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 ...

Learn how to recover unsaved Office Word document file version. The method is useful if you get far along & accidentally close the document before saving it.

If you're writing a document in Microsoft Word and the worst happens, you may not have lost all of your work. Here are some steps to try and recover.

Click Cancel and Close. Open up that folder in My Computer or Windows Explorer and search for any .ASD files.

Sometimes, when you try to open a Word file it fails to open and displays the following message – Word cannot open the file because the file format does not match the file extension.