There are some situations in which you will lost your word document. Such as, a word document file may be lost if an error occurs that forces editor of Microsoft Word to quit, if you experience a power interruption while you are editing a word document, or if you close the document without saving changes. This is an article about how to recover a lost word document, we will explain several ways which you can use to try to recover your lost word document, even though you deleted a word document file and then you emptied it from the Recycle Bin. So, please keep your patience to read the article, and use these ways which are listed below to recover your lost word document.

 

1. Search for the original document file

 

When you lost a word document, it may happen that the original document file has not been deleted from your computer, it located where you have forgotten. So, you can try to search for the original document file by these steps listed below:

 

1) Click the 'Start' button, which is located on the Windows task bar, to open the Windows Start Menu, and then click 'Search' menu item.

 

2) Click All Files and Folders in the Search Companion pane, which is located in the lower-left corner of the Windows Search Results window, and then type the name of the lost word document file or type '.doc'(if you are using Word 2007 or Word 2010, you need type '.docx').

 

3) Click My Computer, and then click Search in the Look in box. 

 

If you are fortunate, you should see your lost word document in the search results. But, in fact, many users are not so fortunate, if you are one of them, please reading successively.

 

2. Search for the lost word document file in the Recycle Bin.

 

When you delete a file from Windows Explorer, the deleted file will be thrown into the Recycle Bin, so when you lose a word document file and then you want to recover the lost word document file, you can try to search for it in the Recycle Bin, follow steps listed below to recover a lost word document from the Recycle Bin:

 

1) Open the Recycle Bin by double-clicking on the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop.

 

2) Look for the word document file which you want to recover in the list of deleted files, and then click it to highlight the file.

 

3) Go to the File menu and choose the Restore option or right click over the filename and select Restore from the context-sensitive menu.

 

4) The lost word document file is now back on your computer in its original place.

 

Usually, many users empty the Recycle Bin to save storage sapce of hard disk. If you emptied the Recycle Bin, after you deleted a word document file, you will can not get your lost word document back by the way 2. So, you need other way to recover your lost word document.

 

3. Recover A Lost Word Document After Emptied The Recycle Bin

 

If you deleted a word document file, the deleted file bypassed the Recycle Bin and then it disappeared into the atmosphere, or you emptied the Recycle Bin after you deleted a word document, you need an excellent data recovery software to help you to recover the lost word document. Data Recovery Assist is an excellent data recovery software, when you have emptied the Recycle Bin, you can use it to recover the lost word document file. Data Recovery Assist is easy to use, it just is click 'Next' button that you need to do.  

 

So, you can freely download it from here or click the following button to recover your lost word document file, even though the lost word document file is not in the Recycle Bin.