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excel

Aug 6, 2004 1:36AM PDT

i did a scan and defrag and when i finished i had lost
my data files. i did a search and found one but it was
and least 3 mo old and was not tied to excel.
is there a way to find my current files and if i can't
find them how do i put the old files back into my excel
database?

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This may be your first lesson about backup.
Aug 6, 2004 5:17AM PDT

We only lose what we didn't backup.

And...

Hard disks are temporary storage.


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If you can't find your file on the hard disk, then you go get it from the backups.

Bob

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Re: excel
Aug 7, 2004 5:50AM PDT