Have you ever ruined an essay by over-editing it? Did you ever mistakenly delete a huge chunk of a report, and not realize it until days later? Maybe you thought you’d saved another copy of that ...

The days of pressing the wrong key and losing a whole week’s worth of work should be long gone now. Today’s cloud-based apps keep duplicate copies of everything, saving you the hassle of manual ...

What happens if you’re working on a document and you realize you screwed it up? Maybe you deleted a few paragraphs without realizing. Or you’ve just been writing a bunch of nonsense for the past ...

If you've overwritten a Word file and haven't saved any older copies of the file under different file names, you can check to see whether Windows 7 has a previous version of the file to restore to.

The boys in Redmond have put together a short video showing how to recover a previous version of a file using Vista's system restore points. All you really do is open the folder containing the file in ...

This post covers how to restore Previous Versions of Files and Folders in Windows 11/10. This can come in handy when there are some unwanted changes added to a file or folder accidentally or you’ve ...

File History is a feature in Windows 11/10 that saves copies of your files so that you can get them back if they are lost or damaged. If you want to enable Previous Versions, you have to enable File ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Many of us have come to rely on the Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Cmd+Z ...

Sometimes you can accidentally save the wrong version of an Excel document and want to recover the previous version of the file. Don't worry, it's feasible and will take only 5 minutes of your time.

Windows Vista users: You can easily restore previous versions of a recently used file by right-clicking on the file and navigating to the "Previous Versions" tab ...

Previous Versions, a file restore feature available by default as part of Windows XP (Service Pack 2) and Windows Server 2003, restores files stored on Windows Server ...