A file with the file extension of ".ASD" is an automatically-saved backup file for a Microsoft Word 2002 or 2003 document. The Microsoft Office Word application periodically backs up documents as you ...

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.

That 20-page report you've been writing for weeks suddenly disappear from your hard drive? Weblog Hack College lists 10 ways you may be able to recover an accidentally deleted Word document, including ...