MTRabbit Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 So today I spent all day (Literally all day) working on a project for school where I had to invent a working timeline for a story I would like to write. So I've spent all day working on it, it was 18000x4000 by the time it was finished. Anyway, I've been periodically saving it throughout the day just in case. But then about an hour ago I went to save it for the last time and it spent 5 minuets showing me the "saving…" window and then Paint.NET just crashed! I've no problems with that, I understand having a file that big open all day is a huge pull on memory. But the file itself is gone! It didn't save properly and now I can't load it with anything! So if anyone could tell me if there is anyway I can get that file back (it’s a .pgn that I've not used with any other program)? Is there anyway I can pick back up where I left off? Or do I have to start all over again? (Which I honestly no longer have time for) Thanks in advance. Edit by CMD: Changed thread title to be less ambiguous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swankyfrank Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Did you have any luck with File > Open Recent ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTRabbit Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 Yes, of course I have. Whenever I try to open it, it just gives me this error "There was an error opening the file." Since I get this same error, it all its variations, no matter how I try to open the file - I can only assume it got corrupted. Was just wondering if there wasn't a way I could get it back to how it was the save before the one that broke it. (Which was about 3 hours before) Also, sorry about the subject line, I was a bit panicked last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 There's really almost no way to retrieve a corrupt file, by my understanding. Maybe I'm wrong, though... Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 What file type were you working with? PNG I see.... Do you still see that file? What file type is it now? PNG?? Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 This is way I usually save separate files throughout the creation process...generally whenever I add a new or finalize an existing layer. Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 This is way I usually save separate files throughout the creation process...generally whenever I add a new or finalize an existing layer. Same here. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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