Where file says "file already exists, overwrite?' I just hit "yes overwrite" and I didn't mean to. H E L P!!! It was my husband's book!!!

Use your backups.

I guess I'm too stressed to think right now...would you walk me through that process...where do I find this? Thanks, I'm losing it here. Thanks for your efforts....BIG TIME

If your data is important, you will have made more than one copy, for example on a USB memory tick or even emailing it to yourself for storage

I emailed it, but I'm sort of "banned" from using his computer most of
the time. It was emailed on 7/31, that's my last copy, and he's edited
and added more since then. The memory stick we had recently, was a
"bad" one and nothing copied.

Is there nothing left I can do to "undo" that overwrite command? As I
said, I didn't close the Word document. I'm sitting here and emotional
mess looking through this system for anything.

Thanks...please advise

On 8/13/12, actionparsnip <email address hidden> wrote:
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> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> If your data is important, you will have made more than one copy, for
> example on a USB memory tick or even emailing it to yourself for storage
>
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Do I go to the "Terminal" and type in => Open into the black box
area? And then would I type in the file name and or date? What keeps
it from opening the NOW overwritten file?

Do I go to Places or System? ...then what?

I don't mean to be dense here, but please take me through this from
start to finish.

On 8/13/12, gary carter <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #205715 on nautilus in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/205715
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> You are still having a problem:
> I emailed it, but I'm sort of "banned" from using his computer most of
> the time. It was emailed on 7/31, that's my last copy, and he's edited
> and added more since then. The memory stick we had recently, was a
> "bad" one and nothing copied.
>
> Is there nothing left I can do to "undo" that overwrite command? As I
> said, I didn't close the Word document. I'm sitting here and emotional
> mess looking through this system for anything.
>
> Thanks...please advise
>
> On 8/13/12, actionparsnip <email address hidden> wrote:
>> Your question #205715 on nautilus in Ubuntu changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/205715
>>
>> Status: Open => Answered
>>
>> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
>> If your data is important, you will have made more than one copy, for
>> example on a USB memory tick or even emailing it to yourself for storage
>>
>> --
>> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
>> know that it is solved:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/205715/+confirm?answer_id=2
>>
>> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
>> following page to enter your feedback:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/205715
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>> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
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You may get lucky with foremost, otherwise yes, it's gone. You have learned the value of backups the hardest way possible. You can use foremost in liveCD so the partition is unmounted.

Where do I find "liveCD"? Do I type in the word foremost somewhere?

Please help me. I know this is a NASTY lesson. But if there is a
thread of a hope, I need to try to find it. I don't want you to read
about a woman being dumped on the "highway of life" or an interstate
because she accidentally overwrote he husbands nearly finished book in
process. (yes I'm kidding about the dumped part, but it'll be
incredibly painful if I have to tell him this.

On 8/13/12, actionparsnip <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #205715 on nautilus in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/205715
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> You may get lucky with foremost, otherwise yes, it's gone. You have
> learned the value of backups the hardest way possible. You can use
> foremost in liveCD so the partition is unmounted.
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/205715/+confirm?answer_id=5
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
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The liveCD is the CD you installed with, it will give a desktop which you can manipulate your install with. You can install foremost in the environment and use it. If you have used wubi then you will need to take a LOT more steps to get at the data and I am not sure foremost can work on wubi

Our son installed this for us (he lives on another continent 2,000
miles away. He did it online without a CD. He wiped the computer of
all things Microsoft, loaded our files on his external hard drive, and
installed Ubuntu.

Is there really NO WAY to look at the Office files as of 6:00 am today?

On 8/13/12, actionparsnip <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #205715 on nautilus in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/205715
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> The liveCD is the CD you installed with, it will give a desktop which
> you can manipulate your install with. You can install foremost in the
> environment and use it. If you have used wubi then you will need to take
> a LOT more steps to get at the data and I am not sure foremost can work
> on wubi
>
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Then download and burn an Ubuntu ISO and make your own CD.