rescue.asd

Twice now Word 2007 failed to write to a networked drive, and offered to
save the file as "rescue.asd". But when I do so and close/reopen Word and
ask it to open rescue.asd, it declares that .asd is not a valid extension.
Renaming it to .docx and opening results in a corrupt file message.

What good are .asd files if Word won't recover them?

--
Regards,
Dean

Suzanne
Wed Mar 12 14:41:38 PDT 2008

The .asd files are AutoRecovery backup files, which Word should open by
default the next time you start the program. But only Word can open them;
you can't.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"DPM" <dm@junk.com> wrote in message
news:uFP%23puHhIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Twice now Word 2007 failed to write to a networked drive, and offered to
> save the file as "rescue.asd". But when I do so and close/reopen Word
> and ask it to open rescue.asd, it declares that .asd is not a valid
> extension. Renaming it to .docx and opening results in a corrupt file
> message.
>
> What good are .asd files if Word won't recover them?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dean
>
>

DPM
Thu Mar 13 05:07:31 PDT 2008

Suzanne,

I think Word tried and failed. I don't clearly remember what happened,
since I didn't know what SHOULD happen.

Is there a way to get Word to try again?

Thanks,
Dean

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23BvtsnIhIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The .asd files are AutoRecovery backup files, which Word should open by
> default the next time you start the program. But only Word can open them;
> you can't.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "DPM" <dm@junk.com> wrote in message
> news:uFP%23puHhIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Twice now Word 2007 failed to write to a networked drive, and offered to
>> save the file as "rescue.asd". But when I do so and close/reopen Word
>> and ask it to open rescue.asd, it declares that .asd is not a valid
>> extension. Renaming it to .docx and opening results in a corrupt file
>> message.
>>
>> What good are .asd files if Word won't recover them?
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Dean
>>
>>
>
>

Suzanne
Thu Mar 13 08:08:31 PDT 2008

I don't think so. Every now and then AutoRecovery just doesn't function as
it should, unfortunately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"DPM" <dm@junk.com> wrote in message
news:OBcEoMQhIHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Suzanne,
>
> I think Word tried and failed. I don't clearly remember what happened,
> since I didn't know what SHOULD happen.
>
> Is there a way to get Word to try again?
>
> Thanks,
> Dean
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23BvtsnIhIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> The .asd files are AutoRecovery backup files, which Word should open by
>> default the next time you start the program. But only Word can open them;
>> you can't.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "DPM" <dm@junk.com> wrote in message
>> news:uFP%23puHhIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Twice now Word 2007 failed to write to a networked drive, and offered to
>>> save the file as "rescue.asd". But when I do so and close/reopen Word
>>> and ask it to open rescue.asd, it declares that .asd is not a valid
>>> extension. Renaming it to .docx and opening results in a corrupt file
>>> message.
>>>
>>> What good are .asd files if Word won't recover them?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Dean
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

DPM
Thu Mar 13 09:30:14 PDT 2008

Well, out of two failures Word2007 is batting 0. Are there any known
problems in this area?

Thanks,
Dean

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:OrcdhxRhIHA.5280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I don't think so. Every now and then AutoRecovery just doesn't function as
>it should, unfortunately.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "DPM" <dm@junk.com> wrote in message
> news:OBcEoMQhIHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Suzanne,
>>
>> I think Word tried and failed. I don't clearly remember what happened,
>> since I didn't know what SHOULD happen.
>>
>> Is there a way to get Word to try again?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dean
>>
>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23BvtsnIhIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> The .asd files are AutoRecovery backup files, which Word should open by
>>> default the next time you start the program. But only Word can open
>>> them; you can't.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>> Words into Type
>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>
>>> "DPM" <dm@junk.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uFP%23puHhIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Twice now Word 2007 failed to write to a networked drive, and offered
>>>> to save the file as "rescue.asd". But when I do so and close/reopen
>>>> Word and ask it to open rescue.asd, it declares that .asd is not a
>>>> valid extension. Renaming it to .docx and opening results in a corrupt
>>>> file message.
>>>>
>>>> What good are .asd files if Word won't recover them?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>