Microsoft Word (Not Responding) error right after saving, but I need the document!

ReallyConfused · 11-30-2008, 02:12 PM

Hello,

I am really confused and frustrated. Just finished spending the last 8 hours writing a research paper. It's about 7 pages, and I went to click save as, decided the name, and then said ok...and now my microsoft word window says not responding. I checked the folder where I saved the document, and it has a document by that name, but it's 0 KB big and when you double click on it it's an empty word document. Omg, I can't have just wasted 8 hours of writing. I'm afraid to force the program to quit because then I'll lose everything for sure. I used the vista snipping tool to take a snapshot of the part of the page that is showing, but I can't get it to unfreeze...has anyone had this problem, and is there a way to unfreeze it so I can at least copy out the text?

OMG I'm dying. help.

**jenae** · 11-30-2008, 02:42 PM

Hi, try Volume shadow copy :-
Right-click the folder where the document is stored
Click the Previous Version tab
Now select the latest item under the Date modified column
Finally click on the 'Restore ...' button.

11-30-2008, 02:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
ReallyConfused Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 OS: windows XP SP2	Microsoft Word (Not Responding) error right after saving, but I need the document! Hello, I am really confused and frustrated. Just finished spending the last 8 hours writing a research paper. It's about 7 pages, and I went to click save as, decided the name, and then said ok...and now my microsoft word window says not responding. I checked the folder where I saved the document, and it has a document by that name, but it's 0 KB big and when you double click on it it's an empty word document. Omg, I can't have just wasted 8 hours of writing. I'm afraid to force the program to quit because then I'll lose everything for sure. I used the vista snipping tool to take a snapshot of the part of the page that is showing, but I can't get it to unfreeze...has anyone had this problem, and is there a way to unfreeze it so I can at least copy out the text? OMG I'm dying. help.

11-30-2008, 02:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
jenae Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,307 OS: XP & Vista	Re: Microsoft Word (Not Responding) error right after saving, but I need the document Hi, try Volume shadow copy :- Right-click the folder where the document is stored Click the Previous Version tab Now select the latest item under the Date modified column Finally click on the 'Restore ...' button. __________________