How to Recover a Lost Word Document

If you've ever experienced the sudden loss of a document, either because you saved it someplace weird and can no longer find it or the power went out in the middle of typing, you know what a painful, panic-filled time it can be. HackCollege offers 10 tips on recovering Word files that have vanished unexpectedly. Starting at the beginning:

• Send out a search party. In Windows, click Start, Search, All files and folders.
  Type what you remember of the name or simply *.doc to get all your Word documents.
  Select My Computer under Look in, and then under More advanced options, make sure Search hidden files and folders is checked.
  Then hit Search.
• Still no luck? Check your Recycle Bin. Open it up and look through whatever files you've got. Did you find it? If so, right-click and choose Restore. Then if you're not sure where it actually restored to, perform a search for it.