NOOOOOOOO!!!! Lost save file!

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:36 pm

My save file has gone! All I've got is the autosave - 100Cr/Lave etc...

AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!

The moral dilemma - do I start again - or do I hack file to put it back to approximately where I was?

JensAyton · Post by **JensAyton** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:47 pm

Backups: they’re not just for other people anymore.

(I can’t really give trustworthy advice on the hacking issue, because I cheat all the time.)

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:51 pm

I have a backup - but its so old - its technically not a backup any more...

FSOneblin · Post by **FSOneblin** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:00 pm

DaddyHoggy wrote:
I have a backup - but its so old - its technically not a backup any more...

Well, is it better than 100cr/lave ect

Don't Panic: FSOneblin

drew · Post by **drew** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:22 am

I hate it when that happens...

<nods knowingly>

Cheers,

Drew.

Captain Tylor · Post by **Captain Tylor** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:14 am

My comiserations not much else I can say.
Would it be possible for somebody to write an OXP so when saving there is an automatic back up in a second location

Killer Wolf · Post by **Killer Wolf** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:44 am

been there, done that, learned to take backups.

worst one was a few years back, playing X - Beyond The Frontier. Played a good while, traded, got myself a canny specced ship, then decided i'd go exploring, and went all over, drawing a map of the gates etc. then my puter hard drive decided to go silly so i got a new one, did a back up etc.
...except, i managed to forget to back up the save game. 80+ hours of play lost

chomann · Post by **chomann** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:01 pm

always backup... i prefer to back up to cd-r or dvd-r should last longer than the harddrives if taken care of properly (ie stored)....then again im sitting on nearly 2000 discs between backup files, saved files, old programs, zipfiles and what not....hmmmmmmm

pescenaufrago · Post by **pescenaufrago** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:16 pm

I also lost my save file when... my powerbook was stolen!

Now I back up.

TGHC · Post by **TGHC** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:40 pm

pescenaufrago wrote:
Now I back up.

Another convert we will soon rule all the spaceways!!!!

Star Gazer · Post by **Star Gazer** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:46 pm

ouch, Daddy, ouch!!

Well, it may not be the most thorough mechanism for safe-guarding your precious data, but I praise the day Apple introduced Time Machine!

pescenaufrago · Post by **pescenaufrago** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:01 pm

Star Gazer wrote:
... but I praise the day Apple introduced Time Machine!

That's it!

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:15 pm

I a case of self flagellation - I have started again and now have a copy of my commander on a USB stick as well as a couple of places on the PC...