I restarted my computer and reopened Excel but to find nothing left. 'After almost three days of staying up at night and while I was about to finish with my wage calculations in Excel this morning, out of nowhere, my computer shut down with my Excel file unsaved. Go to your Excel app, click 'File' > 'Open' > 'Recover Unsaved Workbooks'. Open Excel, and click 'File' > 'Info' > 'Manage Workbook'. Open Excel application, find 'Recovered' and click 'Show Recovered Files'.