[color:"red"] HELP... I have a filemaker file that is about 1.36mb and is "corrupt". After running the recover function on the file it ends up being about 1.18mb. (losing about 12-15 hours of work... ) WHAT CAN I DO! PLEASE HELP ME!

IM DYING HERE!!!

[color:"blue"] I HAVE THE FILE READY TO EMAIL TO YOU IF YOU THINK YOU CAN HELP ME .... I WILL BE WATCHING FOR RESPONSES...

Hmm, I find it interesting that there is a direct correlation between hours worked and file size.

Anyway, does the recovered file open? Unfortunately, this is where your backup system comes into play. Don't feel too bad, it has happened to just about all of us.

Ken

Its not the design that has been lost.... Its the 1100 of the 1500 records that have been lost .

The file will not open unless I recover it.

Also ... I have a tape backup that runs every night ... I overwrite the tapes after a week ... the problem is that I have not opened this file for about 2 weeks ... and it was apparently corrupted about 2 weeks ago ... So all 7 of my backup tapes have the corrupted file backed up onto them!

Please see my other post about what I have done to prevent this problem.

I had a problem once where the damaged file couldn't be recovered. FM Inc's suggestion was for me to create a new file, try my best to remember which fields were in there and export to the new file.

It's a pretty weak solution, but that's what they suggested. It would have been useful provided that I had printed some DDRs or logical diagrams of the system. I didn't at the time, but now I do!

12-15 hours of work? consider yourself lucky!