help! file corruption, file type is unknown

scar scar at drigon.com
Tue Jan 8 16:05:42 EST 2013


Derek Atkins @ 01/08/2013 01:20 PM:
> First, I am very sorry for your data loss.  It can be very frustrating.

yes, for sure. at a minimum i have a nightly backup somewhere, at least....


> Now, depending on the file type you used, recovery could be as simple as
> copying from your most recent backup.  If you're using the XML backend
> (which should be the default) then you should have a bunch of files named
> RV Storage.201YMMDDHHMMSS.xac (where you can fill in the date for the most
> recent one).  Just copy the most recent one over the original RV Storage
> and you should be back to where you were prior to your last 'save'.

thanks, wonderful, i have files like that but they are .gnucash files
not .xac.  however i tried copying the most recent one and things seem
to be working ok...




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