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NOOOOOOOO!!!! Lost save file!
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:36 pm
by DaddyHoggy
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?
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:47 pm
by JensAyton
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.)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:51 pm
by DaddyHoggy
I have a backup - but its so old - its technically not a backup any more...
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:00 pm
by FSOneblin
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
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:22 am
by drew
I hate it when that happens...
<nods knowingly>
Cheers,
Drew.
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:14 am
by Captain Tylor
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
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:44 am
by Killer Wolf
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
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:01 pm
by chomann
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
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:16 pm
by pescenaufrago
I also lost my save file when... my powerbook was stolen!
Now I back up.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:40 pm
by TGHC
Another convert we will soon rule all the spaceways!!!!
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:46 pm
by Star Gazer
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!
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:01 pm
by pescenaufrago
Star Gazer wrote:... but I praise the day Apple introduced Time Machine!
That's it!
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:15 pm
by DaddyHoggy
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...