Definitely go with the backup.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Becca Deehr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 4:45 AM
> To: TechRocks Support
> Subject: [support] file damage
>
>
> so, i think i have the answer to this one, but i wanted to make sure.
> i was working on the layout for a letter in ebase, in the payments file. i
> copied text from a microsoft word document and pasted it into the ebase
> layout, and was changing the fonts and it froze for a couple of
> seconds, and
> then said that the file was damaged and that i needed to recover. before
> shutting down and recovering, i opened it up once to see what it
> looked like
> and the view payments screen was now using a random font that i
> don't think
> i've ever used before (yes, i most likely should not have opened
> it at all,
> i admit)
> so the next thing i did, (foolishly, it seems) is listen to the
> computer and
> recover the payments file--before reading up on database crashes in this
> support listserve that say "DO NOT RECOVER, EVER, AT ALL, etc etc etc"...
> so, it was only the payments file that i recovered. and i don't
> really know
> much about file damage..if there would be a difference between
> playing with
> a font, of all things, when damage happened, versus working with more
> important data. also, something that i had never heard of is problems with
> incompatible printer drivers, such as hp laserjet 5, which just happens to
> be EXACTLY what we have and is mentioned in the recover section
> of the ebase
> admin manual.
>
> so, that answer that i think i have is that i should go back to a backup
> made earlier today (HOPEFULLY!), which is in the back office, and i don't
> think i've ever seen or touched before because our exec director
> has been in
> charge of that... what do you think?
> if anyone thinks it's ok to use this recovered version let me know.
>
> as other people on this list, let me mention my deep (cavernous)
> appreciation for the technically proficient people helping us all
> out. thank
> you!
> becca
>
> Rebecca Deehr
> Membership Database Manager
> Telephone Outreach Project Supervisor
> _____________________________
> Washington Wilderness Coalition
> 4649 Sunnyside Avenue, Suite 520
> Seattle, WA 98103
>
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