First off to all those saying your an idiot for not saving... I think the OP realizes that now, we've all had something similar happen and then you start saving every 4 seconds after it happens. We all make mistakes and it ******' sucks. Something similar has happened several times (don't think I've ever lost everything though). To all those talking about auto-save and auto-recover - I agree with the others... you're dumb... not every program has it. BTW my old computer used to have a power and reset button that would turn off instantly #125 - Hilarious! But I think the OP should probably ALT-F4 the dog's life

LMAOOO... awww, that sucks! but why don't you SAVE your work?

next time, you should try saving every five minutes.

Always "save as" as soon as you open a document, then either rely on autosave or just do what I do and obsessively hit ctrl-S every time you stop to think.

That sucks but you should have saved. Sorry though.. so yeah, FYL AND YDI

Doubt this one. First of all, most word processing programs autosave. Second, most computer power buttons require you to hold it until the power goes off. Unless you're working on a PC circa 1995, I highly doubt your dog pressed and held the power button.

two things can prevent this again. one-save often(Ctrl+S are your friend) two-change the settings on your computer so the power button doesn't turn it off but instead puts it in stand by. there you go problem solved.

@ #157- it's easy to go into BIOS and change what happens when you hit your computer's power button. I haven't even touched those settings on my PC, but it will still start the normal shutdown procedure when I push it without holding it (and holding it for 5 seconds will shut it down immediately). I'm a big proponent of saving often, but every normal human being gets "on a roll" and forgets to save when they have good ideas flowing quickly.

Were you more than 2 words into it?

Ouch, sucks dude, but I have to say YDI. That's why you save every 10-15 minutes. I mean really, what's harder than pressing the button that looks like a floppy disk? Shoot, I know people who are even more paranoid and do it every 2 minutes. But I'm not going to lie about that having happened to me before. When you get into the groove, it's hard to just stop. Ah well, LOL to your unintended recreation of the old "dog ate my homework" excuse.