Hello, I am sorry for the late response, but I would like to thank all of those who responded with possible solutions to my lost data posting, I am looking into the possible fixes you sent and hope I will not experience this problem again. Thanks again for all the help you have given me and I am sure I will need some help in the future. This forum has been a life saver for me.
Thanks again Dana -----Original Message----- From: genebo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 6:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; SmartCam Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] lost data Dana, It sounds as if your operating system opened your data file for writing and locked up before completing the task and closing the file. It is possible that the file was not overwritten. Scandisk can detect files that were left open and can be set to save these "lost strings" as a file in your root directory. The saved file will have a unique name and extension. You can open this saved file with a text editor to see if you recognize anything about it to show that it is your lost data file. If you think it is, you can rename it as a .pm4 file and try to read it back into SmartCam. This is a long shot, but worth a try. I keep a ZIP file of all the PM4 files belonging to a task in the same folder. Periodically, I add the PM4 file I'm working on to the ZIP file. That way, I have a backup of the same name in the ZIP that I can retreat to. WinZip gives you the ability to right click on the file and choose "Add to zip", which does this. Gene Bowen ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
