Lost message while typing, please help?

Question

I was typing a message to one of my friends at this forum I go to, and let me tell you, it was an EXTREMELY long message with a LOT of thought put into it. And error popped up (I don't know what it said) and everything on my computer BUT the window I was typing the message in, froze. I was afraid that I would lose the message so I kept right clicking and "copying" it. I couldn't open Microsoft Word because everything else was frozen. Just as I clicked on the send button, the window closed and my computer unfroze. But when I got back on and right clicked to "paste" it, the paste option was faded. Is there ANY chance I can get it back? ANY? I mean, it took me exactly 3 hours to type it. I'm SO mad.

Answer 1

Life often isn't a bed of roses :-)

For a 3 hour long message, I would first write out the message in Wordpad or notepad and then paste it.

I once lost a 3 page article I wrote the same way, so you are not alone (happens with many of us).

Next time you know what is to be done - use a text editor and keep saving your work.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, it looks like what you typed is lost. Browsers and message boards don't autosave text typed into them. Next time, use Word and save often for long messages.