I second the recommendation. You never know what parts of a drive may be suffering bitrot, especially if you use the drive a lot! Grant
On 10/21/2011 7:03 AM, Keith.Soltys at tmx.com wrote: > If the problem is hard-drive related, I strongly recommend getting GRC's > SpinRite. It's a low-level disk repair utility and has saved my bacon on > more than one occasion. > > http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm > > I'm not sure if it would work on an external drive (if it's though a USB > interface). If the files are on your office PC, I'd suggest scanning that > drive. > > Regards > Keith > ------------------------- > Keith Soltys > Senior Technical Writer > Architecture > TMX Group > (416) 947-4397 > http://www.tmx.com/ > > >> Hi Framers, >> >> I've read a few threads on this in the archives but didn't get how >> they could help solve this problem. >> >> Using FM 9.0p255 on a virtual PC, Windows 7, via Parallels. >> >> I have a set of well-established files on an external HD that I take >> between home and office to work on the files regularly. Yesterday, >> one file generated the dreaded "unknown file type" error and nothing >> seemed to open it. Because I'd had a modem power supply go bad around >> the same time as I last worked on this file (at home), I accepted the >> corruption and was able to restore the content from other sources >> into a new file. >> >> Today, a different file that was fine yesterday afternoon at home now >> generates the same "unknown file type" error at the office. And this >> file I don't relish reconstructing. The result is the same whether I >> double-click from the Mac, open from the Windows desktop or folder, >> or choose File>Open in Frame. From the Mac side it looks like the >> permissions are OK; don't know how to check that on the PC side. >> >> I'm concerned that the problem is random and could affect any file at >> any time--I can't back up every file every minute without seriously >> slowing down my/the computer's efficiency and compromising my >> already-tight deadline. >> >> Are there any solutions to this problem? Something I missed or >> misunderstood in the archives? >> >> Thanks for any insight, >> Karen > -- > >
