How to Recover Unsaved, Deleted, or Lost WordPad Documents in Windows 10/8/7

"I was editing a rather long file in Wordpad when my computer suddenly froze. I had to restart it without saving the file. Is there any way to recover unsaved Wordpad documents in Windows 10? Are there any Wordpad recovery tools available?"

The solutions to recover unsaved and deleted WordPad files are different. Please refer to the details below.

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WordPad Recovery Overview

WordPad is a more advanced, yet user-friendly, free rich text editor that comes bundled with Microsoft Windows operating systems. It can be used to create various documents such as letters, memos, posters, and more. In daily use, you might encounter issues like the ones described above: losing an unsaved or saved WordPad document due to program/device malfunction, accidental deletion, disk formatting, sudden shutdowns, or virus infections. When disaster strikes, don't panic. Follow these solutions to effectively recover your unsaved or deleted WordPad documents.

How to recover a deleted WordPad document using file recovery software

If you lost your WordPad document due to accidental deletion, disk formatting, virus attack, partition loss, or system crash, you can use a file recovery tool to get your data back. The Data Recovery Wizard tool is capable of handling all sorts of data recovery scenarios, such as recovering deleted files in Windows 10 from computer hard drive, external hard drive, memory card, flash drive, digital camera, or camcorder.

Now, download this powerful data recovery software to retrieve deleted or lost WordPad documents on Windows 10/8/7 or earlier versions.

Step 1: Select the location of the Word file

Select the drive or a particular folder where you lost your Word document and click on the “Scan” button.

Step 2: Locate your Word document

The software will immediately start scanning all lost data from the selected drive. Once the scan is finished, click on “Documents” from the left panel. Select the targeted Word file from the scanning results and then hit “Preview”.

Step 3: Recover the Deleted Word Document

After the preview, check the Word files you need and click “Recover.” Remember to save your recovered documents in a different location instead of the original one.

How to Recover an Unsaved WordPad Document from a Temporary File

It can be frustrating to lose an unsaved WordPad document when an application or your computer crashes, or when you click “No” when prompted to save changes to a modified WordPad document. Don't despair if this happens to you. You can retrieve an unsaved WordPad document from a temporary file on your Windows 10 or Windows 8/7 computer.

Step 1: In the Start menu on your computer, type %AppData% in the search bar.

Step 2: Press the Enter key to access the C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming folder.

Step 3: Type the lost .asd or .tmp file in the search bar at the top-right corner.

Step 4: Find the unsaved WordPad document you want based on the date modified.

Step 5: Copy the file to your desktop and change the file extension from .asd or .tmp to .odt.

Also read: How to recover unsaved Word document after computer restarts/shuts down