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vivek13
Copper Contributor
Nov 08, 2020

Excel - Lost data

Hi,

 

I need help to recover the data. I have lost the data by mistake and now I would like to understand if there is a way to recover that data.

 

I have a file (Name - Drive D FY19-20) saved in drive D and have created a desktop shortcut (Name - FY19-20). I have created another copy of that shortcut file (FY19-20) on the desktop and have changed the file name (Name - FY20-21) to begin with the changes. Now whatever changes I have made in the file FY20-21 are reflecting in my original file saved in drive D FY19-20. Therefore we have lost our previous years account.

 

Is there any way to recover the data before changes?

 

Thanks

Vivek

 

 

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  • Wyn Hopkins's avatar
    Wyn Hopkins
    MVP
    Nov 10, 2020
    Hi

    It sounds like you renamed the shortcut rather than saving a copy of the original file. Given the file is on your D Drive and not on OneDrive or SharePoint then there is no easy remedy. Hopefully you have system backups from previous months that could be used to restore the file.

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