Restore an HTM file pre-conversion to PDF

[Edmund5C1E]

Wondering if anyone can help here

I had a set of .htm files that I had collated for a DSAR and in order to take a quicker scan back over their contents I used Right click + Combine files in Adobe.

This converted them all into a nice binder for me, which I scanned through and then closed (no save) as I needed to do some redaction next.

However, I now find that the original HTM files no longer exist, nor can I find a store of the binder file that was created anywhere. There was no suggestion the combine process would actually delete the original files / not even create a permanent record of the new binder file.

Any way to revert this or restore the data anywhere? The binder is not shown in my recent Adobe documents and there is nothing in my recycle bin

Thanks for any suggestions.

[LinSims]

Let me move this to the Acrobat forum for you, which is the appropriate forum for your question.

The Using the Community forum is for help in using the Adobe Support Community forums, not for help with specific programs. Product questions should be posted in the associated product community.

[Bernd Alheit]

When you combine the files don't enable the option "Always delete source files after combining".

You can't restore the binder file because you have not saved the file.