Hiro,
As I understand what Javier is saying is that the file loses data. If
he has inadvertently saved it, not realizing there was lost data in
portions not showing on-screen when he saved it, he has also overwritten
the last-good-version of the file. So all he is left with is the one
with the data lacking.
Yes, IF he had caught the problem before hitting ctrl-s, then he could
simply have re-opened the original, undamaged version off the hard-disk.
But I know I never search through all the thousands of measures in a
score before hitting ctrl-s, and Finale never searches for lost data
before doing an autosave, so it is entirely possible for the autosave to
overwrite a good file with a bad file at approximately the same time
that the user saves the file manually, thus overwriting the good version
with the bad version.
That would leave only the "make backup file when saving" function as the
last possible hope. But if the bug had bitten the file and one had done
several ctrl-s saves before realizing what had happened, it would be
very easy to understand that there would be NO good versions left.
Unless one always did a "save-as" and renamed the file each and every
time one saved it.
But nobody is trying to say that the bug deletes data from files which
aren't open, and it doesn't delete files from the hard disk.
David H. Bailey
Javier Ruiz wrote:
I meant that complete portions, parts, fragments of the work you had been
working on simply disappear. Not all the music only 100 bars or so in my
case.
I am sorry, I am Spanish and I probably don't use the proper expressions to
explain the problem.
The files themselves do not look to be corrupted in the sense that they can
be opened. But they were corrupted in the sense that the data was there and
it got scrambled or erased or whatever.
But, Hiro, it looks like you don't want to admit the possibility of this. I
wish I could share your view, but unfortunately I saw it with my poor, old
and tired eyes.
Time for another cup of tea.
Javier.
Javier Ruiz / 2005/10/20 / 12:41 PM wrote:
Yes, Hiro is right. The files are not corrupted, they are simply wiped out.
Cero. Sayonara.
What do you mean by this?
Both Don and Darcy said otherwise. They said they were able to go
backed to last saved, as the same as you lost your work when computer
crashed but last saved was still OK. You seems to be the only one
making a different claim. Appreciate any clarification.
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