The older (Office 2000) version of Word that I use stores backup copies of documents in the subdirectory where you stored the document.
The error message says something like the application referenced a memory at such and such a place, and "the memory could not be written."
Use windows explorer to see if there is a document saved that has a similar name to what you were working on and it'll have one of those squigly ( ~ ) things in it. That might be it.
~$
When you open a doc in Word, a temp file is created. This temp file may have some portion of the original filename in it. It will also have the tilde mark in the filename (~).
You might also just search for the tilde mark. The temp file may show up.
Good luck.
?ame.doc for Name.doc
Use Win Explorer and go to the root drive (probably C:\) and search for *name you called it* and see if anything is returned. If you had not yet saved and named, then look open word and look under "tools", "options", "file locations", and see where it puts the "auto recover files". look there and who knows what it names and unsaved file but you should recognize the date and time of crash
When you do this,you'll get a list of all the MS Word files on your HD...then click the 'date' column and the file should be either near the top or the bottom of the list.
You could do a system-wide search for your document with Google's Desktop Search program, from http://desktop.google.com/ . It will index your files and you'll be able to search for your document using key phrases from the text. That way it wouldn't matter what filename it is called, the Desktop Search program could find it based on its content.
I use Ztree.
Download at www.ztree.com. Shareware good for 30 days. Small footprint and doesn't mess with Windows.
Log every file on your hard disk by pressing the asterisk key (*) on the root of the deive.
Hit (G)lobal view. You now see every single file on your hard drive.
Press ALT-(S)ort, by (D)ate.
You can now go to the exact date/time that you were editing the file and see all files stamped at that date/time. It will be obvious which files are the ones that may be fruitful.
You can also (T)ag and (S)earch for a particular string within those files. Search for something that you know was typed in the document. You may want to try both Text and Unicode search.