# Is it possible to recover a lost post?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-a-lost-post/684864
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 29, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-a-lost-post/684864 "2014-03-29T23:08:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-a-lost-post/684864/1 "2014-03-29T23:08:32Z")
I just typed up a lengthy reply to Bear Nenno’s “Help me plan my next road trip” thread in IMHO. When I tried to post the reply, I got a message that I needed to log in again. When I tried to do that, I got this message:
> [@](#):
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> Your submission could not be processed because you have logged in since the previous page was loaded.
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> Please push the back button and reload the previous window.
When I hit the Back button, my reply was gone! Is there any way to retrieve it? I opened a new window to start this thread. I still have the other window open.
Please help! I don’t want to type that whole thing again! AAARRGH!
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### Author:  [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-a-lost-post/684864/2 "2014-03-29T23:18:34Z")
Probably not, which is why it’s better to type a longish reply in a text editor and save it.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-a-lost-post/684864/3 "2014-03-29T23:21:18Z")
> [@Kenm](#):
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> Probably not, which is why it’s better to type a longish reply in a text editor and save it.
Or, at the very least, highlight the whole thing and very, very carefully right click and hit copy (or Ctrl-C). Very carefully because while the entire thing is highlighted, hitting almost any other button will delete everything. That’s what I do when the board is acting wonky.
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### Author:  [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-a-lost-post/684864/4 "2014-03-29T23:27:29Z")
Thanks guys.
And FUCK!
I usually don’t write long posts so it’s not normally a problem for me.
And FUCK!
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-a-lost-post/684864/5 "2014-03-29T23:27:57Z")
ctrl-z is undo
select this text. press any key and its wiped out. press ctrl-z like magic it returns.
But, ctrl-z only works if you do it immediately after your mistake.
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### Author:  [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-a-lost-post/684864/6 "2014-03-29T23:29:54Z")
It’s too late now, but if you use Firefox, [Lazarus](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/)is an option to prevent this in the future.
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### Author:  [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-a-lost-post/684864/7 "2014-03-29T23:48:07Z")
I read the description at the link. Sounds like it saves the input to a third, unknown site on the web.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-recover-a-lost-post/684864/8 "2014-03-30T00:40:34Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> Or, at the very least, highlight the whole thing and very, very carefully right click and hit copy (or Ctrl-C). Very carefully because while the entire thing is highlighted, hitting almost any other button will delete everything. That’s what I do when the board is acting wonky.
Yeah, control-a, control-c, I’ve learned from my years here.