You may not have seen the file(s) immediately since when you deleted in
OneNote the deletion occurred in the cache first and then some time later
to the real files.

=?Utf-8?B?cmFkYXI5NjI4?= <radar9628@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:1B4D08BA-CBFB-4B25-8FA5-19C63E60184D@microsoft.com:

> My bad! After a bunch of time trying to track down the OneNote files
> on my hard drive, I re-checked the Recycle Bin on the desktop. I found
> the file - although I swear it wasn't there the first time I looked.
> Anyway - problem solved and I backed up my hard drive too.
>
> For my info - where is the OneNote backup file located?
> Paula
>
> "Michael" wrote:
>
>> Make sure you did not just close the notebook...instead of actually
>> deleting it. Go to File>>Open>>Notebook.
>> If you did by chance delete it, check in the backup folder that
>> OneNote saves backups to.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>