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LiquidCode · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 4:29 pm Post subject: Big Bug..or just me...but...

Ok, I was working on a DSU file that I was making, I created a DEMO.dsc file to text it...It worked ok once...then I ran the DSC again and it said could not find the DSU file...I looked in the dir and...EVERYTHING in the directory was erased except for the demo file I was working on... That really upsets me (biting my tongue because I want to say something much worse) . I spent 3 hours on the DSU file and now it's gone. I don't know how it happened, I'm not saying that VDS did it, but, I know that I didn't highlight the files and press delete. The DSU file had nothing to do with file operations. Anyway, I just thought I would let ya know just incase this would happen to someone else.

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

1) Have you re-tested this to make sure it was VDS?
2) Did you look in the recycle bin?
3) Do you have any backup software?
4) Did the folder/filename(s) contain any special characters?

LiquidCode · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 5:11 pm Post subject:

CodeScript · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 5:58 pm Post subject:

I think you should always make a backup.
Avoid naming the DSU like :

Dr. Dread · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 9:21 pm Post subject:

Dr. Dread · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 9:24 pm Post subject:

BTW, I remember jules (http://www.tech-pro.co.uk/) mentioning having brought out
a utility to perform background backup operations.

Greetz
Dread

Garrett · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 10:47 pm Post subject:

Are you using Windows ME?

-Garrett

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

I have gotten in the habit that whenever I reach a milestone or I
fix a major bug in code, I save a copy of the file somewhere else
under a different name and then resume editing the main one.

That way I don't need any backup tools. Smile

Dr. Dread · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 1:13 am Post subject:

CodeScript · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 2:10 am Post subject:

No, I am on XP Pro no sp1.
I initially thought may still be my absent mindedness but now it looks serious. But it may be very difficult to fix I guess because it occurs randomly and rarely. Sad

LiquidCode · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 2:23 am Post subject:

I was using Win 98SE. It happened again after the initial post. I was just too pissed to post again. That time, I had a backup. Only lost a few min worth of work. I think is does need looked into, but, as stated it would not be easy to fine where the problem is.

Garrett · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 3:07 am Post subject:

I asked because I had a major problem with this under WinME... But
after I hit windows update and got all the fixes and bs from MS, the
problem vanished, like the source codes it took.

I also checked into the disk cache settings and fiddled with them aswell. So
that may have been part of the issue also.

All I know, is the problem hasn't happened since for me.

-Garrett

Dr. Dread · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 6:13 am Post subject:

It shouldn't likely be the OS meddling here - I could understand if is was a question of temp files being removed
from @windir(T), but we're talking normal files saved on HD! I think no Win version will randomly trash files.
It's gotta be some glitch in VDS's savefile routine or somethin'. Anyway if several people have experienced this
it should really be fixed - as mentioned before few people will be thinking about backup when they have already
saved their work to disk as normal..

Dread

CodeScript · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 7:44 am Post subject:

I think an error something a overflow/underflow that occurs causes deletion of all the files in the directory as the .dsc file. Of course the .dsc file is not deleted becuse it is locked by VDS. The main headache is it occurs randomly and rarely. I am sure it can be something like a bolt from the blue for someone not having made backups and not having any unerase protection for file erase - like norton protected recycle bin.
If the file was created sometime back there is still a small chance that such utilities may help.

I only hope that this gets fixed real soon.

Dr. Dread · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 8:37 am Post subject: