How to recover Microsoft Word files (recover .doc)

Everyone who uses a computer has probably used Microsoft Word. The various features available in this app will definitely help you in creating documents for work, school, and other tasks. But sometimes we forget to save the files we are working on. Once the doc file is lost, we will panic and look for various ways to recover the unsaved, corrupted, crashed or blue screen word file in .doc format.

This becomes a nightmare if the lost document is very important. Especially if the file takes a long time to repeat. Therefore, here we will discuss how you can quickly restore unsaved Microsoft Word documents . Please note that this system only works on Microsoft Office series 2016 and above. Also, you must be using the latest Windows 10 operating system.

Searching for documents in AutoRecover files (.ASD)

Open the Microsoft Word application
Click Files then tap Info
Choose Manage Documents then click Recover Unsaved Documents
A pop-up page will appear, then find the file you want to restore and click Open
Finally, the .ASD file that you did not save previously will reappear in the Microsoft Word application

How to Recover Word Files from Automatic Recovery

Open the Microsoft Word application
Click files after that you have two options, Recover unsaved documents or select Options
If you select the Recover unsaved documents option a pop-up screen will appear, just like the first method
If you click Options, different pop-up screens will appear
Then select Save and copy the file location in the Automatic recovery file location column
Paste the file location into Windows Search and open the File Explorer folder .
Then select the documents you want to restore

If the file is not found, it has probably been permanently deleted. You can use third-party applications such as Auslogics File Recovery or EaseUS Data Recovery to restore it. However, this method also does not guarantee that 100% of the files will be returned. In fact, sometimes this will just waste your time. It is better to focus and start working on the project that was not saved from the beginning.

Auto-save settings for prevention

Open menus Microsoft Word files
Choose Options
Once the pop-up screen appears, click on it Save, then select the desired auto-save time frequency