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Accidentally erased text in MS Hotmail

Aug 20, 2005 11:39PM PDT

I was writing a very important e-mail in MS Hotmail, probably not a good idea to begin with, and I had not saved a draft. While typing, all the text accidentally became highlighted and of course the next keystroke wiped out all my text. This is all I have done. I'm one step removed from having all my text back. It's very important I retrieve this information. I had 10 or so paragraphs written. Any way to retrieve this information? I don't see a simple undo. I probably should have typed it in Word first. Any way to retrieve text lost in this way? Any help appreciated.

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In short, it's gone.
Aug 20, 2005 11:55PM PDT

You didn't save it anywhere so you must retype it from memory.

Bob

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Thanks
Aug 21, 2005 4:34AM PDT

I expected your answer but I was hoping for a miracle.
Thanks for your help.