Way Too Much Corruption

[Pinkham, Jim]

Thanks to all for thoughtful comments. Here's what else I can add:

1. Yes, the name.backup.fm files were also corrupt.
2. I'm running Windows XP SP-2 and FM 7.1.
3. The problems all appear to be on a network folder -- and affect FM,
Acrobat, Word, and Publisher files.
4. I was able to work on the FM files yesterday afternoon on my local
Desktop without issues.
5. After posting we learned the IT guys had been doing network stuff
over the weekend -- and that one of the network drives was damaged and
irreparable. 

We think the flawed drive is our culprit. IT is restoring our entire
working folder structure from tape. Here's hoping that does the trick.

Jim

P.S. -- And, yes, Richard, any corruption is too much :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 12:29 PM
To: Pinkham, Jim
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Way Too Much Corruption

The mass corruption bothers me a lot... it'd point to something
systemic, like a BIG voltage spike (had any lightning storms lately),
physical hard drive problems... something like that.

When you're saying the backups are corrupt too, you mean the
name.backup.fm file, or the backups of the entire project?

If they're clean, restoring your last system backups is the best thing
to do because you haven't changed anything in 6 weeks.

If you're saying you didn't back up your work and all the files involved
are corrupted... to the point they won't open, or some info inside is
twisted, or something else?

Art


On 11/20/06, Pinkham, Jim <Jim.Pinkham at voith.com> wrote:
> I have a folder with three versions of a manual (in subfolders) 
> replete with conditional text, insets, and all the marvels of single 
> sourcing. I haven't worked on these files for about 6 weeks. This 
> morning all of them are coming up as corrupt, including the subfolders
and the backups.
> Any ideas what might be causing this and how to fix it? Your help is 
> much appreciated.
>
> Jim
> _______________________________________________
>
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