Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn) (06/17/91)
> fahole@cc.usu.edu writes: > I was working on a short (20 page) doc and got a message that I was > low on memory and should close some windows and save the doc. I didn't have > any windows to close so I just saved the doc. Windows started the save, then > UAEed me. Whats worse, when I tried to reload the doc after rebooting I got > an immediate UAE. I have, as a result, lost the entire doc back to my > previous > tape backup, hours of work. The new file is extremely effective at causing a > UAE anytime I care to have one just by trying to load it. I found out too > late > that clicking the "make backup" box in save as options only applies to the > current file. I had a similar thing happen to me with a WORD for DOS document - a file corrupted by a bad floppy drive had some aberrant character or sequence in the formatting section of the file which caused the computer to lock up when scrolling the document. I salvaged the text of the document by loading the file into a text editor (in this case Norton Commander). Both WORD for DOS and WORD for WINDOWS store information for formatting etc. in front of the text and at the end of the text. I deleted the formatting information and saved the result, creating a file with all the original words of the document but without the information on fonts, tabs etc. If you get a word processing file that hangs when it it opened, try this - look at the file with any text editor and delete the stuff which isn't text. Save the remaining text, reload into your word processor, and reformat. Sure beats trying to recreate a lost document. Of course, we all never get in this situation because we all make frequent backups :-) -- Bruce Dunn Vancouver, Canada Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca