Adobe Indesign

[mr ailsbury]

Went to print mh coursework off today which i finished months ago and when i tried to open it in indesign a message came up saying that the file had corrupted and could not be recovered. Is there any way at all that i can get it back again?

Cheers for any help

[GlynnP]

Sounds to me like this isn't really a inDesign problem but merly a comon file corrupt

It happens pretty poften with digital files can be caused by; computer being switched off incorrectly, programs quiteing whilst files in use or many other reasons includeing just randomly happening.

Theres probs not alot you can do to be honest if you are running windows you can try a system restore to privious point in time but this often doesn't work.

There is just one massive lesson to be learnt and you have learnt it the hard way, back up all your data at very least your important data; college work, clients work.

I dont know how your college works they might give you abit more time but if anything like mine was and then uni they will just unfortunatly say you should have backed up its a school boy error. learn you lesson. Its harsh but true.

[Jitters]

Hmmmm, GlynnP is probably correct. Sucks.

However, I had a similar situation with a Photoshop file a few months ago. I'll try to remember the utility that I used that helped me out. It found an older deleted version that was still somehow existent on my drive and restored it. Only lost a few hours worth of work. Better than nothing.

Which version if InDesign are you using? CS2 or 3 and are you on PC or Mac?

(Edit:spelling)

Edited April 7, 2009 by Tappets