Important Notice

The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software, purely for historical purposes. If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming, you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully out of date.

WORD CANNOT RECOVER AN AUTOSAVE FILE.
 
Word cannot restore an autosave backup file.
Possible causes include:
 
■ A system failure occurred while the autosave
  feature was backing up files, and the files
  were damaged.
■ You saved files of your own using an autosave
  extension (.SVD, .SVS, or .SVG). Reserve these
  extensions for Word's use.