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Did you efile?  Was it Accepted?   Did you go all the way through the File tab, through the 3 steps and hit the big orange Transmit Returns Now button?   When you efile you get back 2 emails.  The first email only confirms the transmission.  The second email says if the IRS (or state) Accepted or Rejected your efile.  And check your spam folder for them.   For the Desktop program you have to check the filing status inside the program.  But I wouldn't trust that.  It is known to be wrong sometimes.  Go by the Accepted or Rejected email.   Open your return and go up to menu item File > Electronic Filing > Check Electronic Filing Status  

Thanks everyone. My clarification explains how the problem came about and why I don't have the .tax2024 file. I've contacted the IRS and supposedly an email with a link is coming, though it seems to be slow in coming.

If you used desktop software downloaded/installed from a CD to your own computer, then the tax files are stored locally on your own hard drive or any backup device you used like a flash drive.  They are not stored online.  If you cannot recover them due to a hard drive failure, etc. you can get a free transcript from the IRS or for a fee of $30 an actual copy of your tax return. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/get-transcript https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506.pdf

If you used desktop Home and Business your tax returns are only stored on your own hard drive. or any backup device you used like a flash drive.  They are not stored in an online account that you log on to.   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/find-last-year-tax-data-file-tax-file-computer/L0XJvPaJr_US_en_US?uid=m6gufxei     https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/data-systems/find-tax-data-file-mac/L4VNGm33S_US_en_US?uid=m6guhab0  

If you used the Desktop program you need the .tax2024 data file to open in the 2024 Desktop program.   Search for the .tax2014 file on your computer or any backups you have.   If you used the Desktop installed program then your return was not saved Online.   Did you search your whole computer for all files ending in .tax2024 etc?And check the recycle bin and your backups.  Check in One Drive, Drop Box, etc.  It should be in your Documents then in the Turbo Tax folder.  Also if you have multiple Windows user accounts, log into each one and do the search for the *.tax2024 data file from within each one and checking the Recycle Bin in each one.   If you don't have the main .tax file you might have one that starts with a Tilde sign ~ like  "~your name.tax2024".  That file is if your computer crashes or your real file gets lost or deleted or corrupt so you can restore  

Just to clarify, the program itself can't find my filing either. I assume it somehow got lost in the changing of main drives, and ultimately having to do a Windows repair install from a pre-tax filing System Image.

What do you mean ….  It’s already been done?  If it was efiled it is too late to cancel unless the efile rejects.   Otherwise it is too late to cancel it.   If you haven’t efiled yet, you can leave and abandon it.  

  Wait until your original return has been fully processed before you amend, and make sure you have saved a pdf of the original return before you amend. (If you do not save it as a pdf, the amended return will overwrite the original, and the original will be lost forever)   https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/tax-return/amend-change-correct-return-already-filed/L4VjJ9BA2_US_en_US?uid=m76mq6z2    Do not expect quick results from amending. It can take four months or more for the IRS to process an amended return.     You can watch for information here: https://www.irs.gov/Filing/Individuals/Amended-Returns-(Form-1040-X)/Wheres-My-Amended-Return-1