Too bad about the file, but at least you can recover...<div>Yeah, MIF-wash is always a good thing. If you have a large herd of files, download the MIF2Go eval from Omsys.com. It installs a MIF-Wash utility on your Files menu that lets you process books worth of files with one click. Stays active even if you don't buy MIF2Go.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My take on it would be the thumb drive would be more stable than a hard drive because it's solid-state; no moving parts (unless you have a ruggedized hard drive). But Dropbox is the best, INHO, because it automatically backs up your entire project each day, so you have a big pool of old files to pick from in case something goes wrong. And it's free for 2+G.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Art</div><div><br clear="all">Art Campbell <a href="mailto:art.campbell@gmail.com" target="_blank">art.campbell@gmail.com</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Karen Robbins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:karendesign@gmail.com">karendesign@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div>Hi Art,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Tried the heroic open command (yes, it's there in 9) but got same
result.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Also tried various right-click options but so far they all result
in a blank document.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Probably worth running that MIF wash as a precaution.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I thought my HD WAS safer than the thumb drive I had been using
before that! :-(</div>
<div><br></div><font color="#888888">
<div>K</div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<div><br></div>
<div>At 8:42 PM -0400 10/20/11, Art Campbell wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite">To get it open, I'd try the undocumented
"Heroic Open" command. I haven't tried it in 9, so I'll
assume it's there.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">Open FM and create a new, empty file.
Leave it open. <br>
Type ESC, o, and Shift+h -- the Open File box should appear. If
the file opens, save it with a new name, and maybe save it as a MIF
too.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#333333">****</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#333333">If I
were you, I'd MIF-wash all the files -- SaveAs MIF, open MIF, and
SaveAs .fm.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#333333">***</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#333333">Also,
I'd give serious consideration to transporting your files between
machines in a safer medium, such as Dropbox (</font><a href="http://www.getdropbox.com" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" color="#333333">www.getdropbox.com</font></a><font face="Arial" color="#333333">), which also gives you great depth of backup files
automatically.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#333333">Cheers,</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#333333">Art</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">Art
Campbell <span></span> <span></span> <span></span> <span></span> <span></span> <span></span> <a href="mailto:art.campbell@gmail.com" target="_blank">art.campbell@gmail.com</a><br>
"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a
'52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson<br>
<span></span> <span></span> <span></span> <span></span> No
disclaimers apply.<br>
<span></span> <span></span> <span></span> <span></span> <span></span> DoD 358<br>
<br>
I support <a href="http://www.TheGrotonLine.com" target="_blank">www.TheGrotonLine.com</a>,
hyperlocal news for Groton MA.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite">On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Karen
Robbins <<a href="mailto:karendesign@gmail.com" target="_blank">karendesign@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote>Hi Framers,<br>
<br>
I've read a few threads on this in the archives but didn't get how
they could help solve this problem.<br>
<br>
Using FM 9.0p255 on a virtual PC, Windows 7, via Parallels.<br>
<br>
I have a set of well-established files on an external HD that I take
between home and office to work on the files regularly. Yesterday, one
file generated the dreaded "unknown file type" error and
nothing seemed to open it. Because I'd had a modem power supply go bad
around the same time as I last worked on this file (at home), I
accepted the corruption and was able to restore the content from other
sources into a new file.<br>
<br>
Today, a different file that was fine yesterday afternoon at home now
generates the same "unknown file type" error at the office.
And this file I don't relish reconstructing. The result is the same
whether I double-click from the Mac, open from the Windows desktop or
folder, or choose File>Open in Frame. From the Mac side it looks
like the permissions are OK; don't know how to check that on the PC
side.<br>
<br>
I'm concerned that the problem is random and could affect any file at
any time--I can't back up every file every minute without seriously
slowing down my/the computer's efficiency and compromising my
already-tight deadline.<br>
<br>
Are there any solutions to this problem? Something I missed or
misunderstood in the archives?<br>
<br>
Thanks for any insight,<br>
Karen<br>
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