The document opens in the Word application. If the document does not open in Word, Microsoft recommends that you change the file extension of ".ASD" to ".DOC" and then attempt to open the document ...

Once you find any Word file with the .asd extension, head back to Microsoft Word and click on the File option at the top and select the Open and Browse tabs.

Open Microsoft Word and navigate to File > Open > Browse. Select "All Files" from the file type options. Right-click the corresponding backup file, and choose "Open." ...

If you see The Document Recovery task pane contains some recovered files that have not been opened, every time you launch Word, PowerPoint or Excel, see this post.

In Word, go to Tools, then Options. Under the File Locations tab, double-click AutoRecover files and make a note of that path location. Click Cancel and Close.