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mickC
Joined: 16 May 2004
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 Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 1:28 am Post subject: tradgedy lost my work |
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PC6 sometimes not seeing the WIBU key message but works ok. worked all w/e on urgent job, large file 70 Mb.
Mon AM file icon changed to trash basket and file size 4k.. all gone
what happened?
clues? installed PC6 update last week ?? also had PC5 on the G5 |
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GaryV
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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Location: Walnut Creek, CA
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 9:33 pm Post subject: tradgedy lost my work |
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Maybe try an app like Filetyper and get the file attributes back to PowerCadd's. The drastic file size change is disturbing so I would try it on a copy of the file.
ES may be able to help tomorrow if this does not work or no one else has any thoughts. Mike Cleveland may be able to work his magic.
Gary |
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mickC
Joined: 16 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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it has happened again, appears as if during a work session PC thinks the WIBU key is not attached switches to demo mode and deletes the file |
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rjpotter
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 1:00 pm Post subject: WIBU key driver |
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| Make sure you have installed the latest WIBU key driver. We had major problems with loss of data before we updated to version 3.31C for OSX. Prior to that we had to do a Save As every twenty minutes to let us recover if the Trash Can icon arose. |
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Matt
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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Location: Sterling, Virginia
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| bummer when anybody loses data, it hurts just to hear the stories. But when I hear about people saving less often then ten minutes, it makes me very uncomfortable. Save! how hard can it be? I use save as my method of exiting groups, I save a lot a lot a lot. I don't want to waste my time doing anything twice. |
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Bo
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
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Location: Newport Beach, CA
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Matt wrote: | | bummer when anybody loses data, it hurts just to hear the stories. But when I hear about people saving less often then ten minutes, it makes me very uncomfortable. Save! how hard can it be? I use save as my method of exiting groups, I save a lot a lot a lot. I don't want to waste my time doing anything twice. |
Actually, I prefer to "Save As" a lot alot alot. Even without a glitch causing deletion or corruption (which I have not had), the biggest impediment to productivity is me when I change something I want "back". Save As with a suffix is the only method I know to go "backwards".
And it works - Bo |
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mickC
Joined: 16 May 2004
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for all your comments 'save as ' is certainly the only way to protect against this sort of problem. we always saved every few minutes but will now save as. problem is still occuring, eng sw havent had any feedback re key problems and we are on v4.0 of the driver. we suspect a faulty key , will post our summation when we come to a conclusion, thank again |
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mickC
Joined: 16 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 12:03 am Post subject: |
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If you are a WIBU key user beware PC6 can be evil.
If during a work session the key loses power or is removed when you go to save, two dialogs appear relating to key validation having failed and the various formats that PC can save to.
upon closing the file PC will completely trash the whole file leaving a 4k file with a trash basket icon
beware !! use the save as option as suggested by others |
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Paul Jensen
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Had same problems several times, this thread: http://www.designcommunity.com/powercadd/31937.html was helpful for me.
Still this shouldn’t be this way.
Paul
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rjpotter
Joined: 15 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 12:38 pm Post subject: Rescuing data when WIBU key fails |
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| If the "WIBU key has failed" message comes up you can rescue data before you quit Powercadd by switching on drag-and-drop (assuming everybody has it switched off) and dragging objects layer by layer onto the desktop to create a series of clippings. These can subsequently be dragged back into Powercadd after relaunch to recreate the drawing. Creating an identical reference point or object on each layer makes this easier. Slow and cumbersome but better than nothing. |
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