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Forced Windows update while typing in Word - lost everything
I have Windows 10 Version 2004 (OS Build - 19041.746) and MS Office 365.
I was typing a huge amount of data into an existing Word document. Phone rang and I left my desk and then got distracted by a few other things. When I returned to my computer 20 minutes later, there was a Windows update in progress! When it got done, my Word document was no longer open and all my recent work was gone. Nothing came up saying I had unsaved work and did I want to recover it, etc. It's just gone. Yes, I should've saved my work. Lesson learned. I had no idea Windows would just start spontaneously updating while I was away from my desk.
I've been looking in Documents for a recovery option but no luck. I tried to restore a previous version of the document, but nothing came up. This document is also password protected. Not sure if that's why I can't recover anything?
Is there ANY way to recover this unsaved data?