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My friend was working on a Microsoft Word file and made some changes in it. Suddenly Word crashed and closed. When he opens it again there was no data in the file and only one line in the header:

CreatedBy - XXXXX

(where "XXXXX" is the computer name)

After that he shut down the system. What are the possible ways to recover lost data from this Word file?

The system is Windows XP, Office 2000.

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Do you know if the word 'auto-save' feature had a chance to run? (detailed: here)

If so, you might find the file in the same directory with a ~ at the start of the filename.

Next option would be a Data Recovery Software solution seeing if it can recover the file prior to the work/corruption.

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I have checked temp files already but no luck. What is good software for Backups in this type of scenario ? – Anderson Dec 5 '11 at 16:33
Checked for hidden files in the same directory? – HaydnWVN Dec 5 '11 at 16:39
Ontrack are a company i've used previously, they have a free/lite version of their recovery software which might be enough to recover the file. Personally i've also used 'GetDataBack' software to recover deleted files/partitions from working and faulty hard drives, but it's expensive. – HaydnWVN Dec 5 '11 at 16:42
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