word or Excel to avoid
data loss.

How do I recover an accidentally overwritten Excel or

Word file?

"I accidentally overwrote an Excel file and saved it, is there any way that
can help me to restore the overwritten file?"

"Does anyone know how to restore a replaced Word file in Windows 10,
8 or 7? I replaced a Word document on Desktop and saved the file. I
want to know how do I recover a Word file that was saved over?"

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Overwriting or replacing an Excel or Word file on Windows PC is no

longer a new problem for most Windows users. Yet, it's still a tough issue
for most users to resolve. So what can you do when your Excel or Word
file gets overwritten or replaced?

Here in the below, you can find 3 reliable methods and you may just try
one or two recommended ways here to restore your overwritten Excel or
Word document.

Find and recover overwritten excel/word file from Temp files

Recover overwritten Excel/Word document from the Previous version
Back up Word/Excel document to avoid data loss

Note: Don't do any further operation or save new data on your

PC once you lost Excel or Word files on the drive by
overwriting. Try Method 1 or 2 to get your replaced files
restored now.

Method 1. Find and recover overwritten excel/word file

from Temp files
Usually, while we are editing a Word or Excel file, the Office will
automatically create some temporary files in a specific location on
Windows PC. 
Each time, when the Office application automatically saves a file, it will
create a temp file and the file won't overwrite the previous one. So if you
overwrote or replaced an Excel or Word document, you can try to find
the overwritten file from.TMP file:
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Step 1. Follow the temp file folder location on your PC and find the
Excel/Word temp files with.TMP extension:

For Windows 7 users:

C:\Users\name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\ or
C:\Users\name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\

For Windows 8/10 users:

C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\UnsavedFiles\
Step 2. Locate and find the temporary excel or word files begin with "$"
or "~" and end with ".TMP", select the right Excel/Word temp file by date,
then copy and save to another safe spot by changing the extension
from.TMP to .XLS/.XLSX or .DOC/.DOCX.

After this, you've successfully restored the overwritten Excel or Word

document on your PC and you can continue using them on your PC
again.

Method 2. Recover overwritten, saved over or replaced

Excel/Word document from the previous version
Step 1. Create a new Excel/Word file with the same name of your lost
Excel/Word file or find your present saved-over Excel/Word file.
Step 2. Right-click on the Excel or Word file and select Properties.
Step 3. Go to Previous Versions, find and select the latest version or the
right version before Excel/Word replaced or saved, click Restore.
Then you'll get replaced or overwritten Excel or Word file restored from
the previous/saved
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Note: We don't advise you try any data recovery software on the market.
Generally, all the third-party software only helps when you have had at
least an original file located on your computer's hard disk or a connected
external device after it's gone by accidental deletion, disk formatting,
virus attack, partition loss etc.

So, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is not an exception in retrieving an

overwritten Word document. Even so, it's still an alternate solution to all
of you after all the attempts failed.
Therefore, it's worth a try. You're strongly suggested to download its free
version for the first attempt.

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Method 3. Back up Word/Excel to Avoid Data Loss

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A very good choice to avoid data loss is to back up your documents to

avoid data loss. If you have a smart backup, you are able to recover the
backup even if it has been overwritten. EaseUS's free backup software
can back up your files every half an hour. It is useful:

To back up database files that are frequently changed

To back up shared files that are frequently updated
To create multiple backup points for the recovery or rollback

If you often change your Word and Excel document, back them up.

Step 1. On the home menu, choose Smart Backup.

Step 2. A smart Backup window then pops up, simply choose the files
you want to back up from your computer Library, My Documents,
Favorites, Computer hard disk partitions or Desktop.

Step 3. A default location will be selected by the software according to

the disk free space it detects. You can also choose your own preferred
location to keep the backup image.

Step 4. Click Proceed. All selected files will be quickly backed up.

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